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Man with a knife threatens customers at Santa Maria Jack in the Box
By KAREN VELIE A man with a knife threatened customers at the Jack in the Box in Santa Maria on Friday leading to a 30 minute standoff with officers. Officers responding to a report of a man with a knife... (Continue Reading)
San Luis Obispo man busted with drugs for sale, firearms
By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo man is facing six drug and firearm related charges after he allegedly approached a neighbor while holding a shotgun. On June 23, a resident of an apartment complex on the 1400 block of... (Continue Reading)
Templeton Fire Department and prosecutors to determine arson charges
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies identified the four juveniles responsible for the arson fire that destroyed the Templeton Feed and Grain on the evening of July 4, including the teen who threw the firework on the... (Continue Reading)
SLO County Board of Supervisors barred speakers regarding cannabis project
OPINION by MURRAY POWELL San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisor’s Chair Dawn Ortiz-Legg on Tuesday barred multiple members of the Templeton community from speaking against a proposed cannabis cultivation project in Templeton, a project she supported. The board then... (Continue Reading)
Belsher’s San Luis Obispo home sold for $600,000 at sheriff’s auction
By KAREN VELIE Attorney John Belsher’s home in San Luis Obispo sold for $600,000 at a sheriff’s auction on Wednesday to help pay a $3.6 million civil fraud judgement. The five-bedroom home on El Cerrito Street is valued at approximately... (Continue Reading)
Santa Maria man arrested for possessing child porn and illegal firearms
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following a months-long investigation, Santa Maria police detectives on Tuesday arrested a 42-year-old man in the northern Santa Barbara County city for possession of child pornography, as well as firearms violations. Detectives severed a search warrant at... (Continue Reading)
Deputies identify arsonist who set fire to Templeton Feed and Grain
By KAREN VELIE Correction: The owners of the Templeton Feed and Grain are not planning on rebuilding the feed storage silos and have contracted with another company to make their feed recipes. San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies have identified... (Continue Reading)
San Luis Obispo County woman pleads not guilty to election fraud
By KAREN VELIE A 62-year-old San Luis Obispo County woman pleaded not guilty today to nine election fraud charges related to the 2022 and 2024 elections. Former Arroyo Grande mayoral candidate Gaea Powell requested the hearing after learning she was... (Continue Reading)
Paso Robles probation sweep nets drugs, ammunition, five arrests
By KAREN VELIE A Paso Robles probation and parole sweep on Tuesday netted a total of five arrests for a variety of offenses, according to the Paso Robles Police Department. Along with San Luis Obispo County probation officers, state parole,... (Continue Reading)
Belsher loses motion, SLO home to be sold Wednesday at sheriff’s auction
By KAREN VELIE A judge on Tuesday denied attorney John Belsher’s motion that his children have rights to his former home in San Luis Obispo. Belsher’s home on El Cerrito Street is slated to be sold at a sheriff’s auction... (Continue Reading)
Comedian unveiled at hundredth birthday party in Morro Bay
Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin. Franklin’s memoir, “The ballplayer’s Son” and “Life on The... (Continue Reading)
Officers seek help finding missing Nipomo teen
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies are seeking the public’s help locating a missing 16-year-old girl. Navada Austin was last seen leaving her home in Nipomo on July 10. It is suspected she is with a white... (Continue Reading)
Congressman Salud Carbajal accused of endangering ICE employee
By KAREN VELIE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday accused Congressman Salud Carbajal of doxing an ICE employee during a raid at a cannabis farm in Carpinteria. Rioters subsequently attacked the ICE employee sending him to the emergency room,... (Continue Reading)
County officials enable child trafficking, Carbajal takes their money
OPINION by BOB SMITH It’s time to speak the truth about what occurred in Carpinteria and Camarillo this past week. There’s a reason trust in local media is collapsing as they refuse to report the truth. While headlines talk about... (Continue Reading)
Did cannabis company violate labor laws, exploit migrant children?
By KAREN VELIE More than a year after a class action lawsuit accused Glass House of mistreating its workers, raids at two of its Central Coast cannabis farms led to the arrest of 361 illegal immigrants including convicted rapists, burglars... (Continue Reading)
Two people injured in fiery crash in Paso Robles
By KAREN VELIE Two people were injured in a fiery crash in Paso Robles on Sunday evening. Shortly after 6:20 p.m., a green Nissan Pathfinder and a purple Toyota Prius crashed on Creston Road near the intersection of Neal Springs... (Continue Reading)
Election integrity or political partisanship?
