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Meta threatens to block news stories on Facebook over California bill

Written on 2 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The state Assembly on Thursday passed a bill that would require technology companies to pay media outlets for content they produce, despite tech giant Meta threatening to block news stories on Facebook in California. AB 886, dubbed... (Continue reading)

Teen shot at mall in Santa Maria

Written on 2 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A gunman shot and wounded a teenager in the parking structure of the Town Center East Mall in Santa Maria Thursday evening. [KSBY] Responders transported the male juvenile victim to the hospital following the shooting, which occurred... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo changes pot shop rules

Written on 2 Jun, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE In an apparent attempt to curtail marijuana mogul Helios Dayspring’s involvement in the cannabis industry, San Luis Obispo recently tweaked its rules for pot shop applicants. During the city’s previous pot shop application process, applicants were required... (Continue reading)

Cardboard blocks Highway 101 near Santa Margarita

Written on 2 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE A trailer transporting a load of cardboard overturned on Highway 101 near Santa Margarita on Thursday afternoon, slowing traffic for more than three hours. At 3:36 p.m., a semi-truck was pulling a trailer northbound on Highway 101... (Continue reading)

Fire burns three acres east of Templeton

Written on 2 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A vegetation fire burned 3.2 acres in rural Templeton Thursday afternoon. Shortly after 3 p.m., a caller reported a fire burning near the 1800 block of Burnt Rock Way east of Templeton, according to Cal Fire. Firefighters... (Continue reading)

Spirits renewed during Memorial Day ceremony in Cayucos

Written on 1 Jun, 2023 in Discovered, Featured | 3 comments

Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin.  Franklin’s memoir, “Life On The Mississippi, 1969,” is currently... (Continue reading)

Police capture wanted suspect in San Luis Obispo

Written on 1 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The man whom police officers hunted down on Wednesday, prompting a lockdown of San Luis Obispo High School, had been wanted for several months for allegedly committing a string of crimes in SLO. He also had evaded... (Continue reading)

Fire damages residential structure near Avila Beach

Written on 1 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A fire badly damaged a residential structure and burned a quarter-acre of vegetation near Avila Beach on Thursday.  Shortly before 3 p,m,, a caller reported a blaze burning off the 2400 block of Skyview Trail, close to... (Continue reading)

SLO High School on lockdown while police captured suspect

Written on 31 May, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo High School staff put the school in lockdown on Wednesday afternoon while police officers searched the area for a wanted suspect. The San Luis Obispo Police Department directed school officials to place the students... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo’s grossly unfair water rates

Written on 31 May, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT Grossly unfair is a good description of San Luis Obispo’s water rates, which charge those practicing water conservation nearly twice the rate of water wasters. On June 6, the city council plans to raise water rates,... (Continue reading)