Man killed in crash near Lake Nacimiento identified
By KAREN VELIE California Highway Patrol officers today identified the driver killed in a single vehicle crash near Lake Nacimiento on Monday as 62-year-old David Upham of Bradley. Shortly before 2 p.m., Upham lost control of his vehicle and drove 50 feet off Lake Nacimento Drive. His Dodge Grand Caravan...
Don’t push your beliefs on me
Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin. Franklin’s memoir, “The ballplayer’s Son” and “Life on The Mississippi, 1969” are currently on Amazon. I was coming out...
SLO County woman plans to represent herself in election fraud case
By KAREN VELIE A judge on Monday granted a 62-year-old San Luis Obispo County woman permission to represent herself in court regarding nine election fraud charges related to the 2022 and 2024 Arroyo Grande mayoral elections. Prosecutors charged former Arroyo Grande mayoral candidate Gaea Powell with voter registration fraud, filing...
Santa Maria teen busted with cache of loaded firearms
By KAREN VELIE A 17-year-old Santa Maria boy is in juvenile hall after officers found six loaded weapons in his home. Shortly before 11 p.m. on Sunday, a caller reported someone was pointing a laser at vehicles driving on the 300 block of Lolita Lane. During the investigation, officers contacted...
SLO police arrest woman for stealing TV from apartment complex
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police arrested a woman last week for stealing a television from the mailroom of an apartment complex. On Sept. 17, a caller reported the theft of a television from an apartment complex mailroom on Foothill Boulevard. Surveillance footage from the mailroom showed a woman...
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...
