Two SLO County residents under 50 die of coronavirus
One person under the age of 50 and another under the age of 40 died this week of the coronavirus, the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department announced Wednesday. Read More …
Category: Featured
California temporarily halts unemployment claims amid fraud allegations
Amid allegations of widespread fraud in the state’s unemployment system and a spike in fraudulent claims during the coronavirus pandemic, California has temporarily stopped accepting applications for new payments. Read More …
Murder victim found in lake at Nipomo golf course
The dismembered remains of a person who was reported missing in Dec. 2018 were found Monday at the Blacklake Golf Resort in Nipomo. Read More …
SLO County schools could open in two weeks
San Luis Obispo County on Tuesday moved from the most-restrictive purple tier into the moderately-restrictive red tier in the state’s coronavirus monitoring system, a move that will allow schools to reopen K-12 schools. Read More …
Five injured, one airlifted after crash near Los Alamos
Five people suffered injuries, with one being airlifted to the hospital, following a collision on Highway 101 near Los Alamos Tuesday afternoon. Read More …
Lawsuit accuses outgoing UCSB police chief of sexual battery
The UC Santa Barbara chief of police grabbed the buttocks of a 19-year-old college student, slid his hand up her back and whispered in her ear, according to a lawsuit filed this summer in Santa Barbara County Superior Court. Read More …
End lock-step politics in San Simeon
The San Simeon Community Services District won’t have to hold an election for the second time in row because so few residents are interested, or are unaware of the process to run for office. Read More …
APCD says spring at the Oceano Dunes lasts 6 months
By KAREN VELIE To support their determination that vehicles on the Oceano Dunes are polluting the air on the Nipomo Mesa, scientists affiliated with the San Luis Obispo County Air Read More …
Coronavirus cases increase at Cal Poly, will it delay reopening?
Ninety students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo have tested positive for the coronavirus since mid-July, ripples of which could impact the entire county. Read More …
Fairfield council members raise questions about Cantrell hire
Outgoing San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deanna Cantrell has not yet begun her job as the top cop of Fairfield, and city council members are already calling into question her record, specifically voicing concerns over the chief’s actions after she left her gun in a restaurant bathroom. Read More …