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Neighbor appeals third retail pot shop in San Luis Obispo

Written on 23 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

By KAREN VELIE Even though the San Luis Obispo City Council voted in 2017 to approve three retail cannabis shops, there have been only two. In September, the Planning Commission voted to approve a third proposed pot shop, this one... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara News-Press relaunching as a nonprofit

Written on 22 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE After closing in June 2023, the Santa Barbara News-Press will begin publishing again, this time under as a nonprofit under the NEWSWELL umbrella. Previously known as the oldest daily newspaper in Southern California, the News-Press began publishing... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo man busted with over 700 child porn images

Written on 22 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police arrested a 30-year-old man on Jan. 16 who had downloaded more than 700 images of child pornography. Electronic service providers such as Facebook, Google and Reddit are required to monitor and report those... (Continue reading)

Body found in parked car at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo Campus

Written on 22 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A body was discovered in a parked car in a Cuesta College parking lot at the San Luis Obispo Campus on Tuesday morning. On the first day of the spring semester, a student spotted a person who... (Continue reading)

Trump halts offshore wind: Will California pay the price?

Written on 22 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

Statement from the Sierra Club On the first day of his presidency, Donald Trump announced he is halting development of all offshore wind projects across the United States. Right now, there are enough offshore wind projects in development in the... (Continue reading)

San Luis Coastal School District plans to keep transitional kindergarten

Written on 21 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Coastal Unified School District is no longer planning to cut transitional kindergarten classes at the end of this school year, superintendent Eric Prater said in a statement. Expecting to spend $5 million more than... (Continue reading)

Man writes a bad check for a truck, arrested in Morro Bay

Written on 21 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Officers arrested a 65-year-old man in Morro Bay on Sunday after he allegedly fled in a truck that he stole from a Ford dealership in San Luis Obispo. Shortly before 11 a.m., Morro Bay police received a... (Continue reading)

Vehicle hit, killed man on Highway 101 near Santa Margarita

Written on 21 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A vehicle hit and killed a man attempting to run across Highway 101 near Santa Margarita early Monday morning, according to the CHP. Not long after midnight, a man got out of a passenger vehicle and attempted... (Continue reading)

Assemblywoman Addis opposed to Morro Bay battery storage facility

Written on 21 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

By KAREN VELIE Following the huge fire that ignited at the Vistra battery storage facility in Moss Landing, more than a hundred Central Coast residents called and sent emails to Assemblywoman Dawn Addis’ office voicing their concerns regarding plans for... (Continue reading)

Knife wielding man leads to standoff in Santa Maria

Written on 21 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A man acting erratically while wielding a knife was arrested on Sunday following a nearly six-hour standoff in Santa Maria. Shortly after 3:30 p.m., several 9-1-1 callers reported a man behaving erratically while armed with a knife... (Continue reading)