Frosty the hitman
This inflatable Christmas decoration stands guard over a home in the 1900 block of Vine Street in Paso Robles, serving to remind all that these holidays are viewed in many different ways by many...
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Author: Karen Velie
Environmental hazards of pot farms
Marijuana growers are siphoning water, spraying pesticides, chopping down trees and leaving California’s wilderness areas strew with litter, scientist said. [LATimes] State scientists recently studied aerial imagery of a small...
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SLO County high schools planning new leagues
Principals at high schools in San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara Counties will vote on proposed changes to athletic leagues in March which are slated to change the face of high school...
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Movie review: The Hobbit
By MIRANDA FORESMAN Nine years after the theatrical release of the final installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, director Peter Jackson brings us back to the Shire, back to Bilbo Baggins, and...
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SLO man arrested for fatal hit and run
Officers arrested a San Luis Obispo man for hit-and-run after two female pedestrians were struck and killed late Friday on Highway 154 near Lake Cachuma in the Santa Ynez Valley. [Noozhawk] The two...
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Woman killed in Paso Robles crash
A 49-year-old woman died Saturday afternoon after her car went off the roadway into a wooded area near the intersection of Adelaida Road and Nacimiento Lake Drive in Paso Robles. Mary C. Stacey died...
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Apology from Supervisor Adam Hill
OPINION By SAN LUIS OBISPO SUPERVISOR ADAM HILL The Tribune was right in strongly admonishing me for my over-the-top attack on Bill Thoma, for which I apologize to Bill, his family and friends, and...
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Solvang man and his plane missing
Two full days of searching have turned up no trace of a plane piloted by a Solvang man that disappeared earlier this week over the high country of Yosemite National Park. [Noozhawk] The plane was en...
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Victorians Make Merry at the lighthouse, event photos
Attendees traveled back in time and enjoyed an old-fashioned holiday celebration at the Point San Luis Lighthouse last Saturday. The Lighthouse was trimmed for the season with candles glowing and...
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Hill hammers Thoma for homeless questions
By DANIEL BLACKBURN A San Luis Obispo County supervisor lashed out Wednesday at a local business owner for posing questions about a proposed homeless facility and seeking more detailed information...
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California gun sales skyrocket after school shooting
In the aftermath of an election and another school shooting, firearm sales in California are at an all-time high. [PressEnterprise] Friday’s shooting at a Connecticut school in which a gunman shot...
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Junk health insurance lawsuit
OPINION By THOMAS D. ELIAS Dr. Norman Carter and his wife Kathleen are not alone, and a lawsuit they are fighting now in San Bernardino County Superior Court might help hundreds of other...
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Myers’ Cocktail
By GARY FORESMAN As each day goes by, we hear about the epidemics of illnesses not adequately treated by Western medi¬cine. Whether drug-resistant infections or chronic illnesses that drugs may mask...
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Murder suspect’s hospital statements inadmissible
Statements made by a man accused of murdering Dystiny Myers to first responders in Santa Margarita will be admissible in court while some of his statements to investigators at the hospital will not...
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Lessons to be learned in Los Osos
OPINION By JULIE TACKER I find myself wishing more arrests will be made in San Luis Obispo County today in order to bump the unbecoming mug shot of sweet George Taylor off the right side column of...
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