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San Luis Coastal School District cuts some positions, not enough

Written on 20 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

By KAREN VELIE Facing a $6.3 million budget deficit, on Tuesday the San Luis Coastal Unified School District Board of Trustees voted to cut 20 employee positions while also agreeing not to eliminate 5.5 counseling positions. Staff proposed passing two... (Continue reading)

Caregiver allegedly rips off San Luis Obispo man, arrested

Written on 20 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a local caregiver and her boyfriend on elder abuse and embezzlement charges on Feb. 8, after they allegedly targeted an elderly man. A month earlier, a 60-year-old man told officers he... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student advisor sentenced to prison for sexual assault, burglary

Written on 19 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE A former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student advisor was sentenced this week to seven years and four months in state prison for attempted rape and burglary. The court also ordered 26-year-old Alexis Alejandro to register as... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo officers seek help identifying thieves

Written on 19 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a pair of thieves who allegedly stole a purse from a patron at the Olive Garden Restaurant on Jan. 25. The women then headed to... (Continue reading)

Dirty details on the 48% Santa Barbara County Supervisor raises

Written on 19 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL On Tuesday, Santa Barbara County Supervisors Steve Lavagnino, Bob Nelson, Joan Hartmann, Laura Capps, and Roy Lee will consider giving themselves a 48% raise worth $56,000 per year, for an annual salary of $171,000. The justification... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach fire damages apartment building, displaces six people

Written on 19 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By SUMMER AWBREY A late-night fire damaged an apartment building in Pismo Beach and displaced six people on Tuesday, according to Cal Fire. Shortly before midnight, a caller reported a fire burning at a multi-unit residential building at 551 Wadsworth... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is highest priced Cal State university

Written on 19 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is the highest priced university in the California State University system because of the fees it charges, according to a CSU report. The average campus-based mandatory fees in 2024-2025 are $1,981 per... (Continue reading)

This week’s San Luis Obispo County government meetings

Written on 18 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By CalCoastNews staff Will Pismo Beach raise its development fees? How will the San Luis Obispo City Council respond to a request to award nearly $10 million for design and engineering for the proposed Prado Road Bridge over Highway 101?... (Continue reading)

Pedestrian struck, killed by train in Carpinteria

Written on 18 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By SUMMER AWBREY An Amtrak train struck and killed a pedestrian in Carpinteria on Tuesday. Shortly after 9 a.m., the train hit the pedestrian at the end of Calle Ocho, according to the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District. The pedestrian died... (Continue reading)

Truck overturns near Paso Robles spilling fuel, powdered limestone

Written on 18 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A semi-truck crashed and overturned west of Paso Robles in the Adelaida area Monday morning, prompting a hazmat response. Bakersfield man Luis Hernandez Lopez, 29, was driving a Peterbilt truck eastbound on Chimney Rock Road while towing... (Continue reading)