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San Luis Obispo doubling fines for Halloween

Written on 30 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department is doubling fines for rowdy parties and alcohol offenses on Halloween through the weekend. The city’s safety enhancement zone begins Halloween at midnight and extends through the weekend. Fines are doubled... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo reaches diversity milestone

Written on 29 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

By KAREN VELIE For the fist time, Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo achieved an important diversity milestone in its effort to achieve Hispanic serving institution designation. In its fall enrollment, the university’s Hispanic student enrollment hit the required 25%.... (Continue reading)

Man lands in jail after stealing van in San Luis Obispo

Written on 29 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 36-year-old man is in jail after he allegedly stole a San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority van from a gas station on Prado Road on Monday, police said. Shortly after 3 p.m., a caller reported a... (Continue reading)

Judge issues arrest warrant against San Luis Obispo attorney

Written on 28 Oct, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge on Monday morning issued an arrest warrant for attorney John Belsher for not appearing at a debtor’s exam. In a scheme rife with fraud, Belsher bilked his clients out... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo developer seeking 51-month sentence in prison

Written on 25 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

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 Former San Luis Obispo developer Ryan Petetit-Wright asked the court to expedite his sentencing hearing... (Continue reading)

Nearly 3,000 PG&E customers lose power in San Luis Obispo, Avila Beach

Written on 23 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Nearly 3,000 PG&E customers lost power in San Luis Obispo and Avila Beach on Wednesday evening. Shortly after 10 p.m., 2,910 PG&E customers from San Luis Obispo to Avila Beach lost power. PG&E estimates the power will... (Continue reading)

Paul Flores seeks to have murder conviction reversed or reduced

Written on 23 Oct, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paul Flores, the former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student who was convicted in the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart, appealed his conviction on Monday claiming judicial error. A jury in 2022 found that Flores murdered Smart... (Continue reading)

McLintocks restaurants close in Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo

Written on 22 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE F. McLintocks Saloon and Dining restaurants in Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo have closed, six months after McLintocks in Arroyo Grande closed. In 1973, McLintocks opened its first restaurant in Shell Beach. Two years later, the... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo receives over $8 million in federal grants

Written on 21 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo received two grants, totaling more than $8 million, from the U.S. Department of Education to help address a variety of critical issues and areas of need in education. With the funding,... (Continue reading)

Multi-plaintiff lawsuit planned against San Luis Obispo developer

Written on 14 Oct, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By KAREN VELIE Owners in a community of new homes with alleged structural defects, including leaking windows, black mold, doors that don’t shut properly, huge holes in walls and flooding issues signed up to participate in a multi-plaintiff lawsuit against... (Continue reading)