Dangerous sexual predator gets indefinite confinement
By JOSH FRIEDMAN District Attorney Dan Dow announced Monday that a San Luis Obispo County jury has found true that a convicted child molester is a sexually violent predator and, thus, should remain in the custody of the California Department of State Hospitals indefinitely. In 2006, Zoran Petrovic was convicted...
One person killed in fiery crash near Lake Nacimento
By KAREN VELIE One person was killed in a fiery crash near Lake Nacimiento in San Luis Obispo County on Monday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly before 2 p.m., the driver lost control of their vehicle and drove 50 feet off Lake Nacimento Drive. The crash started...
Cruel comments from Paso Robles school district, Cuesta College employees
By KAREN VELIE Employees of both the Paso Robles school district and Cuesta College near San Luis Obispo are under fire for making cruel comments following the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The day after a man shot and killed Kirk, Paso Robles Unified School District employee Netta Perkins posted several...
JFK, MLK, RFK and now CJK – Charles James Kirk
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Although I was a child when President John Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, I vividly remember my own grief for their families and our country. What I don’t remember is anyone openly celebrating the deaths of these three great Americans. Especially since...
San Luis Obispo City Council approves eminent domain for roundabout
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County City Council voted 5-0 on Tuesday to allow eminent domain proceedings against two property owners in order to build a roundabout at the intersection of California Boulevard and Taft Street. By building a roundabout, the city seeks to reduce collisions and improve...
More losses in government jobs, SLO County unemployment rates drops
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County’s unemployment rate fell slightly in August to 5%, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday. The size of the county workforce increased from 131,900 in Aug. 2024 to 133,800 in Aug. 2025. The county unemployment rate rose from 5.2% in July 2025 to...
Arroyo Grande murder suspect obsessed over killing his victims
By KAREN VELIE For more than a decade, a 35-year-old man voiced his obsession with murdering his former Arroyo Grande neighbors. He spent years under public guardianship with multiple stays in mental health facilities while the targets of his homicidal ideologies lived in fear. On Wednesday evening, Fritz Schnoor broke...
