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San Luis Obispo Mayor Erica Stewart announces run for reelection

Written on 30 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo Mayor Erica Stewart has announced she is running for reelection. The incumbent mayor will officially launch her campaign with an event in late May on the City Hall steps. Stewart has served as mayor... (Continue reading)

Court rejects attempt to close Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant

Written on 30 Apr, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday denied a petition seeking to shut down Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo County. After agreeing to close the nuclear power plant in 2025, PG&E received... (Continue reading)

SLO County offers remaining 10 homeless at safe parking site $60,000

Written on 30 Apr, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

By KAREN VELIE On the day the remaining 10 homeless people were to leave the safe parking site off Highway 1 near the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, the county agreed to give the group $60,000 and an extra... (Continue reading)

Woman’s body found near fountain in Santa Barbara

Written on 29 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Law enforcement officers are working to identify a woman whose body was found near a fountain in Santa Barbara on Monday morning. Shortly after 6 a.m., Harbor Patrol officers discovered a woman’s body near Stearn’s Wharf and... (Continue reading)

Drunk driver arrested in Solvang with assault rifle

Written on 29 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Santa Barbara County deputies on Sunday arrested a drunk driver in Solvang who was transporting an assault weapon and drugs. Shortly before 1 a.m., a deputy stopped a vehicle that was missing a front license plate on... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man dies after being struck by car in SLO Costco parking lot

Written on 29 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Morro Bay man has died in the aftermath of being struck by a car in the San Luis Obispo Costco parking lot last week. Shortly before 4 p.m. on April 22, a car hit Bayani Naguit,... (Continue reading)

Paul Flores’ second assailant has a history of attacking other inmates

Written on 29 Apr, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Danny Araujo, a 35-year-old prisoner who has repeatedly attacked other inmates with shanks, allegedly attempted to kill Paul Flores at Pleasant Valley State Prison. Flores is serving a 25 to life sentence for the 1996 murder of... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles needs to put paid parking on the ballot

Written on 29 Apr, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

Opinion by proponents of the Paso Robles paid parking referendum To the 2,426 Paso Roblans who signed the referendum petition to place paid parking on the ballot, bravo and thank you for participating in the referendum process! The referendum was... (Continue reading)

Farmworkers protest in Santa Maria, demand better wages and working conditions

Written on 29 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN More than 100 people demonstrated in Santa Maria on Sunday in support of Central Coast farmworkers and their efforts to obtain better wages and working conditions. [KSBY] Demonstrators marched and held signs with slogans that included “a... (Continue reading)

Did Grover Beach unlawfully reject recall petitions?

Written on 28 Apr, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE A citizens group in Grover Beach filed a lawsuit Friday accusing the city clerk of unlawfully rejecting their legally-compliant recall petitions for Mayor Karen Bright and councilmen Daniel Rushing and Zach Zimmerman. “In a blatant violation of... (Continue reading)