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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)

Huge reduction in St. Fratty’s Day arrests in San Luis Obispo

Written on 22 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department rep0rted a huge reduction in arrests during St. Fratty’s Day 2025 celebrations compared to a year earlier, according to a city announcement. With a goal of providing safety and keeping people... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo mourns student’s death, fifth in a year

Written on 20 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Wednesday announced the death of fourth-year student Aubrey Murray , who passed away on March 16. Murray was majoring in electrical engineering. The university is in touch with her family and... (Continue reading)

Body found in parking lot in San Luis Obispo

Written on 17 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE The body of a  man was found Sunday in a parked car in the Costco parking lot in San Luis Obispo. Shortly after 6:15 p.m., a caller reported concerns over a person in a vehicle. Officers and... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo’s successful zero tolerance operation

Written on 16 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo officials successfully conducted a zero tolerance operation focused on stopping the rowdy and destructive St. Fratty’s Day parties that have frustrated neighbors of the Cal Poly’s campus for years. The street party had grown... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo officers work to squelch rowdy parties, photos

Written on 15 Mar, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Blocked streets, a concert at Cal Poly and a large police presence led many students to head to the bars in downtown San Luis Obispo on the eve of St. Fratty’s Day. An estimated 6,500 people gathered... (Continue reading)