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Central Coast Gifford Fire now largest blaze burning in California

Written on 2 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The fast moving Gifford Fire in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties swelled to 23,588 acres on Saturday morning making it the largest blaze currently burning in California. The fire is spreading rapidly through dry vegetation... (Continue reading)

Over 1,400 households without power in northern San Luis Obispo County

Written on 2 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE More than 1,400 PG&E customers lost power in northern San Luis Obispo County on Saturday morning. Shortly before noon, power went out for 1,466 PG&E customers from Templeton to Lake Nacimiento. The cause of the outage remains... (Continue reading)

Gifford Fire in San Luis Obispo County grows to 5,000 acres

Written on 2 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Gifford Fire burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties grew to 5,000 acres by Friday evening, with no containment. The fire is burning primarily in the Los Padres National Forest. Shortly after 2 p.m.... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande man charged with attempted murder

Written on 1 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE An Arroyo Grande man is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly threatened to kill several people outside a hotel on Friday morning. Shortly after 6 a.m., an employee of the hotel on El Camino Real in... (Continue reading)

Good Samaritans rescue man drowning in pool in San Luis Obispo

Written on 1 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Three men rescued a man drowning in San Luis Obispo late Thursday afternoon. A man was swimming in the pool at Laguna Terrace Mobile Home Park on Pefumo Canyon Road with two of his children when he... (Continue reading)

Fire burning in SLO and Santa Barbara counties scorches over 800 acres

Written on 1 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE The fast moving Gifford Fire burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties grew to 818 acres in four hours on Friday, with no containment. Shortly after 2 p.m. on Friday, a caller reported four small... (Continue reading)

Latest in Paso Robles Groundwater Basin war: New tax rejected

Written on 1 Aug, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE As part of a more than decade-long war over control of the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin, the newly formed joint powers authority’s plan to tax landowners over the basin failed on Friday. During Friday’s meeting that included... (Continue reading)

Man convicted of transporting teen from Nipomo to Mexico for illicit sexual activity

Written on 1 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE A predator accused of taking an Arizona teen from her grandmother’s home in Nipomo to Mexico for illicit sexual activity has been found guilty on all federal charges he faced at the conclusion of a four-day trial,... (Continue reading)

The battle continues between Kristin Smart’s family and Cal Poly

Written on 31 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editors Note: This the second in a four-part series on three civil lawsuits and an appeal related to the investigation, trial and incarceration of Paul Flores. Read part one, “Will Paul Flores return to San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Police bust San Luis Obispo man with over 600 images of child porn

Written on 30 Jul, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 28-year-old San Luis Obispo man is in jail after officers discovered he had over 600 files of child pornography. Social media sites such as Facebook, Google, Reddit provide Cybertips to law enforcement if someone using their... (Continue reading)