San Luis Obispo doubles fines as Cal Poly students return
By KAREN VELIE As Cal Poly students return to campus, San Luis Obispo police are patrolling neighborhoods looking for candidates for hefty fines. Over an 11-day span ending Sept. 22, fines are doubled for violations of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code that occur commonly around the start of Cal...
Grover Beach approves five-story condominium building
By KAREN VELIE The Grover Beach Planning Commission last week voted 4-1 to give preliminary approval for a five-story mixed-use building, with Commissioner David Swift dissenting. The project, Bella Vista Villas, includes 20 condos and a 900 square foot commercial gym. By adding two affordable units, the developer was able...
Emails expose supervisor Paulding’s involvement in Nipomo battery storage facility
By KAREN VELIE In the aftermath of a battery fire in Moss Landing, concerned Nipomo residents voiced safety concerns earlier this year regarding a Caballero battery storage project in their neighborhood. San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding responded saying he was not aware of the project, a statement contradicted...
Deputies arrest man brandishing a machete in Santa Maria
By KAREN VELIE Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies arrested a man brandishing a machete following a five-hour standoff in Santa Maria on Tuesday, the suspect’s second arrest in less than three months. Shortly after 10 a.m., deputies responded to the 400-block of Ray Road for reports of a man brandishing...
Grover Beach woman arrested for threats at Hotel Cerro in SLO
By KAREN VELIE A Grover Beach woman is in jail for making criminal threats following a standoff at the Cerro Hotel in San Luis Obispo on Tuesday morning. Staff at the Hotel Cerro called law enforcement at about 9 a.m. to report Patricia Castaneda, who had stayed the previous night,...
Standoff at Hotel Cerro in San Luis Obispo
By KAREN VELIE There is a standoff at the Cerro Hotel in San Luis Obispo between law enforcement and an individual who barricaded themself in a hotel room on Tuesday morning. Shortly before 11 a.m., the SLO Police Department asked the public to avoid the 1100 block of Garden Street...
San Luis Obispo County waste agency’s financial troubles continue
By KAREN VELIE The latest audit for San Luis Obispo County’s waste agency found “inadequate internal controls over payroll during an employee’s leave of absence.” The SLO County Integrated Waste Management Authority board is scheduled to discuss the 2023-2024 fiscal year audit on Wednesday. The certified public accounting firm Brown...
