Judge denies injunction, SLO County closing homeless parking site
By KAREN VELIE A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request to block the closure of a safe parking site off Highway 1 near the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office for an additional six months. The site is slated to close on April 29. Established in 2021 as a...
Suspects arrested for attacking man, woman inside Lompoc home
By JOSH FRIEDMAN With help from CHP officers, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man and woman who forced their way into a Lompoc area home on Tuesday, violently attacked a man and woman inside and pistol-whipped the male victim. Sgortly after noon, a witness reported an assault at...
SLO County Board of Supervisors approve Nipomo housing project
By KAREN VELIE Following a two-day hearing, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday voted 3-2 to approve a more than 1,400-unit housing development in Nipomo, known as the Dana Reserve. The 288-acre site is located on the north, west side of Nipomo directly adjacent to Highway...
Person killed in crash along Highway 1 near Santa Maria
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A male driver died after crashing into the trailer of a semi-truck along Highway 1 near Santa Maria Wednesday evening. Shortly before 6 p.m., the driver struck the parked trailer of the semi-truck at approximately on Highway 1 by Black Road, according to the Santa Barbara County...
Bystander arrested following fight in Paso Robles
By KAREN VELIE A 13-year-old bystander was arrested on Wednesday afternoon following a altercation between two teenagers in Paso Robles. Shortly after 4 p.m., a teenager was walking on San Carlos Drive when another teen pulled up in a car, and the two entered into a physical altercation. Officers arrived...
Why has Paso Robles refunded less than 3% of illicit parking charges?
By KAREN VELIE After agreeing their downtown paid parking program was not legally set up, the Paso Robles City Council announced plans to refund parking tickets given during a 12 month period. Even so, most people have not been paid back. If the city pays everyone charged for tickets and...
Free press group files public records lawsuit against Cal Poly
OPINION by ANNIE CAPPETTA Delay, delay, delay. That seems to be the tactic administrators at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) have taken when it comes to three public records requests filed by Elizabeth Wilson, a student journalist at Mustang News, Cal Poly’s student newspaper. Elizabeth filed...
