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Cayucos district considers contract with former out-of-state manager

Written on 28 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER Open letter to the Cayucos Sanitary District: After months of closed sessions and special meetings, your board is at it again. Today, March 28, you have a special meeting, which was noticed just 27 hours ahead... (Continue reading)

Marshals seek help finding escaped inmate from Lompoc prison

Written on 28 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE An inmate serving time for distribution of methamphetamine walked away from the satellite camp at the  Federal Correctional Complex in Lompoc on Thursday, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. At approximately 9:30 a.m., prison guards discovered... (Continue reading)

Candidate for this week’s dumbest criminal in San Luis Obispo

Written on 28 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a felon last month whom they found asleep in his car next to gas pumps at a local Chevron station with a needle and heroin on the center console. Shortly before... (Continue reading)

Why is Cal Poly seeking $25 million to keep swim and dive team?

Written on 27 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE By KAREN VELIE Earlier this month, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo announced it had cut its swimming and diving programs effective immediately. Now, the campus administration wants $25 million to keep the program open. A legal settlement... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach officials again attempting to raise sewer rates

Written on 26 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Despite the citizens of Grover Beach voting in 2024 to repeal the city’s 112% water and sewer rate increase by more than 64%, the City Council voted on Monday to begin the process of raising sewer rates... (Continue reading)

Parasites don’t exist without a compliant host and that’s you

Written on 26 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL You probably don’t know that you got signed up, without your permission to have your electricity delivered from an energy parasite. Central Coast Community Energy, also known as 3CE, which is the largest of these local... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s unfunded pension liability soaring, now over $1 billion

Written on 26 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County’s unfunded pension liability is now over $1 billion primarily because of huge pay raises and large cost of living increases for retirees. Other factors include more retirees than current employees (dependency ratio), and... (Continue reading)

Templeton man fired shots at deputies, video released

Written on 25 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s office on Tuesday released video footage of a gunfight between deputies and a 37-year-old man near Templeton High School on Jan. 29. A deputy shot Thomas Farrell of Templeton two times.... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo’s St. Patrick’s Day enhancement zone recap

Written on 25 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE In an attempt to reduce street parties, vandalism and alcohol related crimes; the San Luis Obispo Police Department enacted a safety enhancement zone for the two weekends near St. Patrick’s Day. SLO released data on citations and... (Continue reading)

Female inmate dies at jail in Santa Maria, cause undetermined

Written on 25 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A female inmate died in her cell at Northern Branch Jail in Santa Maria on Monday. Her cause of death has not yet been determined. Deputies booked the unidentified woman into the jail on March 19 for... (Continue reading)