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Gifford Fire scorches over 120,000 acres, jumps Hi Mountain Road

Written on 14 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Gifford Fire burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties injured a firefighter, burned a structure and jumped a containment line at Hi Mountain Road near Pozo on Wednesday afternoon. The fire is currently 41%... (Continue reading)

Gifford Fire closing in on Pozo, a fourth structure destroyed

Written on 12 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE The Gifford Fire burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties has destroyed four structures, scorched 122,065 acres and injured 10 people, according to a Tuesday morning update. The blaze is currently 33% contained. Overnight, the... (Continue reading)

Gifford Fire scorches 114,621 acres, threatening Pozo

Written on 10 Aug, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Gifford Fire burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties has destroyed two structures, scorched 114,621 acres and injured 10 people, three civilians and seven firefighters, according to a Sunday morning update. The blaze is... (Continue reading)

Jessica Allred sentenced to state prison for fatal DUI crash

Written on 31 Jul, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A former San Luis Obispo resident was sentenced Monday to four years in state prison for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and two counts of DUI resulting in injury. Judge Craig van Rooyen gave Jessica Lea Allred the maximum sentence for... (Continue reading)

Goleta man dies during dirt bike trip near Pozo

Written on 19 Jun, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Search and rescue personnel found a 57-year-old Goleta man dead after he was reported missing while dirt biking near Pozo on Sunday. Joseph Dean Echavarria appears to have died of natural causes, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s... (Continue reading)

Pozo Saloon cancels music festival amid dispute with Alabama

Written on 26 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The Pozo Saloon announced the eighth annual Pozo Stampede, a two-day country music festival, has been canceled. Following the announcement, the band Alabama, which was supposed to be the headline act, issued a tweet stating it will not appear at... (Continue reading)

Did off-roaders go missing near Pozo?

Written on 9 Feb, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

After intercepting a radio broadcast in which three people were heard asking for help, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office launched a search in a forested area southwest of Pozo. Search crews did not locate anyone, and it is... (Continue reading)

CHP conducts DUI checkpoint following Pozo Saloon concert

Written on 26 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

The California Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, conducted a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint Saturday night in Santa Margarita. Authorities stopped drivers as they were leaving a concert at the Pozo Saloon. CHP... (Continue reading)

Plane makes emergency landing in Pozo

Written on 6 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A pilot escaped uninjured after making an emergency landing Monday in Pozo. The plane landed on an abandoned private dirt runway. [KSBY] Around 10:30 a.m., a single-engine, four-seater Mooney took off from San Luis Obispo airport. The pilot began experiencing... (Continue reading)

Charges recommended for deadly DUI crash on Highway 58

Written on 2 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The California Highway Patrol is recommending a vehicular manslaughter charge against a San Luis Obispo woman accused of causing a fatal collision while driving intoxicated. The crash, which occurred on Highway 58, killed Denise Lyn Fox, 56, of Santa Margarita.... (Continue reading)