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Reckless driver crashes Corvette into home in San Luis Obispo

Written on 20 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By SUMMER AWBREY A drunk driver doing donuts on a residential road lost control and crashed his corvette into a house in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday evening, police said. This is the second time in less than a week... (Continue reading)

Caregiver allegedly rips off San Luis Obispo man, arrested

Written on 20 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a local caregiver and her boyfriend on elder abuse and embezzlement charges on Feb. 8, after they allegedly targeted an elderly man. A month earlier, a 60-year-old man told officers he... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student advisor sentenced to prison for sexual assault, burglary

Written on 19 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE A former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student advisor was sentenced this week to seven years and four months in state prison for attempted rape and burglary. The court also ordered 26-year-old Alexis Alejandro to register as... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo officers seek help identifying thieves

Written on 19 Feb, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a pair of thieves who allegedly stole a purse from a patron at the Olive Garden Restaurant on Jan. 25. The women then headed to... (Continue reading)

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)