By JOSH FRIEDMAN Months after Santa Barbara County hired ex-San Luis Obispo County Chief Administrative Officer Wade Horton, Santa Barbara County has hired another former SLO County management-level staffer. Joeph Dzvonik, the former manager of SLO County’s Homeless Services Division,... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The group spreading antisemitic propaganda for more than a year targeted neighborhoods in Los Osos and Pismo Beach this week, though they made changes to their fliers. Similar to fliers left in Grover Beach, Paso Robles and... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A passenger train struck and killed a pedestrian in Pismo Beach near Frady Lane and the Highway 101 overpass on Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Shortly after noon, the pedestrian was walking northbound on the middle of... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Paso Robles police officers are searching for a burglar or burglars who broke into a craft beer bar and music venue early Tuesday morning and stole merchandise. The Pour House, located at 525 Pine Street, stated in... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge sentenced a man on Tuesday to 25 years and eight months in prison for entering a Paso Robles home and sexually assaulting a woman who was sleeping inside. On Feb. 8 at about 3 a.m.,... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A U.S.Navy sailor stationed on the Central Coast pleaded guilty on Tuesday to transmitting sensitive information to a Chinese intelligence officer in exchange for bribery payments, according to the U.S, Department of Justice. Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao,... (Continue reading)
OPINION by GORDON MULLIN The San Luis Obispo County Jewish community mourns the tragic events in Israel. Hamas has executed and captured hundreds of Jews and the Israeli government is planning its response. Many of us await to hear from... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE An Oceano Community Services District board member allegedly connected a recreational vehicle to the district’s water and sewer systems without the proper permits and in violation of multiple San Luis Obispo County regulations, according to a Sept.... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Federal regulators rejected a request from a pair of environmental groups to immediately shut down one of the two reactors at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. [The Journal Record] Mothers for Peace and Friends of the Earth... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Grover Beach Planning Commission voted 5-0 last week to approve a four-story, mixed use development in the heart of the South County city. Developer Gary Grossman’s Coastal Community Builders plans to construct two four-story buildings on... (Continue reading)