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Nearly 3,000 PG&E customers lose power in San Luis Obispo, Avila Beach

Written on 23 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Nearly 3,000 PG&E customers lost power in San Luis Obispo and Avila Beach on Wednesday evening. Shortly after 10 p.m., 2,910 PG&E customers from San Luis Obispo to Avila Beach lost power. PG&E estimates the power will... (Continue reading)

Why is Paso Robles Councilman Gregory’s car registered in Idaho?

Written on 23 Oct, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

By KAREN VELIE Even though Paso Robles City Councilman Steve Gregory and his wife are long-time city residents, they have been driving newer Toyota SUVs with Idaho license plates since at least the first of the year. California law requires... (Continue reading)

Federal grand jury indicts Santa Maria Courthouse bomber

Written on 23 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A federal grand jury today returned a three-count indictment against a 20-year-old man who allegedly set off a bomb injuring five people at the Santa Maria Courthouse. The indictment  charges Nathaniel James McGuire with one count of... (Continue reading)

Repossessed auto leads to Grover Beach man’s arrest

Written on 23 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE A repossessed auto led to the arrest of a 36 year old Grover Beach man on multiple firearm related charges on Tuesday. Shortly after Eric Covault’s auto was repossessed, law enforcement learned the vehicle contained a ghost... (Continue reading)

SLO Tribune dusts off its misinformation machine again

Written on 23 Oct, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION by KAREN VELIE While we do not generally publish our own editorials and leave the commentary to our readers, the latest false hit piece in the Tribune prompted this response. In an attempt to get a more than $2... (Continue reading)

Paul Flores seeks to have murder conviction reversed or reduced

Written on 23 Oct, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paul Flores, the former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student who was convicted in the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart, appealed his conviction on Monday claiming judicial error. A jury in 2022 found that Flores murdered Smart... (Continue reading)

Two cars crash in San Luis Obispo, minor injuries

Written on 23 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Two cars crashed in the intersection of S. Higuera Street and Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo Tuesday night, resulting in minor injuries. Shortly after 9 p.m., one driver tried to turn left onto Los... (Continue reading)

McLintocks restaurants close in Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo

Written on 22 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE F. McLintocks Saloon and Dining restaurants in Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo have closed, six months after McLintocks in Arroyo Grande closed. In 1973, McLintocks opened its first restaurant in Shell Beach. Two years later, the... (Continue reading)

Thief snatches painting from Paso Robles art gallery

Written on 22 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE A thief snatched a small painting of Moonstone Beach in Cambria from an art gallery in Paso Robles on Saturday afternoon. Artist Annie Laddon had drawn the 8 inch by 16 inch painting in Cambria with plans... (Continue reading)

A proper investigation is needed before Paso Robles pays Ty Lewis

Written on 22 Oct, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

Opinion by Paso Robles Councilman Chris Bausch An open letter to Paso Robles Mayor John Hamon: I must take issue with some of your comments in the letter you recently posted in the press. You said, and I quote: “However,... (Continue reading)