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Closing the Oceano Dunes would be an economic disaster

Written on 29 Jun, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION by STACY KORSGADEN The heart and soul of any community is found in its strength of relationships. The Central Coast became my home over thirty years ago. While at Cal Poly, my affinity for the central coast grew so... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police arrest a man who allegedly killed a witness

Written on 29 Jun, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By CCN STAFF Paso Robles police arrested a man on Sunday for allegedly killing Trevon Perry, a witness in an ongoing murder case. Perry’s family reported him missing on March 16. Officers arrested 23-year-old Nicholas Ron of Paso Robles on... (Continue reading)

The regulators who cried wolf

Written on 29 Jun, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

BY KAREN VELIE For more than a decade, San Luis Obispo County’s Air Pollution Control District (APCD) warned about silica dust blowing inland from the Oceano Dunes. It causes cancers, and lung and kidney disease. It was the result of... (Continue reading)

Injured SLO County sheriff’s deputy escorted home

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

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputy who was shot in the face during a manhunt earlier this month returned home from the hospital on Sunday. Law enforcement escorted the vehicle transporting Nichols Dreyfus home, while locals cheered and waved... (Continue reading)

California governor orders bars in seven counties to close

Written on 28 Jun, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all bars in seven counties to close, and recommended closures in eight others counties on Sunday, citing a surge in new coronavirus cases. The state ordered bars in Los Angeles, Fresno, Kern, San Joaquin, Tulare,... (Continue reading)

Real men don’t wear masks in Cayucos

Written on 27 Jun, 2020 in Discovered, Featured | 21 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.  By DELL FRANKLIN I was walking Wilbur around 7:30... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles weed abatement blamed for blaze that destroyed homes

Written on 27 Jun, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The preliminary findings of a county fire investigation team suggest a Paso Robles weed abatement program likely caused a blaze earlier this week that destroyed two homes and damaged nine other structures. Shortly before 2 p.m., the fire started in... (Continue reading)

State prison escapee captured in Nipomo

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

San Luis Obispo County deputies captured a fugitive on Friday who escaped from the Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad several days earlier. Edgar Delgado, 37, walked out of the prison’s Minimum Support Facility on June 23, according to the... (Continue reading)

SLO County hits record high for hospitalized coronavirus cases

Written on 27 Jun, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

BY CCN STAFF San Luis Obispo County health officials reported 12 coronavirus patients hospitalized on Friday, a record number. During the past four days, there have been 66 newly confirmed coronavirus cases in San Luis Obispo County, or 16.5 per... (Continue reading)

No charges for driver who plowed through protesters in Ventura, video

Written on 26 Jun, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By CCN STAFF Ventura County prosecutors announced Friday they will not prosecute a man who slowly plowed through a group of Black Lives Matter protesters who where blocking the street, injuring at least one protester, according to the Ventura County... (Continue reading)