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Boil water notice for parts of San Luis Obispo

Written on 11 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE The City of San Luis Obispo issues a preliminary boil water notice to approximately 100 households on Thursday. City staff discovered that a required backflow preventer had been removed from a private property on Castillo Court. The... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles councilman describes Tribune, city settlement

Written on 11 Sep, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by CHRIS BAUSCH With regards to requests to respond to my co-respondent the City of Paso Robles’ attorney’s statement released on Sept. 8 and multiple stories published since by the petitioner the SLO Tribune, I am pleased to confirm... (Continue reading)

Scam targets Arroyo Grande water customers

Written on 11 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE The City of Arroyo Grande is warning the public of a potential scam targeting water customers. Similar to neighboring cities, individuals visit Arroyo Grande residents and falsely claim that city water is contaminated, and advise them not... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo doubles fines as Cal Poly students return

Written on 11 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE As Cal Poly students return to campus, San Luis Obispo police are patrolling neighborhoods looking for candidates for hefty fines. Over an 11-day span ending Sept. 22, fines are doubled for violations of the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach approves five-story condominium building

Written on 10 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Grover Beach Planning Commission last week voted 4-1 to give preliminary approval for a five-story mixed-use building, with Commissioner David Swift dissenting. The project, Bella Vista Villas, includes 20 condos and a 900 square foot commercial... (Continue reading)

Emails expose supervisor Paulding’s involvement in Nipomo battery storage facility

Written on 10 Sep, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 31 comments

By KAREN VELIE In the aftermath of a battery fire in Moss Landing, concerned Nipomo residents voiced safety concerns earlier this year regarding a Caballero battery storage project in their neighborhood. San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding responded saying... (Continue reading)

Deputies arrest man brandishing a machete in Santa Maria

Written on 10 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies arrested a man brandishing a machete following a five-hour standoff in Santa Maria on Tuesday, the suspect’s second arrest in less than three months. Shortly after 10 a.m., deputies responded to the... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach woman arrested for threats at Hotel Cerro in SLO

Written on 9 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE A Grover Beach woman is in jail for making criminal threats following a standoff at the Cerro Hotel in San Luis Obispo on Tuesday morning. Staff at the Hotel Cerro called law enforcement at about 9 a.m.... (Continue reading)

Standoff at Hotel Cerro in San Luis Obispo

Written on 9 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE There is a standoff at the Cerro Hotel in San Luis Obispo between law enforcement and an individual who barricaded themself in a hotel room on Tuesday morning. Shortly before 11 a.m., the SLO Police Department asked... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County waste agency’s financial troubles continue

Written on 9 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE The latest audit for San Luis Obispo County’s waste agency found “inadequate internal controls over payroll during an employee’s leave of absence.” The SLO County Integrated Waste Management Authority board is scheduled to discuss the 2023-2024 fiscal... (Continue reading)