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Cunningham wants to keep Diablo Canyon open, use revenue to pay fire victims

Written on 15 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments


By JOSH FRIEDMAN Central Coast Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham has announced his intention to introduce a bill aimed at keeping Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant operational, which is currently slated to shut down by 2025. Cunningham’s plan also includes a proposal... (Continue Reading)

San Luis Obispo begins direct flights to Sin City Las Vegas

Written on 15 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments


By CCT STAFF Kicking off Thursday, Contour Airlines will begin nonstop flights from San Luis Obispo to Las Vegas. Flights will run four times a week with prices starting at $99 for one way. In 2017, the airport opened a... (Continue Reading)

Thief snatches $600 in video games from Paso Robles Target

Written on 14 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment


By CCT STAFF Police are looking for a thief who fled the Paso Robles Target store on Sunday with over $600 worth of stolen video games, police said. After the suspect fled the store, he got into a 2010 white... (Continue Reading)

Oceano residents rejected fire tax, officials giving it another try

Written on 14 Oct, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments


By CCT STAFF Five years ago, Oceano residents said no to an annual fire tax, and in 2020 they will have another opportunity to approve or reject a new plan to levy a $180 annual tax on every home. The... (Continue Reading)

California bans early school start times and lunch shaming

Written on 14 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments


By JOSH FRIEDMAN California will push back school start times and ban the practice of “lunch shaming” after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a pair of bills intended to improve students’ health. SB 328, authored by Sen. Anthony Portantino... (Continue Reading)

Shandon man seriously injured in DUI crash

Written on 14 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment


By CCT STAFF A 40-year-old Shandon man suffered major injuries in a single vehicle crash off Highway 46 Sunday evening, according to the CHP. Shortly before 11 p.m., Curtis Lee Twissleman was headed southbound on Bitterwater Road when his car... (Continue Reading)

Power outage impacts nearly 3,000 customers in Grover Beach

Written on 14 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments


By JOSH FRIEDMAN Nearly 3,000 customers lost power as a result of an outage in the Grover Beach area early Monday morning. [KSBY] The power outage started at about 2:30 a.m. As of 7:30 a.m., 55 customers remain without power... (Continue Reading)

Thieves snatch synthetic turf from Sinsheimer Park in SLO

Written on 13 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments


By CCT STAFF The San Luis Obispo Police Department is investigating the theft of a large portion of the synthetic turf from the slide hill at Sinsheimer Park playground. During the overnight hours of Oct. 7, vandals cut out and... (Continue Reading)

Three people gunned down, one killed in Lompoc

Written on 13 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments


By CCT STAFF Three people were shot Saturday night in an alley between North F and G Streets in Lompoc. One person is dead and two others are in the hospital. At about 10:25 p.m., officers responding to reports of... (Continue Reading)

Black bear and bald eagles spotted at Santa Margarita Ranch

Written on 12 Oct, 2019 in Discovered, Featured | 4 comments


By SEAN WEIR Jody Langford couldn’t believe his eyes earlier this week when he spotted and photographed a large black bear on the Santa Margarita Ranch. “I’ve lived in North County all my life, and I’ve seen a lot of... (Continue Reading)

Arroyo Grande man threatens woman with a meat cleaver

Written on 12 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment


By CCT STAFF An 52-year-old man is in jail after he threatened his fiancé with a meat cleaver and destroyed property at a home in the 100 block of Old Summit Road in rural Arroyo Grande. With Brian Louis Garzoli... (Continue Reading)

CHP identifies Santa Margarita man killed in crash

Written on 11 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments


By CCT STAFF The Santa Margarita man killed in a crash north of Paso Robles on Friday morning has been identified as Mykel Leo Romo, 28. Shortly after 3 a.m., a 23-year-old woman from San Miguel was driving on Estrella... (Continue Reading)

One person killed, another injured in North County crash

Written on 11 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment


By JOSH FRIEDMAN One person died and another individual suffered major injuries early Friday morning after a vehicle went off a roadway northeast of Paso Robles and slammed into a tree. The crash occurred at about 5 a.m. near the... (Continue Reading)

Camera catches rogue attempting to break into Grover Beach home

Written on 11 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments


By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Grover Beach homeowner’s surveillance camera caught footage of a prowler, whom officers arrested, prancing around their porch early Thursday morning and trying to enter their home. In the video, the prowler is seen sticking out his... (Continue Reading)

Uber driver gets one year in jail for rape

Written on 11 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments


By CCT STAFF A former Santa Maria Uber driver was sentenced on Thursday to one year in county jail for raping an intoxicated passenger after the he entered a guilty plea. In April, a woman told police she had an... (Continue Reading)

San Luis Obispo company creates electric aircraft for NASA

Written on 10 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments


By CCT STAFF A San Luis Obispo company delivered an all-electric X-plane to NASA for researching ideas that could lead to the development of electric propulsion-powered aircraft, which would be quieter, more efficient and environmentally friendlier than today’s commuter planes,... (Continue Reading)

El Nino is coming! El Nino is coming!

