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San Luis Obispo offers discounted bus tickets to students

Written on 3 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE As school districts throughout San Luis Obispo grapple with a shortage of school bus drivers, the San Luis Obispo is offering students in kindergarten through 12th grade half off on SLO Transit bus tickets. Only about 9%... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police holding DUI checkpoint Friday night

Written on 1 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police plan to conduct a DUI checkpoint in the city at an undisclosed location on Friday evening from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The department selects the location based on a history of DUI... (Continue reading)

Being a Palestinian-American student during a genocide

Written on 29 Jan, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 37 comments

OPINION by CATIE HADDAD I spent much of the first three years of my life at my teta and jidu’s home in San Luis Obispo. In their backyard, they had a large garden with every fruit and vegetable variety imaginable.... (Continue reading)

Arson suspected in multiple fires in San Luis Obispo

Written on 28 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE A suspected arson fire destroyed two dentist offices in San Luis Obispo on Saturday, during one in a string of fires in the afternoon, according to the SLO Police Department. In the early afternoon, callers reported multiple... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly protestors attempt to break into building, start riot – video

Written on 23 Jan, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE Eight pro-Palestinian protestors were arrested at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo on Monday after they attempted to break into a building and started a riot. One suspect is charged with snatching an officer’s firearm. Aware of... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly strike over, faculty accepts less than previously offered

Written on 23 Jan, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Following a one-day strike and months of negotiations, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s faculty union and California State University management reached a tentative agreement on Monday. While faculty members went back to work on Tuesday, it appears... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo man guilty of raping children

Written on 22 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A judge sentenced a 42-year-old San Luis Obispo man who pled guilty to raping children, burglary and other sex crimes to 80 years to life in prison plus four years, according to prosecutors. Juan Adriel CambrayMiranda pled... (Continue reading)

Faculty members picket outside Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Written on 22 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Dozens of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo faculty members walked the picket line in the rain on Monday morning, the start of a five-day protest. Nearly 30,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors, and coaches across the 23-campus CSU... (Continue reading)

Appeals court upholds ban on homeless encampment sweeps

Written on 12 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a ban on homeless encampment sweeps. An injunction prohibiting San Francisco from clearing encampments without first offering the residents shelter will remain in place. In the fall of... (Continue reading)

Minor injuries in head-on crash in San Luis Obispo

Written on 11 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments
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By KAREN VELIE One driver suffered minor injuries in a head-on crash in San Luis Obispo near the airport on Thursday afternoon. Shortly before 5 p.m., two full-size pickup trucks, one dark grey and one white, collided on Buckley Road... (Continue reading)