Nipomo and Santa Maria farms fined for underpaying laborers
By KAREN VELIE The U.S. Department of Labor fined five farms, including one in Nipomo and three in Santa Maria, for withholding pay and benefits due farm workers in the country Read More …
Category: News Briefs
Structure fire spreads to vegetation in Creston
By KAREN VELIE A fire damaged a single-family home in Creston before scorching a 1/4 acre of vegetation on Friday afternoon. Shortly before 5 p.m., a caller reported a fire at Read More …
Semi-truck crash slows traffic on Highway 101 near Nipomo
By KAREN VELIE A semi-truck loaded with produce overturned on northbound Highway 101 near Nipomo slowing traffic in Santa Maria on Friday morning, according to the CHP. Victor Gonzalez was headed Read More …
San Luis Obispo auto shop owner sentenced to prison
By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo auto repair shop owner, who pleaded guilty in 2019 to a federal charge of failing to pay almost half a million to the Internal Read More …
Pismo Beach council imposes further water restrictions
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Pismo Beach City Council on Tuesday tightened the city’s water restrictions that had already been adopted to combat drought conditions. Last year, the city of Pismo Beach Read More …
SLO County board rejects plans to become a charter county
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to indefinitely postpone plans to move from a general law county governed by the California Government Code to Read More …
Deputies make fentanyl bust in Nipomo
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies caught a wanted felon with a large amount of fentanyl last month after a woman and the felon attempted to flee officers Read More …
Coronavirus cases and deaths on the rise in SLO County
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County has reached a grim milestone, more than 500 residents have died from COVID. The county reported four additional deaths during the past week. COVID Read More …
ExxonMobil files lawsuit over Santa Barbara County oil transportation denial
By KAREN VELIE ExxonMobil is suing the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors after it denied a request to restart offshore oil wells shut down in 2015 following an oil pipeline Read More …
Dozens of sick pelicans found on the Central Coast
By KAREN VELIE Wildlife organizations report a large increase in the number of sick and dying brown pelicans along the coastlines of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties during Read More …