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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is highest priced Cal State university

Written on 19 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is the highest priced university in the California State University system because of the fees it charges, according to a CSU report. The average campus-based mandatory fees in 2024-2025 are $1,981 per... (Continue reading)

This week’s San Luis Obispo County government meetings

Written on 18 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By CalCoastNews staff Will Pismo Beach raise its development fees? How will the San Luis Obispo City Council respond to a request to award nearly $10 million for design and engineering for the proposed Prado Road Bridge over Highway 101?... (Continue reading)

50,000 gallons of sewage spill into San Luis Obispo Creek

Written on 13 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE An estimated 50,000 gallons of sewage spilled into San Luis Obispo Creek amid the storm on Thursday, according to SLO County Public Health Department. At 12:40 p.m., a  release of partially treated wastewater mixed with diluted rainwater... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo judge rules Coastal Commission can’t rewrite history

Written on 13 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By ANNIE BRAFF A San Luis Obispo district court judge has moved the markers in a six-year-old fight between the California Coastal Commission and two families who have been trying to build retirement homes in Cambria. The Commission denied building... (Continue reading)

SLO County power outages, trees down, crashes, road closures

Written on 13 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Update: CalCoastNews has included additional road closures. By KAREN VELIE An atmospheric river storm sweeping through San Luis Obispo County on Thursday morning has led to crashes, road closures, flooding and power outages. SLO County is under a high wind... (Continue reading)

Seven-vehicle collision on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo

Written on 12 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE A reported seven-vehicle collision on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo slowed northbound traffic during rush hour on Wednesday afternoon, according to the CHP. Shortly before 5:45 p.m., multiple vehicles crashed at the Monterey Street northbound off-ramp.... (Continue reading)

Gov. Gavin Newsom cuts Cal Poly’s already precarious budget

Written on 12 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is facing a $24.2 million reduction to its already precarious budget after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans to cut the California State University budget by $375 million. In its 2024-2025 fiscal year... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo serial vandal busted while out on bail, facing prison time

Written on 11 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 47-year-old serial vandal from San Luis Obispo is headed to prison after he was busted for being a felon in possession of ammunition while out on bail on a vandalism charge. During the past 14 years,... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo child molester sentenced to prison

Written on 11 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE A judge recently sentenced a San Luis Obispo man who sexually abused at least four girls at an unlicensed daycare center to 50 years in prison. In May 2018, a girl told officers she had been sexually... (Continue reading)

Man arrested with sword and drugs at hotel in San Luis Obispo

Written on 7 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A man is in jail after officers arrested him with a large sword and drugs at a hotel in San Luis Obispo early Friday morning, according to the San Luis Obispo Police Department. Shortly after midnight, a... (Continue reading)