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Green energy plans need to be responsible

Written on 7 Aug, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by GAIL JOHNSON Open letter to both the Sierra Club and Surfrider executives and members: Surfrider and Sierra Club’s broad-brush approval, accepting and encouraging “green” energy developments without regard to their locations and underlying costs, is unacceptable. These dangerous... (Continue reading)

Missing woman’s body found in ocean off Morro Bay

Written on 7 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The body of a 49-year-old woman reported missing more than two weeks ago was discovered floating in the ocean off of Morro Bay on Monday evening. Tiffany McClure’s family reported her missing on July 24. At the... (Continue reading)

Plans for battery storage facility in Morro Bay in peril

Written on 6 Aug, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

By KAREN VELIE Plans to transform the Morro Bay Power Plant property into a massive battery storage facility are in peril with the California Coastal Commission now critical of the project. Vistra, a Texas-based energy company, has plans to construct... (Continue reading)

Battery fire shuts down Interstate 15 between Barstow and Baker

Written on 27 Jul, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE A major freeway connecting Los Angeles with Las Vegas was shutdown after a semi-truck transporting lithium-ion batteries crashed and caught fire near Baker on Friday morning, according to the CHP. Northbound lanes remain closed as of 11... (Continue reading)

Person killed in Morro Bay house fire

Written on 27 Jul, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Morro Bay house fire killed one person early Saturday morning. Shortly before 12:20 a.m., a caller reported a fire at a home in the 500 block of Kings Avenue, according to the Morro Bay Fire Department.... (Continue reading)

Missing woman’s car found in Morro Bay

Written on 25 Jul, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Local officers, along with police from the Central Valley, are searching for a missing woman whose car was found in Morro Bay. Recently, the Tulare Police Department received a missing person report about Tiffany McClure, 49. McClure’s... (Continue reading)

Mr. Morro Bay turns 99, still slings it

Written on 21 Jul, 2024 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

By DELL FRANKLIN 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” is... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man guilty of assaulting a federal officer

Written on 17 Jul, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE A Morro Bay man is facing an additional 20 years in prison after he assaulted a federal correctional officer at the United States Penitentiary Atwater in Merced County Both 39-year-old Daniel Higgins of Morro Bay and 35-year-old... (Continue reading)

Two suspects stabbed during altercation in Morro Bay

Written on 29 Jun, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Two people were stabbed during an altercation under the Main Street underpass of Highway 1 in Morro Bay on Friday evening. Shortly after 9 p.m., a caller reported an assault with a deadly weapon near the Taco... (Continue reading)

Thousands of gallons of sewage spill into Morro Bay Harbor

Written on 24 Jun, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Roughly 7,600 gallons of sewage spilled into Morro Bay Harbor on Sunday requiring San Luis Obispo County public health officials to warn people to avoid contact with water and wet sand in the surrounding area. A broken... (Continue reading)