Atascadero city manager stepping down
Wade McKinney, Atascadero’s city manager, will be leaving that post soon to take a similar position with the small, opulent desert community of Indian Wells, CalCoastNews has learned. The position...
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Author: Karen Velie
Mo’s Smokehouse BBQ cook injured in explosion
An explosion Wednesday at Mo’s Smokehouse BBQ restaurant on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo left a cook with serious injuries. [KSBY] At about 6 p.m., a commercial pressure cooker exploded,...
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Wal-Mart pleads guilty to federal environmental crimes
Wal-Mart has admitted to violating criminal and civil laws to protect water quality and agreed to pay more than $110 million in fines. As part of a multi-million case against the world’s largest...
Read MorePaul Brown responds to abuse allegations
OPINION By PAUL BROWN It came to my attention today that my ex-wife, Jayne Isaacs, has sent out an email attacking my character in the final three weeks of this special election. While the ugliness of our divorce and the related...
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Cuesta Title ex-employee tight-lipped at deposition
By KAREN VELIE A former Cuesta Title employee refused to answer questions posed to her at a Kelly Gearhart-linked deposition, asserting her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. In 2009,...
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White Fire forces over 2,000 campers to evacuate
Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies told between 2,000 to 3,000 campers they had to change their Memorial Day weekend plans and evacuate campgrounds in the Los Padres National Forest because of a...
Read MoreDebate rages over California’s budget surplus
After years of battling over state budget deficits and spending cuts, California lawmakers are now arguing over how the state should deal with an unexpected surplus. [NewYorkTimes] The Legislature’s independent financial analyst...
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Man wearing a wig robs San Luis Obispo bank
San Luis Obispo police are searching for a man who robbed the Chase Bank on the 400 block of Madonna Road at about 2 p.m. on Saturday. The lone male passed a note to a teller indicating he had a...
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Letter to the editor: Christianson supports a vibrant downtown
By DAVID BRODIE I, David Brodie, as a downtown urban designer, feel I must take a stand on the following issue. The success of our downtown is largely dependent on its character and vitality. If...
Read MoreAtascadero man arrested for murdering neighbor
Police arrested an Atascadero man on Saturday for allegedly killing his 52-year-old neighbor on Wednesday. Mark Alan Andrews, 49, is under arrest for allegedly shooting Colleen Barga-Milbury at close range near the front door of...
Read MoreSurvey avoided hard questions
OPINION By JULIE TACKER The recent telephone survey gauging the impacts of County Supervisor Bruce Gibson’s long-term affair with his legislative assistant Cherie Aispuro also asked participants their ranking of importance on...
Read MoreWomen killed by train
A woman was struck and killed by a freight train in Pismo Beach shortly before 9 p.m. on Wednesday. The woman was headed north when she attempted to cross the tracks near Frady Lane and the Highway 101 overpass. She died at the...
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Dalidio ranch in escrow
By KAREN VELIE Ernie Dalidio abandoned his plan to create a 131-acre mixed-use-development on his land adjacent to Highway 101 near Madonna Road in San Luis Obispo, and put the property up for sale....
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Josh Yaguda off probation
A principal in a fraudulent $300 million investment scheme he ran out of the Estate Financial Inc. office in Paso Robles, which financially ruined thousands of people, has been taken of probation....
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CalCoastNews wins media award
CalCoastNews won an award for Media Advocate of the Year from the Area Agency on Aging, following a series of stories regarding the treatment of the homeless in San Luis Obispo County. The award,...
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