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Good Samaritans rescue man drowning in pool in San Luis Obispo

Written on 1 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE Three men rescued a man drowning in San Luis Obispo late Thursday afternoon. A man was swimming in the pool at Laguna Terrace Mobile Home Park on Pefumo Canyon Road with two of his children when he... (Continue reading)

Fire burning in SLO and Santa Barbara counties scorches over 800 acres

Written on 1 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE The fast moving Gifford Fire burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties grew to 818 acres in four hours on Friday, with no containment. Shortly after 2 p.m. on Friday, a caller reported four small... (Continue reading)

Latest in Paso Robles Groundwater Basin war: New tax rejected

Written on 1 Aug, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE As part of a more than decade-long war over control of the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin, the newly formed joint powers authority’s plan to tax landowners over the basin failed on Friday. During Friday’s meeting that included... (Continue reading)

Man convicted of transporting teen from Nipomo to Mexico for illicit sexual activity

Written on 1 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE A predator accused of taking an Arizona teen from her grandmother’s home in Nipomo to Mexico for illicit sexual activity has been found guilty on all federal charges he faced at the conclusion of a four-day trial,... (Continue reading)

The battle continues between Kristin Smart’s family and Cal Poly

Written on 31 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editors Note: This the second in a four-part series on three civil lawsuits and an appeal related to the investigation, trial and incarceration of Paul Flores. Read part one, “Will Paul Flores return to San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Police bust San Luis Obispo man with over 600 images of child porn

Written on 30 Jul, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 28-year-old San Luis Obispo man is in jail after officers discovered he had over 600 files of child pornography. Social media sites such as Facebook, Google, Reddit provide Cybertips to law enforcement if someone using their... (Continue reading)

Kamala Harris says she will not run for California governor in 2026

Written on 30 Jul, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 53 comments

By KAREN VELIE After months of contemplating a run for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s seat, former Vice President Kamala Harris announced Tuesday she will not run for California governor in 2026. Harris plans to announce, in the next few months, her... (Continue reading)

A long list of undesirables – elected, blind and otherwise

Written on 30 Jul, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Do you remember in the 1977 film “Star Wars” when Obi-Wan Kenobi described the infamous saloon as a “wretched hive of scum and villainy”? Is that not an apt description of the former convicts arrested at... (Continue reading)

More oil production to restart offshore of Santa Barbara County

Written on 30 Jul, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

By KAREN VELIE Months after offshore oil production resumed at one platform off the Santa Barbara County coastline, plans are in the works to start production at two additional offshore facilities. Sable Offshore plans to restart oil production at all... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara County deputies arrest man operating luxury car scam

Written on 30 Jul, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Santa Barbara County sheriff’s detectives arrested a man on Tuesday who posed as a luxury car executive and scammed victims out of thousands of dollars with false promises of discounted high-end vehicles. Investigators are now seeking the... (Continue reading)