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Cal Poly float wins award at 2025 Rose Parade

Written on 1 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly universities’ float, depicting Scotland’s most camera-averse underwater mystic on its best day, received the Leishman Public Spirit Award at the 136th Rose Parade held New Year’s Day. Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and California... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County’s top stories in 2024: Fraud, bribes, arrests

Written on 1 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By CalCoastNews staff To say 2024 was an eventful year in San Luis Obispo County would be an understatement. The top stories of 2024 include a civil fraud judgement against attorney John Belsher, Ryan Petetit-Wright’s prison sentence and the questionable... (Continue reading)

A look at SLO County rainfall totals, reservoir levels

Written on 31 Dec, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A dry end of 2024 has left San Luis Obispo County with below average rainfall totals for this time of year. However, back-to-back wet years have replenished local and state reservoirs. For example, Lopez Lake currently has... (Continue reading)

Out with the old, in with the new in Pismo Beach

Written on 31 Dec, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE Pismo Beach on Tuesday announced the appointment of Rosemarie Gaglione to replace Ben Fine as public works director. Gaglione has over 30 years of experience in public works, including working for Marin County and the cities of... (Continue reading)

Candidate for this month’s dumbest criminal in Pismo Beach

Written on 30 Dec, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Pismo Beach officers arrested a man transporting a large amount of cannabis and methamphetamine in a vehicle parked in the pier parking lot after closure hours on Friday, who is now a candidate for this month’s dumbest... (Continue reading)

Officer rescues man trapped by fire in Grover Beach, video

Written on 30 Dec, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Grover Beach Police Department on Monday released a dramatic video of an officer rescuing a man trapped in a burning mobile home on Friday. After the officer arrived at the Grand Avenue Mobile Home Park, citizens... (Continue reading)

Is San Luis Obispo attorney John Belsher using an alias?

Written on 30 Dec, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

Correction: Jodi Belsher legally changed her name to Jody Bernat after moving to Arizona, according to John Belsher. By KAREN VELIE In the latest drama regarding a $3.6 million judgement against San Luis Obispo attorney John Belsher, Belsher and his... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County deals on golf, dining, lodging, more

Written on 29 Dec, 2024 in Featured, Sales and deals | No comments

Find great local sales and deals on dining, happy hours, lodging, golf and more while supporting San Luis Obispo County businesses and the local economy. Hunter Ranch Golf Course – Hunter Ranch Bar & Grill Golf special Stands of century-old... (Continue reading)

Propane heater started mobile home fire in Grover Beach

Written on 29 Dec, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A portable propane heater started the fire that destroyed a mobile home and injured a resident on Friday in Grover Beach. Shortly before 6 p.m., a caller reported a mobile home on fire at the Grand Avenue... (Continue reading)

New California laws you need to know in 2025

Written on 28 Dec, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE Laws permitting cannabis cafes and outdoor drinking are some of the nearly 1,000 laws set to impact Californians in 2025. These are also laws to ban book bans, ban parking near crosswalks and ban forever chemicals in... (Continue reading)