Written on 10 Oct, 2019 in Discovered, Featured | 3 comments


Editor’s Note: The following series of tales from behind the bar, “Happy Jacks Saloon: The Last Morro Bay Fisherman’s Dive,” to be posted bi-weekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin. The following... (Continue Reading)

Morro Bay and Arroyo Grande planning vape bans

Written on 10 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments


By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following the lead of San Francisco, and Arroyo Grande, the Morro Bay City Council endorsed a proposed ban on the sale of vaping products Tuesday night. Earlier this year, San Francisco adopted a temporary ban on the... (Continue Reading)

IWMA votes for San Luis Obispo County-wide Styrofoam ban

Written on 10 Oct, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments


BY CCT STAFF The San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA) voted Wednesday to approve a countywide ban on Styrofoam. The ban is slated to go into effect in six months. Currently, five of the seven cities in... (Continue Reading)

Suit challenges cannabis bureau over marijuana billboards

Written on 9 Oct, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments


By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo man with two teenagers is suing the California Bureau of Cannabis Control over marijuana business billboards that he says were banned under Proposition 64, the voter initiative that legalized and regulates cannabis. [Cal... (Continue Reading)

Fire burns 300 acres near Camp Roberts

Written on 9 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments


By JOSH FRIEDMAN A fire broke out Tuesday evening near Camp Roberts and, as of Wednesday morning, the blaze has burned 289 acres and is 30 percent contained. [Cal Coast Times] The fire started on the east side of the... (Continue Reading)

Tourist hit and killed in San Luis Obispo

Written on 9 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments


By CCT STAFF A 62-year-old tourist attempting to cross Madonna Road near McDonald’s was hit and killed by a car Tuesday night, according to San Luis Obispo police. Shortly after 9 p.m., a 30-year-old driver hit the woman who was... (Continue Reading)

PG&E shuts off power, Santa Maria on the list

Written on 9 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments


By JOSH FRIEDMAN PG&E has shut off power in numerous Northern California counties and may cut off electricity to 800,000 customers statewide. In a preemptive move to eliminate wildfire risk, PG&E began shutting off power early Wednesday morning, immediately impacting... (Continue Reading)

One man arrested after bomb squad called to Grover Beach

Written on 9 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments


By JOSH FRIEDMAN A suspicious package left on a vehicle in Grover Beach brought out the bomb squad and led to road closures, evacuations and the eventual arrest of a suspect, though on charges unrelated to the device that was... (Continue Reading)

More poor planning by SLO City Council

Written on 8 Oct, 2019 in Literary Corner, Opinion | 11 comments


By ALLAN COOPER You probably know that the State of California has “gifted” housing developers a series of special concessions which are meant to incentivize growth, even when this growth cannot be easily accommodated into our communities. But did you... (Continue Reading)

Court to decide the winner of a proposed PG&E takeover

Written on 8 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments


Victims of the deadly wildfires started by Pacific Gas and Electric and a group of Wall Street hedge funds are working together to seize control of the utility company. Lawyers for the victims asked a bankruptcy judge on Monday to... (Continue Reading)

Santa Maria police hunting for alleged Taco shop killer

Written on 8 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments


By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Santa Maria Police Department is searching for a man they believe shot and killed a 33-year-old man outside a taco shop on Sunday. At about 3:30 p.m., 29-year-old Juan Carlos Hernandez allegedly shot Jose Medina Gonzalez... (Continue Reading)

San Miguel man charged with child molestation

Written on 7 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment


By CCT STAFF San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 54-year-old San Miguel man on charges he sexually penetrated a child with a foreign object. On the evening of Oct. 5, a caller reported David Avis Vance had sexually... (Continue Reading)

Oceano to hire a new administrator

Written on 7 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments


BY CCT STAFF Oceano Community Services District board members have selected a new administrator, to replace General Manager Paavo Ogren who plans to retire in December. Will Clemens, currently the central service director for San Luis Obispo County, is in... (Continue Reading)

Drunk man caught driving wrong-way on Highway 46

Written on 7 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments


By JOSH FRIEDMAN An intoxicated man managed to avoid crashing into other vehicles while driving the wrong-way on Highway 46 near Paso Robles early Sunday morning, but he did not managed to avoid arrest. At about 2 a.m., Lorenzo Gonzalez... (Continue Reading)