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Pismo Beach reduces some parking citation rates

Written on 12 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Your parking meter in Pismo Beach ran out 10 minutes before you got back to your car, which now has an $80 parking ticket on the windshield. The Pismo Beach City Council voted June 2 to change... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police warn residents about phone scam

Written on 12 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department is warning the public about a phone scam aimed at extorting money from local residents. Scammers are calling residents and posing as SLO Police Department staff members in attempts to extort... (Continue reading)

Over 1,300 PG&E customers without power in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 11 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE More than 1,300 PG&E customers lost power in northern San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday morning. Shortly after 7:20 a.m., power went out for 1,317 customers from west side of Paso Robles to Lake Nacimiento. The cause... (Continue reading)

Atascadero, Grover Beach city councils vote to raise sewer rates

Written on 11 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Both Grover Beach and Atascadero city councils voted this week to raise their sewer rates to cover maintenance and infrastructure improvements. Both councils voted in favor of their city’s proposed rate increases in April. Under Proposition 218,... (Continue reading)

Group plans anti-Trump protests across San Luis Obispo County

Written on 11 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 68 comments

By KAREN VELIE A group opposed to the Trump administration is planning three protests in San Luis Obispo County on Saturday. The group’s coordinated events across SLO County are expected to draw 4,000 to 5,000 participants to declare that in... (Continue reading)

Drunk driver crashes into home in Goleta

Written on 11 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A drunk driver crashed into a home in Goleta on Monday evening. The occupants were in a separate area of the home when the crash occurred. Shortly before midnight, a caller reported the crash on the 6200-block... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo officers arrest driver at DUI checkpoint

Written on 10 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE During a DUI checkpoint on Friday, San Luis Obispo police officers arrested one driver for DUI and cited five people for driving an unlicensed vehicle or for driving with a suspended driver’s license. The department conducted the... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo attorney accused of obstructing justice

Written on 10 Jun, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

Editor’s note: CalCoastNews is referring to developer Ryan Petetit, who changed his name to Ryan Wright during the case, as Ryan Petetit-Wright. By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo attorney John Belsher is suspected of obstructing justice in the ongoing federal... (Continue reading)

Driver hits and injures pedestrian in San Luis Obispo

Written on 10 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A driver struck and injured a pedestrian in San Luis Obispo on Monday night. Shortly after 11 p.m., the pedestrian was crossing Santa Rosa Street near Taco de Mexico when a vehicle traveling northbound hit the person... (Continue reading)

Fire burns 261 acres at Fort Hunter Liggett

Written on 10 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A vegetation fire burned 261 acres at Fort Hunter Liggett, an Army base on the south side of Monterey County, on Monday afternoon. In the early afternoon, firefighters announced the blaze had burned 10 acres. Crews conducted... (Continue reading)