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Fire destroys Nacimiento Station, injures 14 firefighters

Written on 8 Sep, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The Dolan Fire that started near Big Sur jumped containment Tuesday morning, destroying a Los Padres National Forest ranger station and injuring 14 firefighters, one of whom is in critical condition. At about 8:30 a.m., with the blaze threatening the... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s positive coronavirus case numbers continue to fall

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

San Luis Obispo County reported an average of 21 daily new cases of coronavirus last week, down from an average of 35 a day a week earlier. In addition, the number of patients hospitalized with the coronavirus has fallen to... (Continue reading)

Cayucos’ lone, measly, little BLM sign

Written on 7 Sep, 2020 in Discovered, Featured | 24 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 wandering around the neighborhood... (Continue reading)

Complacency and the Paso Robles sales tax increase

Written on 7 Sep, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION by JOHN REYNOLDS Soon, voters will receive sample ballots and information for the November election. Many important decisions will be made this year concerning national, state, county, and city issues. I am focused on the proposed sales tax increases;... (Continue reading)

Climber falls 30 feet from Bishop Peak in San Luis Obispo

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

A CHP helicopter airlifted a rock climber off Bishop Peak in San Luis Obispo Monday morning after the person fell approximately 30 feet and suffered undisclosed trauma. Following the fall, which occurred before 9 a.m., SLO City and Cal Fire... (Continue reading)

Brush fire in San Luis Obispo burns 50 acres

Written on 6 Sep, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A vegetation fire broke out Sunday afternoon near Bridge Street in San Luis Obispo and spread into the South Hills Open Space. At about 4 p.m., a 911 caller reported the blaze. San Luis Obispo City and Cal Fire firefighters... (Continue reading)

Thousands without power in North San Luis Obispo County

Written on 6 Sep, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

By CCN STAFF On a day of record heat, thousands of San Luis County residents lost power in multiple outages that spanned from rural Atascadero to Heritage Ranch late Sunday afternoon. The largest outage is in Templeton, where approximately 2,570... (Continue reading)

Parishioners prevail in battle over Grover Beach church

Written on 6 Sep, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE An expensive legal battle over ownership of the Bethel Baptist Church in Grover Beach concluded with the parishioners saving their church through a private settlement agreement. After learning in late 2018 that the 57-year-old church was being... (Continue reading)

Music icon Bobby Engel dead at 73

Written on 6 Sep, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By CCN STAFF Robert John “Bobby” Engel, a nationally-recognized music booking agent and president of Variety Artists International, Inc, died on August 14 at his home in Creston after a brief illness. He was 73. Engel and his wife, Claudia... (Continue reading)

Tears for Tianna Arata

Written on 6 Sep, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 41 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL When I consider Tianna Arata, I don’t see a Martin Luther King in the making, not yet anyway, despite what the BLM spin doctors have to say. Instead, I see a young kid who got inebriated... (Continue reading)