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Cannabis hides in plain sight in SLO County

Written on 8 Mar, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE The signs around the field of budding cannabis plants growing in rural San Miguel say the grow is part of a legitimate and legal research project. And, neighbors believe the plants are part of a permitted Cal... (Continue reading)

One person killed in motorcycle crash near Pozo Saloon

Written on 8 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN One person died Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle crash near the Pozo Saloon. Shortly before 3 p.m., the motorcyclist slid, lost control and crashed on Pozo Road down the street from the saloon, according to Cal Fire.... (Continue reading)

A gem of a thrift store in Cayucos

Written on 7 Mar, 2021 in Discovered, Featured | 5 comments

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)

Los Osos man sentenced to 11 years for interstate meth conspiracy

Written on 7 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A 36-year-old Los Osos man was sentenced last month to more than 11 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in three states, according to the Northern District of Iowa U.S. Attorney’s Office. On Feb. 8, 2020, a... (Continue reading)

Port San Luis commissioners told to stop bullying, harassment

Written on 6 Mar, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Port San Luis Harbor District has served cease-and-desist letters on two commissioners ordering them to stop bullying, harassing, slandering and threatening a staffer. The district hired attorney Susannah Galiano with the Ventura based law firm of... (Continue reading)

Deputies searching for Cambria car burglars

Written on 6 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies are asking the public to help identify two men suspected of burglarizing cars in Cambria last month. On Feb. 28, thieves broke into two cars parked at the Santa Rosa Creek Trail Head State... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay High School teacher accused of misusing funds

Written on 5 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The former auto shop teacher at Morro Bay High School allegedly sold vehicles repaired by students without depositing funds from the sales back into a school account. [Tribune] Additionally, ex-automotive technology teacher James Bueno used school club... (Continue reading)

SLO County now has three available vaccines, cases continue to drop

Written on 5 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

San Luis Obispo County announced today that it received its first allocation of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which it will reallocate to several local pharmacies. The county’s three public COVID-19 vaccine clinics will continue to administer the... (Continue reading)

DUI driver sentenced to 15 years to life for fatal Nipomo crash

Written on 5 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Santa Maria man has received a sentence of 15 years to life in prison for causing a 2018 DUI crash in Nipomo that killed an 82-year-old woman. Edgar Saul Rojas Morales, 25, narrowly avoided a murder... (Continue reading)

California to restrict 40% of vaccine doses for disadvantaged areas

Written on 4 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to restrict 40% of all vaccine doses in the state for disadvantaged neighborhoods and to lower the requirement to move into the red-tier. State officials plan to distribute the restricted doses to... (Continue reading)