Melodee Buzzard’s mother released from jail
By KAREN VELIE A judge on Wednesday ordered Ashlee Buzzard, the mother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, to be released from jail. On Nov. 7, Ashlee Buzzard was arrested for allegedly preventing a victim from leaving an undisclosed location against their will a day earlier. While an acquaintance was visiting...
Tribune shows bias in latest hit piece targeting Dan Dow
OPINION by JODY LANGFORD As a longtime resident of San Luis Obispo County and a retired law enforcement officer, I am compelled to address the recent editorial written by Tribune staff and published in the Sacramento Bee and San Luis Obispo Tribune criticizing District Attorney Dan Dow. This hit piece...
Neighbors lose appeal of five-story building in Grover Beach
By KAREN VELIE After the majority of speakers voiced their objections to five-story buildings in the beach community, the Grover Beach City Council on Monday voted 4-0 to approve a five-story condo development next to two homes, with Councilman Clint Weirick abstaining. The project, Bella Vista Villas, includes 20 condos...
Fire destroys renovated bus in rural Santa Margarita, neighbor injured
By KAREN VELIE A fire destroyed a renovated bus and injured one person in rural Santa Margarita on Tuesday evening. Shortly after 6 p.m., a caller reported the bus on Cuesta Springs Road on fire. Jason Smith, neighbor who rescued a dog from the bus, suffered smoke inhalation. An ambulance...
Are truth, accountability, and authenticity still virtues?
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL One of the major problems in our society these days has to do with the fact that most people are led to believe sensational headlines that are later proved to be false. However, they never hear the correction of the falsehood. For instance, how many of...
Podcast examines disappearance and murder of two San Miguel children
By KAREN VELIE Two young girls vanished from San Miguel in 1980 and were later found murdered. The case went cold for decades — until San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s detective Clint Cole began digging into the unsolved murders. A riveting broadcast by “Crime Junkie Podcast” examines the case and...
Paso Robles principal removed from campus for public intoxication
By KAREN VELIE Update: Paso Robles police officers charged Megan Fletcher with DUI. Shortly after 9 a.m., a school staffer reported Fletcher was intoxicated. Officers arrived, escorted Fletcher from the campus and charged her with driving drunk to the Paso Robles High School campus. Law enforcement officers removed the principal...
