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21 more Santa Barbara County Jail inmates with coronavirus

Written on 29 Aug, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Twenty-one additional Santa Barbara County Jail inmates tested positive for coronavirus this week. After an inmate tested positive for the coronavirus on Aug. 24, health personnel tested 66 inmates at the county jail. Of those, 21 tested positive. Nineteen of... (Continue reading)

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new plan permits beauty shops to reopen

Written on 28 Aug, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a more gradual color coded reopening plan on Friday that allows beauty shops and barber shop to open indoors with modifications. The state assigns every county a color, based on its rate of new cases and... (Continue reading)

Why I protest against Black Lives Matter in San Luis Obispo

Written on 28 Aug, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 43 comments

OPINION by RICH DONALD If you do a YouTube search of “Rich Donald of SLOASA” you will see a video of me, leading one of, if not the largest protests against law enforcement arresting people for marijuana in county history.... (Continue reading)

Dan Dow and law enforcement supporters rally in SLO

Written on 28 Aug, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A couple hundred supporters of SLO County District Attorney Dan Dow and local law enforcement rallied Thursday evening outside the San Luis Obispo courthouse and along Monterey Street. Demonstrators arrived with United States flags, pro-police flag and... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly again reduces occupancy on campus

Written on 28 Aug, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Students will not share rooms this year at Cal Poly residence halls and apartments, according to a recent announcement. This modification reduces the maximum number of students in campus housing to 5,150, or about 60 percent capacity. On Aug. 19,... (Continue reading)

Police deem Atascadero man’s disappearance suspicious

Written on 27 Aug, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Police are asking the public’s help finding a 38-year-old Atascadero man who was last seen by his family in April. Cory KelleyArmer’s family told police it’s uncharacteristic for him to not have any contact with his family for months, leading... (Continue reading)

SLO Police Chief Deanna Cantrell quits suddenly

Written on 27 Aug, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 67 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deanna Cantrell, who has faced criticism for incidents ranging from losing her gun in a restaurant bathroom to her handling of Black Lives Matter protests, announced Thursday she is leaving the city... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara County deputies rescue homeless man

Written on 27 Aug, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies managed to rescue a 56-year-old homeless man experiencing a drug overdose in Isla Vista on Saturday by administering the opioid-combating medication Naloxone. At about 2 p.m., a 911 caller reported a man was lying unresponsive... (Continue reading)

Bystanders pull drowning child out of Lake Nacimiento

Written on 26 Aug, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Good Samaritans pulled a young boy out of Lake Nacimiento Tuesday afternoon and performed CPR on the child. [KSBY] Shortly after 3 p.m., the boy was swimming near the shore of Lake Nacimiento with his parents. Individuals from out of... (Continue reading)

Firefighters extinguish yet another blaze at the Ocean Dunes

Written on 26 Aug, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

For the fourth time in less than two weeks, a fire was reported burning at the Oceano Dunes. On Tuesday afternoon, firefighters extinguished the 10 foot by 10 foot blaze. On Aug. 13, the Dunes Fire scorched 11 acres. Ignited... (Continue reading)