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LAFCO signs off on huge Nipomo housing project, Paulding opposed

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Local Agency Formation Commission voted 6-1 on Thursday to approve the annexation of a large housing project into the Nipomo Community Services District with San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding dissenting.... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County’s unemployment rate fails to show lost jobs

By KAREN VELIE In the past two months, there are 600 fewer people employed in San Luis Obispo County. At the same time, unemployment numbers have dropped because of a declining workforce, the state Employment Development Department announced Friday. Prior... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County counts more ballots, few changes

By KAREN VELIE The leaders in all but one race in San Luis Obispo County remain unchanged after the clerk recorder counted an additional 4,800 ballots on Thursday. Even so, with more than 32% of received ballots uncounted, there are... (Continue reading)

Will Trump’s win end Morro Bay offshore wind energy projects?

By KAREN VELIE President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end offshore wind energy projects his first day in office, a promise opponents of the proposed Morro Bay offshore wind farms hope he fulfills. Trump ran on lowering housing and energy... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man seriously injured in single vehicle crash

By KAREN VELIE A 61-year-old Paso Robles man suffered major injuries in a single vehicle crash on Wednesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly after 4 p.m., Danny Mathews was headed eastbound on Creston Road near Creston Ridge... (Continue reading)

Lompoc police arrest stabbing suspect, $2 million bail

By KAREN VELIE Lompoc police arrested a man on Wednesday afternoon who is suspected of a brutal stabbing last week. On Nov. 8, a caller reported a stabbing on V Street. Officers arrived to find a man with multiple stab... (Continue reading)

Traffic stop derails kidnapping in Montecito

By KAREN VELIE A deputy conducting a traffic stop in Montecito derailed a kidnapping in progress on Tuesday evening. Shortly before 11 p.m., a deputy on patrol in the area of Highway 101 near Olive Mill Road pulled over an... (Continue reading)

Four people arrested for faking bear attacks

By KAREN VELIE Detectives arrested four people for allegedly faking bear attacks on vehicles and then defrauding insurance companies out of more than $140,000. In what has been dubbed Operation Bear Claw, California Department of Insurance investigators looked into a... (Continue reading)

Victims of Atascadero rapist speak out, want maximum sentence

By KAREN VELIE Atascadero rapist Nate Abate was in court on Tuesday for what was initially scheduled to be a sentencing hearing. Instead, woman who have accused Abate of sexual assault provided victim statements to the court, and asked the... (Continue reading)

Car veers off highway, hits Tesla sign in San Luis Obispo

By KAREN VELIE A car veered off Highway 101 and landed on a Tesla sign in San Luis Obispo, leaving one person with moderate injuries on Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly before 7 a.m., the silver... (Continue reading)