San Luis Obispo County unemployment rate continues dropping
By KAREN VELIE Hiring in the hospitality industry in May helped drop San Luis Obispo County’s unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly a year, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday. SLO County’s jobless rate was 3.6% in May, down from 3.8% in April. The number of unemployed...
More than 3,300 households without power in San Luis Obispo County
By KAREN VELIE More than 3,300 PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo County are without power on Sunday morning because of 14 separate outages. While the cause of one of the outages is under investigation, 13 of the outages are planned public safety power shutoffs. Because of high winds and dry...
Paso Robles teacher on leave after texting, messaging girls
By KAREN VELIE A Lewis Flamson Junior High School math teacher was placed on administrative leave on May 30 amid allegations he sent inappropriate text and online messages to students. David Hong teaches 7th and 8th grade math. Parents have voiced concerns that he wrote a song about the girls...
Six power outages impacting 2,441 San Luis Obispo County PG&E customers
By KAREN VELIE More than 2,400 PG&E customers are without power on Saturday morning because of six outages in San Luis Obispo County. Three of the outages are unplanned and three are planned public safety power shutoffs. On Thursday, because of high winds and dry conditions, PG&E turned the power...
Destroying California’s economy one energy sector at a itme
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL The Diablo Nuclear Power Plant in Avila Beach generates some 10% of California’s electricity supply without generating any greenhouse gases. It represents $1 billion in annual economic contributions to our region including a $226 million payroll. Nevertheless, it was slated to close prematurely for three reasons,...
San Luis Obispo County deputies arrest felon with cache of guns
By KAREN VELIE A 42-year-old convicted felon is facing criminal charges after San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies found a cache of guns at his Nipomo home. After conducting an investigation into Robert Ramirez, deputies served a search warrant at the Nipomo man’s home located on the 200 block of...
San Luis Obispo police arrest alleged serial REI burglar
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested an alleged serial burglar who tried again this week to steal merchandise from the REI store on Madonna Road. On Tuesday, staff at the REI store observed a man trying to steal approximately $1,700 worth of merchandise by placing it in...
