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Man injured in hit-and-run crash in San Luis Obispo

Written on 20 Aug, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A 65-year-old man was injured late Saturday night in a vehicle versus pedestrian hit-and-run crash in San Luis Obispo. Shortly before midnight, a caller reported an injured man lying in the roadway at the intersection of Santa... (Continue reading)

Investigators capture SLO man suspected of sexually assaulting children

Written on 20 Aug, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN After more than two years on the run, a 41-year-old former San Luis Obispo man is in the SLO County Jail on 27 charges of sexually assaulting or molesting children. SLO County Sheriff’s Special Victims Unit detectives... (Continue reading)

Drunk driver arrested for hit-and-run in SLO

Written on 19 Aug, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A 33-year-old man is facing charges of drunk driving, hit-and-run and resisting arrest after he led police on a chase through the Irish Hills area of San Luis Obispo on Friday. During the late afternoon, Nicholas Puhek... (Continue reading)

SLO police holding DUI checkpoint on Friday night

Written on 18 Aug, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police announced plans to conduct a DUI checkpoint in the city at an undisclosed location on Friday evening from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. The department selects the location based on a history of... (Continue reading)

Man shoots clerk in Grover Beach, another person in SLO

Written on 17 Aug, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police arrested a man on Thursday who shot two people during a crime spree that started in Grover Beach and ended in San Luis Obispo. At about 1 p.m., the gunman shot a clerk... (Continue reading)

Lawsuit threatens San Luis Obispo over diluting Latino voters

Written on 15 Aug, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo may have to change the way its residents elect City Council members. The Southwest Voter Registration Education Project is threatening to sue the city if it doesn’t voluntarily change to a district-based election system,... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo needs to do better on safe parking for homeless

Written on 9 Aug, 2023 in Featured, Opinion | 35 comments

OPINION by LYNN HAMILTON An open letter to the San Luis Obispo City Council: I am writing with deep concern about the insensitive, inept and insufficient means of informing residents of the Palm Street neighborhood of the city’s plans to... (Continue reading)

Head-on collision snarls traffic on Los Osos Valley Road

Written on 7 Aug, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Multiple people suffered injuries in a head-on crash on Los Osos Valley Road west of San Luis Obispo on Monday morning that snarled traffic in both directions, according to the CHP. Shortly before 9 a.m., a white... (Continue reading)

Nordstrom Rack to open in San Luis Obispo in October

Written on 3 Aug, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Nordstrom Rack recently announced plans to open a store at the SLO Promenade in San Luis Obispo on Oct. 26. To celebrate opening day, the store will offer treats and entertainment starting at 8 a.m., with the... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo pauses natural gas ban, again

Written on 18 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo City Council voted in April to suspend its natural gas ban for new construction after three federal appellate court judges ruled an identical ban in Berkeley was not legal. However, the city continued... (Continue reading)