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Atascadero City Council votes against permitting cannabis retail stores

Written on 16 Oct, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Atascadero City Council on Tuesday voted 3-2 against allowing retail cannabis stores in the city. Council members Seth Peek, Heather Newsom, and Mark Dariz voted to abandon plans to allow local pot shops. City staff estimated... (Continue reading)

Atascadero City Council to consider allowing cannabis retail stores

Written on 14 Oct, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Atascadero City Council is scheduled on Tuesday to discuss permitting retail cannabis stores in the city. In February, the city council directed staff to bring forward a discussion regarding the potential for retail pot sales within... (Continue reading)

Officers identify Paso Robles motorcyclist killed in crash

Written on 30 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Atascadero officers identified the motorcyclist killed Saturday evening in a crash on El Camino Real in Atascadero as 24-year-old Alexander Chavez Villa of Paso Robles. Villa collided with a vehicle in the 8300 block of El Camino... (Continue reading)

Teen dispersing bear spray injures three children in Atascadero

Written on 26 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE An 18-year-old is facing felony charges after he allegedly attacked a 16-year-old with bear repellent spray that also injured two 9-year-old children in Atascadero on Thursday morning. Shortly after 8 a.m., a caller reported an alleged stabbing... (Continue reading)

Templeton CHP officers holding DUI checkpoint Saturday night

Written on 20 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The California Highway Patrol in Templeton announced plans to conduct a DUI checkpoint in collaboration with the Atascadero Police Department at an undisclosed location on Saturday evening from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Officials select the location... (Continue reading)

Baby mongoose lemur’s public debut at zoo in Atascadero

Written on 27 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The City of Atascadero and the Central Coast Zoo announced Wednesday the public debut of a special new resident, Koba, a baby mongoose lemur born on July 4. Koba, named after a traditional peanut dessert in Madagascar,... (Continue reading)

Man assaults woman in Atascadero, flees officers

Written on 25 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 29-year-old man is in jail after he assaulted his girlfriend in Atascadero and then fled the scene. On Aug. 12, officers responded to a report of a domestic violence incident. Officers arrived to discover Ivan Sandoval-Farias... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man and woman charged with sex crimes, creating child porn

Written on 23 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE Atascadero police officers arrested a man and woman on Wednesday for allegedly committing sex crimes against a 9-year-old girl and for creating child porn. A couple at the time, 28-year-old Tristan Paul Naylor and 29-year-old Jazmyn Elain... (Continue reading)

Barn destroyed, 4 horses killed, 2 people injured in Atascadero fire

Written on 3 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Four horses died in a barn fire in Atascadero on Saturday afternoon. The fire also destroyed the barn, scorched 9 acres and injured two people, according to the Atascadero Fire Department. Shortly before 5 p.m., a caller... (Continue reading)

Atascadero police seek help identifying suspected shoplifter

Written on 23 Jul, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The Atascadero Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspected shoplifter. A security camera captured the young male suspect inside the Staples on El Camino Real. The male suspect was wearing a gold sweatshirt... (Continue reading)