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Supreme Court to hear case on homeless encampment sweep bans

Written on 13 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to look at whether local governments can enforce homeless encampments bans or if the bans amount to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. A day earlier, the Ninth Circuit Court of... (Continue reading)

Kelly-Moore Paints closes stores in Paso Robles, SLO

Written on 12 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Kelly-Moore Paints announced Friday it has closed all of it retail locations – including stores in Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria – effective immediately. The California-based firm is laying off about 700 employees at... (Continue reading)

Traffic change coming near Cholame “Y” amid Highway 46 East widening project

Written on 12 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Amid the Highway 46 East widening project, Caltrans next week will redirect traffic onto a segment of newly constructed lanes near the Cholame “Y.” The shift will begin on Tuesday and is anticipated to last until early... (Continue reading)

Appeals court upholds ban on homeless encampment sweeps

Written on 12 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a ban on homeless encampment sweeps. An injunction prohibiting San Francisco from clearing encampments without first offering the residents shelter will remain in place. In the fall of... (Continue reading)

PG&E raises rates in January

Written on 12 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE When you open your PG&E bills in January, ready yourself for an unpleasant surprise. PG&E electric rates are slated to increase by $32 a month, for an medium use household. As part of the company’s plan to... (Continue reading)

CHP vehicle rams elderly wrong-way driver on Highway 101

Written on 11 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A CHP officer used a patrol vehicle early Thursday morning to ram the car of an elderly wrong-way driver on Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County. [KSBY] Shortly after 2 a.m., 911 callers reported a wrong-way driver... (Continue reading)

Minor injuries in head-on crash in San Luis Obispo

Written on 11 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments
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By KAREN VELIE One driver suffered minor injuries in a head-on crash in San Luis Obispo near the airport on Thursday afternoon. Shortly before 5 p.m., two full-size pickup trucks, one dark grey and one white, collided on Buckley Road... (Continue reading)

Central Coast man arrested for attempted murder, assault with attempt to rape

Written on 11 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Central Coast man Wednesday on charges including attempted murder and assault with attempt to rape following an incident at a hotel in Goleta, over which officials have disclosed few details. ... (Continue reading)

Help us save Morro Bay and Port San Luis

Written on 11 Jan, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

By ROBERT SIDENBERG The Morro Bay wind farm project is moving forward at a rapid pace regardless of the numerous negative impacts this will have on the marine life and our communities. Port San Luis is being considered as a... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police searching for backpack thieves

Written on 10 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers are asking the public for help with identifying two suspects who allegedly stole a backpack at McCarthy’s Irish Pub in Downtown SLO. The two men allegedly stole the backpack from a patron... (Continue reading)