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California’s unauthorized immigrant population declines but still highest in U.S.

Written on 16 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN California’s population of immigrants who are in the United States illegally or under temporary permission decreased by 150,000 between 2017 and 2021, according to a report published Thursday. [LA Times] The nonpartisan Pew Research Center report counts... (Continue reading)

Farewell Tribune, hello CalCoastNews

Written on 16 Nov, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE As a subscriber to The Telegram Tribune for decades, I’ve just canceled my subscription to what used to be my primary source for local news. After doing so, I’ll confess to some nostalgia about this... (Continue reading)

Central Coast professor charged in death of Jewish protestor

Written on 16 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE Central Coast deputies arrested a college professor and pro-Palestine protestor Thursday morning on an involuntary manslaughter charge for the death of a Jewish protester. Loay Alnaji’s bails is set at $1 million. On Nov. 5, there were... (Continue reading)

Recall of SLO County Supervisor Gibson cancelled, though not over

Written on 16 Nov, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 19 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Elaina Cano on Tuesday canceled the recall Supervisor Bruce Gibson petition after the filers missed a deadline. The Committee to Support the Recall of Supervisor Bruce Gibson plans to file a new... (Continue reading)

Teens with pellet guns prompt Templeton Middle School lockdown

Written on 15 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Two high school students with pellet guns prompted a lockdown of Templeton Middle School on Wednesday morning. [KSBY] At about 10:30 a.m., a witness reported a suspicious person in the area of Templeton Middle School. Authorities placed... (Continue reading)

SLO County information technology employee suspected of theft

Written on 15 Nov, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County employee who works in the Information Technology Department is suspected of running a longtime scam in which he purchased products and then either sold or kept the items for his own use,... (Continue reading)

Inspectors to evaluate safety of Georgia Brown Elementary School in Paso Robles

Written on 15 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District voted unanimously on Tuesday to seek a structural comprehensive inspection of Georgia Brown Elementary School after multiple members of the community voiced concerns over the structural and environmental safety of... (Continue reading)

Do you believe SLO County Supervisor Paulding or the Supreme Court?

Written on 15 Nov, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

Opinion by Andrea Seastrand and Chuck Bell President of the Central Coast Taxpayers Association Andrea Seastrand and Chuck Bell, a board member and local lawyer who represents the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, provided the following response to San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

SLO County employee under criminal investigation, placed on leave

Written on 15 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN District attorney’s office investigators served search warrants on Tuesday at the home and office of a San Luis Obispo County employee who has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcomes of investigations into the worker’s actions.... (Continue reading)

Pickup truck slams into fence outside house in SLO

Written on 14 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A driver crashed a pickup truck which rolled over and slammed into a white picket fence outside a house in San Luis Obispo Tuesday morning.  The white Ford pickup crashed at about 8:30 a.m. on Broad Street... (Continue reading)