Articles Tagged With ‘San Luis Obispo’




The day of the fossil in San Luis Obispo

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)

San Luis Obispo bare knuckles fighter goes professional

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter Steven Sainsbury is competing in his first professional bare knuckles bout in Los Angeles on Nov. 23 The 32-year-old San Luis Obispo native is slated to participate in a... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo switches to single vote election system

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo City Council voted 5-0 on Tuesday to switch to a single vote system for council elections. Instead of voting for two council candidates to fill two seats, in future elections residents will vote... (Continue reading)

Repeat Madonna Inn burglary suspect arrested in San Luis Obispo

By KAREN VELIE A parolee suspected of burglarizing and vandalizing the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo mutiple times over the past few weeks is in jail with his bail set at $100,000. On Tuesday afternoon, an officer was searching... (Continue reading)

Madonna Inn offers reward for stolen rug, identity of thieves

By KAREN VELIE Two young males are on video stealing the welcome rug from the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo on Saturday. Madonna Inn management is offering a $500 reward for return of the rug and for the identity... (Continue reading)

High surf warnings in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties

By KAREN VELIE High-surf warnings are in effect for coastal areas of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties until 9 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters warn of large breaking waves of 7 to 11... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo developer ordered to enter violence treatment program

Editor’s note: CalCoastNews is referring to developer Ryan Petetit, who changed his name to Ryan Wright during the case, as Ryan Petetit-Wright. By KAREN VELIE After San Luis Obispo County developer Ryan Petetit-Wright is released from his five-year prison term... (Continue reading)

Car veers off highway, hits Tesla sign in San Luis Obispo

By KAREN VELIE A car veered off Highway 101 and landed on a Tesla sign in San Luis Obispo, leaving one person with moderate injuries on Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly before 7 a.m., the silver... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police seek public’s help identifying truck thief

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police are seeking the public’s help identifying a man who allegedly stole a truck on Oct. 20. Dressed in a blue T-shirt, khaki shorts, baseball style hat, and black Adidas sneakers a man walked... (Continue reading)

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

By KAREN VELIE Officers arrested an armed, wanted man transporting a large amount of fentanyl in a vehicle without a front license plate in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday. Both the driver and his female passenger remain in custody. On... (Continue reading)