Morro Bay plans to hire new city manager
By KAREN VELIE The Morro Bay City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a contract to hire John Craig as city manager. The council is scheduled to finalize its selection on Jan. 13. In June, the council voted to terminate then Morro Bay City Manager Yvonne Kimball. She served...
Marshals arrest New Orleans murder suspect in Morro Bay
By KAREN VELIE Morro Bay police officers assisted the U.S. Marshals Service in apprehending a murder suspect in Morro Bay on Monday afternoon. William Powell had been on the run since 2022. Powell is suspected of killing Ciara Bullock in New Orleans on March 19, 2022. Following the murder, Powell...
Paso Robles man arrested for arson, vandalism, resisting
By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles police officers arrested a 55-year-old man on charges of arson, vandalism and resisting arrests on Tuesday afternoon. Shortly after midnight on Monday, downstairs tenants at a multi-family residence in the 1400 block of Vine Street called 9-1-1 to report that the upstairs tenant was breaking...
SLO County Supervisor Gibson hires his favorite candidate
By KAREN VELIE Shortly after bringing his wife back to work for him in his office, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson announced plans to bring his chosen successor to also work as a part-time legislative assistant in his office. Gibson announced earlier this year he would not run...
Nepotism has no part in San Luis Obispo County government
OPINION by MICHAEL ERIN WOODY As a resident of San Luis Obispo County, I am demanding that Supervisor Bruce Gibson resign office immediately. Gibson is morally corrupt and lacks the ethics to hold office. Rather than face consequences for this ethical breach, Gibson and the county government establishment orchestrated what...
Firefighters battle chicken coop fire in rural San Luis Obispo County
By KAREN VELIE A fire destroyed a chicken coop and an outbuilding in rural San Luis Obispo County on Monday morning. Shortly after 9:20 a.m., a caller reported the fire burning on Chimney Rock Road near Adelaida Road. Cal Fire crews arrived to find the outbuilding next to a chicken...
San Luis Obispo loses first round in court battle over Canet Adobe
By KAREN VELIE The City of San Luis Obispo lost the latest round in a legal battle over the proposed construction of a low-cost housing development on a property donated for park and recreational services. More than 30 years after Mary Gail Black donated the Rosa Butron de Canet Adobe...
