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SLO County sheriff deputies seeking armed robbery suspect

Written on 8 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying an armed man who robbed a gas station in Nipomo last week. At 11 p.m. on Dec. 3, an armed man entered the Chevron gas... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay declares Bayshore Village seagulls a menace

Written on 8 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN In an effort to protect residents from feces and other nuisances created by seagulls, the Morro Bay City Council adopted a resolution last month allowing a condominium complex to take continued measures aimed at driving away the... (Continue reading)

Deputies seize 92 firearms from Santa Barbara gun store operator

Written on 8 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies seized more than 90 grams of methamphetamine and 92 firearms on Saturday from a man who operates a gun supply store. Kyle Dodge, 36, along with his father Rick Dodge, operate Dodge... (Continue reading)

It is time for San Simeon’s legal counsel to do the right thing

Written on 8 Dec, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

Opinion by Michael Donahue in an open letter to the San Simeon Community Services District’s legal counsel Jeffery Minnery In light of recent San Simeon Community Services District’s troubles including constructing a $1,000,000 building to house the reverse osmosis unit... (Continue reading)

Woman falls from cliff near Los Osos, dies

Written on 8 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A woman fell 70-feet to her death from a bluff in the Spooner’s Cove area of Montana De Oro State Park on Monday. Shortly after 4 p.m., witnesses observed a woman walking alone on the bluff when she fell backwards... (Continue reading)

SLO County sets another coronavirus case record

Written on 8 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

As San Luis Obispo County residents prepared for three weeks under stay-at-home orders, with 186 new coronavirus cases on Saturday the county set another record. Likely spurred by Thanksgiving gatherings, California also logged a record number of deaths this weekend.... (Continue reading)

Arata wants a SLO County judge to rule on systemic racism

Written on 7 Dec, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 34 comments

By KAREN VELIE In the latest attempt to have charges against Black Lives Matter protester Tianna Arata dropped without a trial in San Luis Obispo County, her attorneys filed a motion asking the court to determine if systemic racism exists.... (Continue reading)

Who will Gov. Gavin Newsom select to fill high-ranking seats?

Written on 7 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

In the aftermath of United States Sen. Kamala Harris being elected vice president, California Gov. Gavin Newsom could have three high-ranking statewide office seats to fill, a first in decades. [Politico] Newsom is now expected to select replacements for both... (Continue reading)

Mountain biker airlifted off trail near SLO High School

Written on 7 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A California Highway Patrol helicopter airlifted a mountain biker off a trail in San Luis Obispo on Sunday after the person suffered undisclosed injuries. The individual was mountain biking Sunday morning on Bowden Ranch Trail above San... (Continue reading)

The troubling dictates of Gov. Gavin Newsom

Written on 6 Dec, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 35 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE What’s Gov. Gavin Newsom been thinking? He’s been doing some strange things lately, but his latest executive action calling for a coronavirus stay-at-home and lockdown order based on a hastily conceived and unvetted map of... (Continue reading)