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New principal picked for Nipomo High School

Written on 23 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The Lucia Mar Unified School District board has replaced a popular Nipomo High School principal with a Merced school administrator. [Tribune] Nipomo High School Principal Michelle Johnson is leaving her post to become the school district’s physical education specialist for... (Continue reading)

Supervisor candidates tussle in Nipomo

Written on 17 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 59 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Caren Ray is warning voters about big money donors, Lynn Compton is making no bones about being Republican and Mike Byrd is facing a charge of unethical behavior for offering an opinion during a debate. Those revelations... (Continue reading)

Phillips 66 rail project – explosive risks far outweigh the benefits

Written on 24 Mar, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION By MESA REFINERY WATCH GROUP CHAIR PERSON LINDA REYNOLDS In 1955, San Luis Obispo County approved a plan to bring crude oil to its Nipomo Mesa Santa Maria Refinery via pipeline. Over the years, the Nipomo refinery was operated... (Continue reading)

3 dead in Central Coast car crashes

Written on 27 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Three people were killed in two of the multiple auto collisions that occurred on Wednesday during the afternoon rain. Shortly before 3 p.m., a 31-year-old Nipomo man was killed in a head on collision on Highway 154 in Santa Barbara... (Continue reading)

Nipomo residents attack arsonist

Written on 14 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 47 comments

A 35-year-old man accused of arson and vandalism was injured when a person attempted to stop him from vandalizing homes in Nipomo by hitting him with a 2×4 piece of wood. Jacob Bernerd, 35, of Nipomo suffered a skull fracture... (Continue reading)

Body of missing Nipomo woman found in Avila Beach

Written on 11 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputies discovered the body of a missing Nipomo woman lying near an Avila Beach intersection Sunday evening. Investigators ruled 41-year-old Maria De La Cruz Albarran Uribe’s death a suicide. Uribe had gone missing in late... (Continue reading)

Deputies bust Nipomo marijuana oil lab

Written on 24 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputies stumbled upon a marijuana honey oil lab in Nipomo Tuesday while searching for stolen property. Sheriff’s detectives and members of the Narcotics Unit and Gang Task Forces served a search warrant in the 100... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man arrested for hit and run

Written on 11 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

California Highway Patrol officers arrested a 27-year-old Nipomo man for allegedly crashing into a bicyclist and then leaving the scene Friday morning. Shortly after 10 a.m., witnesses said a white truck hit the bicyclist near the corner of Orchard Road... (Continue reading)

Mexican national identified as victim found in Nipomo ditch

Written on 13 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has identified the body of a homicide victim found in a rural Nipomo ditch as a 26-year-old Mexican national. A field worker found the body in September partially submerged in a ditch near... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man stabbed and robbed

Written on 7 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Suspects in the stabbing of a Nipomo man led officers on a high-speed chase from Santa Barbara County to Grover Beach Wednesday night. Shortly after midnight Wednesday morning, the Nipomo man entered the Chumash Casino Resort lobby and said that... (Continue reading)