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Dow calls for extending statute of limitations for sex crimes

Written on 18 Apr, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow called at an event on Monday for California to extend the statute of limitations for felony domestic violence and sexual assault crimes. [KCOY] At an annual event held by... (Continue reading)

Four arguments against SLO County’s redistricting plan

Written on 18 Apr, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE With San Luis Obispo County’s new board majority seeking a redo on redistricting, county officials green lit their plan to approve a new map during Tuesday’s meeting. The liberal board majority’s goal is to select one of... (Continue reading)

Details, video of Oxnard officer involved fatal shooting

Written on 17 Apr, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE An Oxnard Police officer shot and killed a man brandishing a knife after the suspect refused to drop the weapon and continued approaching officers even after he was tased and shot with a rubber bullet. Detectives released... (Continue reading)

Teen arrested for assault, robbery and shooting in SLO

Written on 17 Apr, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a teen who allegedly embarked upon a crime spree on Friday that included pistol-whipping and robbing a boy and firing gunshots in or around a parking lot. Early Friday morning, police... (Continue reading)

Man airlifted to hospital after Lompoc shooting

Written on 17 Apr, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Emergency personnel airlifted a man in serious condition to the hospital after a gunman shot him in Lompoc Monday morning.  Shortly before 9 a.m., a person reported a shooting in the 400 block of W. Pine Avenue.... (Continue reading)

Holocaust Remembrance Day, lest we forget

Written on 17 Apr, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by GORDON MULLIN The first time I met a holocaust survivor was in 1979. I was working in a kitchen cabinet factory in Richmond, British Columbia and Marija was working there with her son. One day I noted that... (Continue reading)

Donations raised, but not delivered to Los Osos mudslide victims

Written on 17 Apr, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE People throughout San Luis Obispo County donated money through two fundraisers to help victims of a raging river of water and mud that slammed into homes in the Vista de Oro Estates on Jan. 9. Money raised,... (Continue reading)

SLO County gas prices increasing, find the lowest prices

Written on 17 Apr, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Gas prices in San Luis Obispo County and the rest of the country increased this week as the price of crude oil crosses $80 a barrel, according to AAA. “When the cost of crude oil crosses the... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach traffic stop nets gun and two arrests

Written on 16 Apr, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE During a traffic stop this weekend, Pismo Beach police officers confiscated a gun and arrested both a suspect wanted on a felony warrant and a person on parole. At 11:58 p.m. Friday, officers stopped a car for... (Continue reading)

Most of California out of drought, find reservoir levels

Written on 16 Apr, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE After three years of scarce rainfall, less then 9% of California remains in drought conditions, while reservoirs show remarkable recoveries. In Nov. 2022, most of California was in moderate to extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought... (Continue reading)