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SLO County gas prices rise over $5, find the lowest costs

Written on 6 Apr, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Gas prices in San Luis Obispo County rose two cents last week to $5.01 a gallon, according to figures from AAA. “Gas prices made a bigger jump this past week, with the national average for a gallon... (Continue reading)

Thousands of protestors rally against Trump in San Luis Obispo

Written on 5 Apr, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 52 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo’s “Hands Off!” protest brought approximately 5,000 people to the courthouse to rally against Trump on Saturday afternoon. The rally included speakers such as U.S. Congressman Salud Carbajal who addressed the crowd from the steps... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo proposed residential development moves forward

Written on 4 Apr, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE After listening to mutiple proposed plans for a 409 unit residential development off Los Osos Valley Road, the San Luis Obispo City Council on Tuesday directed staff to process the developer’s application. If approved, Broadstone Village is... (Continue reading)

Gus’s Grocery in San Luis Obispo shuts its doors

Written on 3 Apr, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE Gus’s Grocery, a popular sandwich shop in San Luis Obispo, closed its doors last week  following more than three decades in business, which the owner blamed on bad press. The shop began having issues in Aug. 2024... (Continue reading)

Why are gas prices rising in San Luis Obispo County?

Written on 30 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

By KAREN VELIE After falling for weeks, gas prices in San Luis Obispo County jumped 12 cents last week to $4.99 a gallon, according to figures from AAA. “With spring break in full swing, drivers are paying more at the... (Continue reading)

Candidate for this week’s dumbest criminal in San Luis Obispo

Written on 28 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a felon last month whom they found asleep in his car next to gas pumps at a local Chevron station with a needle and heroin on the center console. Shortly before... (Continue reading)

Why is Cal Poly seeking $25 million to keep swim and dive team?

Written on 27 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE By KAREN VELIE Earlier this month, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo announced it had cut its swimming and diving programs effective immediately. Now, the campus administration wants $25 million to keep the program open. A legal settlement... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo’s St. Patrick’s Day enhancement zone recap

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

By KAREN VELIE In an attempt to reduce street parties, vandalism and alcohol related crimes; the San Luis Obispo Police Department enacted a safety enhancement zone for the two weekends near St. Patrick’s Day. SLO released data on citations and... (Continue reading)

Teachers union for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo demands Khalil’s release

Written on 25 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

Statement from the California Faculty Association The detention and targeting of Mahmoud Khalil is an outrageous assault on free speech, due process, and the fundamental rights of immigrant communities. His detention is a deliberate act of repression—an authoritarian attempt to... (Continue reading)

Armed woman robs sleeping man in San Luis Obispo

Written on 24 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 36-year-old woman is in jail after she allegedly robbed a man as he slept near the San Luis Obispo downtown transit center on Osos Street on Sunday, police said. During the afternoon, Antonia Bustos allegedly took... (Continue reading)