OPINION By ALLAN COOPER Regarding the San Luis Obispo County clerk-recorder being accused of violating the Public Records Act: Shiloh Marx, the plaintiff and founder and director of the so-called California Election Integrity Initiative, was quoted recently saying, “Gavin Newsom... (Continue Reading)
Find deals in San Luis Obispo County on lodging, dining, more
Find great local sales and deals on dining, happy hours, lodging, golf and more while supporting San Luis Obispo County businesses and the local economy. SeaVenture Beach Hotel and Restaurant in Pismo Beach Chill Pismo Beach getaway When the summer... (Continue Reading)
SLO County gas prices still falling, find lowest costs
By KAREN VELIE Even with summer road trips in full swing, the average price for gas in San Luis Obispo County dropped nine cent to $4.9o a gallon last week, according to figures from AAA. “It’s been four years since... (Continue Reading)
Morro Bay City Council appoints Andrea Lueker as interim city manager
By KAREN VELIE The Morro Bay City Council voted 4-1 on Thursday to appoint Andrea Lueker to serve as interim city manager, with Councilwoman Cyndee Edwards dissenting. Two weeks earlier, the city council voted 3-2 to to dismiss Yvonne Kimball... (Continue Reading)
Immigration extremes, demography, and the Inability to change
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL The left in America has always frustrated any attempt to reform our immigration system by way of their demands for amnesty, read that full citizenship rights, for all illegal aliens. They would want us to believe... (Continue Reading)
Judge orders temporary halt to indiscriminate immigration raids
By KAREN VELIE A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily halt indiscriminate immigration raids in seven counties in California, including San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. On behalf of a group of immigrants and citizens... (Continue Reading)
Ten children found during ICE raid at Central Coast cannabis farm
By KAREN VELIE With search warrants in hand, federal agents raided two Central Coast cannabis farms on Thursday – one in Carpinteria and the other in Camarillo – resulting in a protester pointing a gun at agents, a farm worker’s... (Continue Reading)
Catholic priest pleads not guilty, another alleged victim identified
By KAREN VELIE Following the arrest of a Catholic priest who is accused of sexually abusing three children in San Luis Obispo County, a fourth victim lodged claims of abuse that occurred from 2005 through 2010. Father Theodore Gabrielli, 61,... (Continue Reading)
Forward spread of Madre Fire in SLO County stopped
By KAREN VELIE Firefighters halted the spread of the Madre Fire burning in San Luis Obispo County. The fire, which scorched 70,786, is 74% contained. “No areas of growth along the perimeter,” according to Los Padres National Forest Service. “Isolate... (Continue Reading)
SLO County deputies seek help identifying burglary suspects
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help identifying several thieves and a vehicle involved in a burglary in Shandon on July 1. On the afternoon of July 1, deputies responded to a... (Continue Reading)
California Coastal Commission loses bid to ban vehicles on the Oceano Dunes
BY KAREN VELIE The California Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear the California Coastal Commission’s appeal regarding its attempt to ban off-road vehicle use at the Oceano Dunes. The is a victory for Friends of the Oceano Dunes who... (Continue Reading)
Businessman challenges Paulding for SLO County supervisor seat
By KAREN VELIE Local businessman and community leader Adam Verdin announced this week his candidacy for the San Luis Obispo County supervisor seat currently held by Jimmy Paulding. During his announcement speech, Verdin spoke of the importance of affordable housing... (Continue Reading)
Justice Department sues California for violating the rights of female athletes
By KAREN VELIE The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against California to force compliance of Title IX and to protect female student athletes from unfair competition and reckless endangerment from male participation on female high-school sports teams. The complaint... (Continue Reading)
Man charged with domestic violence following standoff in Paso Robles
By KAREN VELIE A Paso Robles man is in jail after he battered his girlfriend and then barricaded himself inside a residence on the 800 block of Golden Meadow Drive. Shortly before 6 p.m., a caller reported an in-progress domestic... (Continue Reading)
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