Fire destroys Nipomo Mesa home
A fire destroyed at least part of a house on the Nipomo Mesa Tuesday morning. The fire broke out at about 10Â a.m. at a home in the 2600 block of Fowler Lane close to Mesa View Drive. Occupants of...
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Five Cities Fire Authority delays raises because of disclosure failures
By KAREN VELIE The Five Cities Fire Authority Board delayed plans last week to give raises and bonuses to all fire personnel, allowing Arroyo Grande Councilman Keith Storton time to comply with his...
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Argument leads to shooting in Avila Beach
A man allegedly shot an acquaintance multiple times at an Avila Beach home Monday evening, and then led law enforcement on a chase from San Luis Obispo to Morro Bay, where he was eventually...
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SLO County coronavirus cases slow, restaurants to open soon
San Luis Obispo County residents should soon be able to eat at local restaurants and shop inside retail stores, because of relaxed shelter at home regulations Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today....
Read MoreFirefighters rescue multiple people from car crashes in Santa Maria
A pair of car crashes in the Santa Maria area Monday morning resulted in responders taking two people to the hospital, one via ambulance and one via helicopter. Shortly before 4 a.m., a driver lost control of their vehicle which...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom changes rules for reopening, again
After noting the number of people hospitalized in California is trending downward, Newsom announced Monday he is reducing requirements to reopen, which will permit 53 of the states 58 counties to...
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Class action lawsuit filed against Lompoc prison
The Southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed class action lawsuits against the Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex and a federal prison in Los Angeles over...
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Robber repeatedly stabs Pismo Beach store clerk
Police are looking for a man and a woman who were involved in a violent robbery of the 7-Eleven on Dolliver Street in Pismo Beach on Sunday morning. Shortly before 6 a.m., a man wearing a black face...
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SLO police looking for armed man who robbed Rite Aid
San Luis Obispo police are seeking the public’s help in finding an armed man who robbed the Rite Aid store on Marsh Street on Friday night. At approximately 10 p.m., a man wearing a white N95...
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Oceano man arrested after leading officers on chase in stolen RV
An Oceano man is in jail with his bail set at $50,000 following an auto theft, a chase through South County, and a standoff on Saturday morning. At 8:31 a.m., Pismo Beach police overheard a pursuit...
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Our denier-in-chief is on his own
OPINION by STEW JENKINS Good friends, 116,708 American soldiers died in World War One. Of those 53,402 at the hands of German, Austrian and Turkish soldiers. The rest died from the H1-N1 Flu while...
Read MoreMotorcyclist killed in crash in Cambria
A motorcyclist died Friday afternoon in a crash with a black Jeep Cherokee on Highway 1 near Ardath Drive in Cambria. Shortly after 3 p.m., the driver of the Jeep turned onto the shoulder of the road to make a U-turn, and then...
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Surfer hits his head, dies in Pismo Beach
A male surfer died Friday morning after suffering an apparent head injury in Pismo Beach. [KSBY] At about 10 a.m., an unconscious surfer was reportedly pulled out of the water slightly north of the...
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SLO County restricts hotel occupancy, campground availability
San Luis Obispo County Public Health Officer Penny Borenstein and Administrator Wade Horton passed an executive order on Friday limiting all hotels to 50 percent occupancy and county owned...
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Phony bomb threat suspect released from jail, on zero bail
The woman accused of calling in phony bomb threat to the San Luis Obispo courthouse on Wednesday has been released from jail on a no bail release. At about 11 a.m., Carrie Maggard, 40, of Los Osos...
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