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Adam Verdin leads in race for SLO County supervisor campaign contributions

Written on 5 Feb, 2026 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE With two San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisor seats up for grabs, the four candidates running are raking in cash, collecting endorsements and fervently campaigning. Campaign finance reports show Adam Verdin outpacing the other three candidates.... (Continue reading)

Laguna Lake Golf Course in San Luis Obispo to stay open

Written on 5 Feb, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo City Council voted 5-0 on Tuesday to reject Councilwoman Jan Marx’s proposal to repurpose the Laguna Lake Golf Course to low-cost housing as a cost saving measure. Residents and golfers emailed the city... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara County deputies arrest suspected cannabis farm burglars

Written on 5 Feb, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Santa Barbara County sheriff deputies arrested three people on Wednesday for the alleged burglary of a cannabis farm in rural Carpinteria. Shortly before 3 a.m., a caller reported a burglary in progress at a cannabis farm on... (Continue reading)

Additional charges against San Luis Obispo hit-and-run driver

Written on 5 Feb, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A 20-year-old Cal Poly student who allegedly crashed into two people in San Luis Obispo and then fled the scene in January is now facing additional charges including driving under the influence of alcohol. Shortly after 9:30... (Continue reading)

Supreme Court allows California voting map that benefits Democrats

Written on 4 Feb, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

By KAREN VELIE The U.S. Supreme Court paved the way on Wednesday for California to use a new voting map that benefits Democrats, a party in line to gain up to five congressional seats this year. The order was unsigned... (Continue reading)

Apparently, safety is now a political statement

Written on 4 Feb, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

By ERIK GORHAM According to the Tribune, the real danger downtown last week was not a large public gathering, traffic congestion, or heightened emotions around a controversial issue. It was an internal San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Office memo... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay teens accused of violent home invasion

Written on 4 Feb, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Two teenagers, one from San Luis Obispo and the other from Morro Bay, were arrested on Saturday for their alleged involvement in a violent home invasion in Scottsdale, Arizona. Posing as delivery service workers, 17-year-old Jackson Sullivan... (Continue reading)

Is Laguna Lake Golf Course in SLO on the chopping block?

Written on 3 Feb, 2026 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo City Council is holding a study session on Tuesday to look into a councilwoman’s proposal to repurpose the Laguna Lake Golf Course to low-cost housing as a cost saving measure. During a a... (Continue reading)

Pantywaist bullies rule America

Written on 3 Feb, 2026 in Discovered, Featured | 14 comments

By DELL FRANKLIN Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin.  Franklin’s memoir, “The ballplayer’s Son” and... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria gang member guilty of murdering Oceano man

Written on 2 Feb, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County jury found a 31-year-old gang member from Santa Maria guilty of murdering an Oceanp man and of a separate knife assault of a juvenile. He is scheduled to be sentenced for both... (Continue reading)