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Find deals on dining, music lessons, golf and more in SLO County

Written on 20 Jan, 2024 in Featured, Sales and deals | No comments

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

Protect students, support Paso Robles Dual Immersion Program

Written on 20 Jan, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by  BRIAN MAXTED With more than 600 Paso Robles students in the Dual Immersion Program at Georgia Brown Elementary School, the 36th Street campus has grown to become the district’s largest and most sought after elementary school program. Until... (Continue reading)

Unemployment rising in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 20 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The number of unemployed people in San Luis Obispo County and in California continued to rise in December, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday. In SLO county, the number of unemployed residents rose from 4,900 to... (Continue reading)

SLO County Supervisors plan redistricting commission

Written on 20 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 16 voted 3-2 to move forward with plans create a redistricting commission, with supervisor John Peschong and Debbie Arnold dissenting. If created, the commission will be tasked... (Continue reading)

SLO driver slams into a light pole, arrested for DUI

Written on 19 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested an allegedly intoxicated driver who slammed into a light pole in a restaurant parking lot on Madonna Road on Thursday morning.  Shortly before 11 a.m., a 28-year-old woman drove an SUV... (Continue reading)

Round of storms to soak San Luis Obispo County

Written on 19 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Multiple storms will soak San Luis Obispo County from Friday evening though Monday, with chances of flash flooding. The storms are are forecast to bring breaking waves of up to 12 feet with dangerous rip currents, according... (Continue reading)

Kristin Smarts’ family files wrongful death lawsuit against Cal Poly

Written on 18 Jan, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE The family of Kristin Smart filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo for wrongful death, negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress, according to the suit. Paul Flores murdered Smart during an... (Continue reading)

Motorcyclist struck and killed near Orcutt

Written on 18 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Drivers struck and killed a downed motorcyclist south of Orcutt on Wednesday night.  The male motorcyclist landed on the roadway near the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 135. Multiple vehicles then struck the motorcyclist, according to... (Continue reading)

SLO County waste agency accused of misappropriation of funds, again

Written on 17 Jan, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE An employee of San Luis Obispo County’s waste agency resigned after she reported “gross misappropriation of public funds,” which agency staff then attempted to “sweep under the rug,” according to Ivonne Diaz’s Jan. 15 letter of resignation.... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles couple facing life in prison for dealing fentanyl

Written on 17 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE A couple from Paso Robles is facing life in prison for selling methamphetamine and fentanyl, after one of their victim’s died in May 2023, according to federal prosecutors. On Tuesday, law enforcement arrested 30 year-old Jessica Leigh... (Continue reading)