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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)

Teachers union for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo demands Khalil’s release

Written on 25 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

Statement from the California Faculty Association The detention and targeting of Mahmoud Khalil is an outrageous assault on free speech, due process, and the fundamental rights of immigrant communities. His detention is a deliberate act of repression—an authoritarian attempt to... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man arrested for cold case murder

Written on 25 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A lengthy investigation resulted in charges against a Santa Maria man for a murder that occurred more than seven years ago, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. On Sept. 3, 2017, the suspect allegedly... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach police seek help finding missing man

Written on 25 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE The Pismo Beach Police Department is seeking the public’s help finding a missing 64-year-old man – Charles “Chuck” Fortner. Fortner was last seen on the evening of March 23 in the downtown Pismo Beach area. He was... (Continue reading)

Two injured in crash in Paso Robles, drunk driver flees

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

By KAREN VELIE An alleged drunk driver crashed into another driver in Paso Robles and then fled the scene on Monday. Officers later caught him hiding in a parking lot. On Monday evening, 49-year-old Peter Terence Wells was driving a... (Continue reading)

Armed woman robs sleeping man in San Luis Obispo

Written on 24 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 36-year-old woman is in jail after she allegedly robbed a man as he slept near the San Luis Obispo downtown transit center on Osos Street on Sunday, police said. During the afternoon, Antonia Bustos allegedly took... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County secures final funding for two trails

Written on 24 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE All funding milestones have been met for the two long-anticipated transportation projects in San Luis Obispo County: the Bob Jones Trail extension segment two project and the Morro Bay to Cayucos trail gap closure project. The final... (Continue reading)

Coastal Commission overstepped authority on Oceano Dunes, court rules

Written on 24 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE The California Coastal Commission overstepped its authority when it attempted to ban off-road vehicle usage at the Oceano Dunes, according to a Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Monday. The Coastal Commission also violated the law... (Continue reading)

This week’s San Luis Obispo County government meetings

Written on 24 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | One comment

By CalCoastNews Staff Will the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors, which gave $200,000 to the Cal Poly Corporation at its last meeting, vote to give the corporation another $350,000 for renovations of a facility supporting business development while... (Continue reading)

Cayucos Sanitary District rejects out-of-state manager

Written on 24 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE Following community concerns over its out-of-state general manager, the Cayucos Sanitary District Board of Directors voted 3-2 on March 20 not to rehire Rick Koon while looking into consultant services to manage the district, with directors Robert... (Continue reading)