SLO County Farm Bureau warns of impending Ice raids
By KAREN VELIE With U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting undocumented immigrants in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, the San Luis Obispo Farm Bureau provided its members a warning along with suggestions on how to deal with ICE agents. “We send this email to alert you of confirmed ICE...
Central Coast Planned Parenthood workers to strike averted
By KAREN VELIE Healthcare workers and Planned Parenthood California Central Coast recently reached a tentative agreement averting a planned protest. Health care workers accused Planned Parenthood of unfair labor practices and poor management. The healthcare workers at six Planned Parenthood California Central Coast locations – San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria,...
Pismo Beach reduces some parking citation rates
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 the ticket for overstaying at an already paid for meter...
San Luis Obispo police warn residents about phone scam
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 money from them over the phone, according to the police...
Over 1,300 PG&E customers without power in San Luis Obispo County
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 of the outage remains under investigation. PG&E estimates the electricity...
Atascadero, Grover Beach city councils vote to raise sewer rates
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, property owners may submit written protests to the rate increases....
Group plans anti-Trump protests across San Luis Obispo County
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 America we don’t put up with would-be kings, according to...
