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Nipomo man sentenced to 24 years to life for fatal DUI crash

Written on 26 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge on Thursday sentenced a Nipomo man to 24 years to life in prison for driving under the influence of drugs and killing a 72-year-old Atascadero man. [Tribune] On Aug. 6, 2021, Patrick W. McDuffee... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach clerk approves initiative to repeal water rate increase

Written on 26 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Grover Beach City Clerk Wendi Sims on Thursday certified a petition to repeal the city’s 112% water and sewer rate increase. The Measure was submitted by GroverH2O, a grassroots group of Grover Beach citizens who seek to... (Continue reading)

Judge denies injunction, SLO County closing homeless parking site

Written on 26 Apr, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments
Homeless parking site

By KAREN VELIE A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request to block the closure of a safe parking site off Highway 1 near the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office for an additional six months. The site is slated... (Continue reading)

Suspects arrested for attacking man, woman inside Lompoc home

Written on 25 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN With help from CHP officers, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man and woman who forced their way into a Lompoc area home on Tuesday, violently attacked a man and woman inside and pistol-whipped the male... (Continue reading)

SLO County Board of Supervisors approve Nipomo housing project

Written on 25 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE Following a two-day hearing, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday voted 3-2 to approve a more than 1,400-unit housing development in Nipomo, known as the Dana Reserve. The 288-acre site is located on... (Continue reading)

Person killed in crash along Highway 1 near Santa Maria

Written on 25 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A male driver died after crashing into the trailer of a semi-truck along Highway 1 near Santa Maria Wednesday evening.  Shortly before 6 p.m., the driver struck the parked trailer of the semi-truck at approximately on Highway... (Continue reading)

Bystander arrested following fight in Paso Robles

Written on 24 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 13-year-old bystander was arrested on Wednesday afternoon following a altercation between two teenagers in Paso Robles. Shortly after 4 p.m., a teenager was walking on San Carlos Drive when another teen pulled up in a car,... (Continue reading)

Why has Paso Robles refunded less than 3% of illicit parking charges?

Written on 24 Apr, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE After agreeing their downtown paid parking program was not legally set up, the Paso Robles City Council announced plans to refund parking tickets given during a 12 month period. Even so, most people have not been paid... (Continue reading)

Free press group files public records lawsuit against Cal Poly

Written on 24 Apr, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION by ANNIE CAPPETTA Delay, delay, delay. That seems to be the tactic administrators at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) have taken when it comes to three public records requests filed by Elizabeth Wilson, a student... (Continue reading)

Elderly woman falls 80 feet over Central Coast cliff

Written on 24 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A few days after a fatal fall in Isla Vista, an elderly woman fell 80 feet over a cliff in the Goleta area on Tuesday, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.  Shortly bfore 1 p.m.,... (Continue reading)