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SLO senior home under fire for health and safety issues

Written on 14 Mar, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE A resident of the Avila Senior Living facility in San Luis Obispo lied in their bed, dizzy and tired after a staffer gave them another resident’s medications. Regulators slapped the independent and assisted living facility with a... (Continue reading)

Evacuation warnings issued for SLO County areas, maps

Written on 14 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Officials throughout San Luis Obispo County issued evacuation warnings to flood prone areas as another atmospheric river approaches the Central Coast. Residents and businesses in areas of Oceano, Cayucos, Paso Robles, Grover Beach, Arroyo Grande and Morro... (Continue reading)

Teen arrested for Halloween shooting in Shandon

Written on 14 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 19-year-old man on Monday for shooting a 15-year-old boy on Halloween last year in Shandon.  The Halloween night shooting is believed to have been gang related, according to the... (Continue reading)

California bans salmon fishing for remainder of season

Written on 13 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on Friday a ban on salmon fishing along the Golden State’s coast for the remainder of the current season.  Previously, officials scheduled sport fishery to open off California in... (Continue reading)

Another atmospheric river closes in on San Luis Obispo County

Written on 13 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County residents already pounded by a series of dangerous storms are facing further flooding as another atmospheric river barrels towards the Central Coast. In advance of the storm, the National Weather Service issued a... (Continue reading)

Road collapses, cutting off residents near Lake Nacimiento

Written on 13 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN For the second time this year, Chimney Rock Road south of Lake Nacimiento collapsed, stranding residents in nearby communities.  In January, an atmospheric river eroded soil between Chimney Rock Road and culverts beneath it. The road collapsed,... (Continue reading)

SLO County gas prices rising, but for how long?

Written on 13 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Gas prices in San Luis Obispo County and the rest of the country increased during the past week leading to further sticker shock at the pump. However, the trend could be short-lived as gas demand declines and... (Continue reading)

Large mudslide closes road in Atascadero

Written on 11 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A large mudslide left a portion of Los Altos Road between Highway 41 and San Marcos Road in Atascadero covered in mud on Friday. Even though a portion of the road is impassable to through traffic,  all... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay yoga for knuckleheads: No looking around

Written on 11 Mar, 2023 in Discovered, Featured | One comment

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)

How much rain fell on SLO County during the storm?

Written on 11 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Heavy rains pounded San Luis Obispo County over the past three days with one are of the county recording 11.54 inches. Here is a look at how much rain fell in your area. Arroyo Grande – 3.35... (Continue reading)