Pedestrian killed in Pismo Beach
A 40-year-old man was struck and killed Saturday morning by a car on Highway 101 in Pismo Beach. Shortly before 3 a.m., the victim was walking in a southbound lane of the highway just north of Oak...
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Author: Karen Velie
Cal Poly faculty to receive 10.5 percent raise
Just days before Cal Poly professors were to begin a five-day strike, the California State University System and the California Faculty Association agreed Friday to a tentative contract agreement....
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Home fire displaces 5 in Templeton
A home fire off Highway 46 in Templeton displaced a family of five on Friday afternoon. Shortly before 3 p.m., the fire broke out at a mobile home on the 4800 block of Shadow Canyon Road. When Cal...
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A.J. Santana found not guilty of perjury
After less than one hour of of deliberations, a jury found former San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office Investigator A.J. Santana not guilty of perjury. Santana was on trial for...
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The supervisor, his toadies, and the Internet
OPINION by DANIEL BLACKBURN Karen Velie’s adult daughter Autumn died two years ago after suffering a seizure in her bathtub. In the aftermath and in the midst of family grief, a rumor was floated...
Read MoreFatal Templeton accident victim identified
The California Highway Patrol has identified the woman who was killed in a single car accident early Thursday morning as 19-year-old Karina Almaguer Lopez of Paso Robles. Shortly after midnight, Lopez was headed northbound on...
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Former undersheriff convicted of obstruction of justice
The second in command of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department was found guilty Wednesday of two obstruction of justice charges for overseeing efforts to derail a federal investigation into...
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Sheriff’s most wanted Wednesday, Daniel Machado
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department is offering a reward of up to $500 for information leading to the arrest Daniel Machado. Machado, 57 is wanted for perjury, filing a false...
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Marketing phone poll targets Arnold campaign
By DANIEL BLACKBURN An expensive and anonymous telephone poll aimed at voters in San Luis Obispo County’s District 5 attempts to discredit incumbent Supervisor Debbie Arnold with a series of...
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Public employee unions near-death in Supreme Court
OPINION by PETER SCHEER Public employee unions, the most powerful special interest group in California and most other states, came within a heartbeat of losing that power, as a legal challenge by...
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California man allegedly murdered his son, for being gay
The Los Angeles County Superior Court charged Shehada Issa, 69, on Friday in the premeditated murder of his 29-year-old son Amir Issa , according to a Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office...
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Leftover shoe goo, yes, but who’s goo is it?
OPINION BY LEANN AKINS This letter is in response to Bob Cuddy’s March 24 opinion piece entitled “Leftover shoo goo.” While Mr. Cuddy has correctly identified there are issues presenting...
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Nipomo neighbors in uproar over migrant housing
By KAREN VELIE A large strawberry grower in South County is seeking to move 112 or more foreign nationals into seven homes on Mad Place in Nipomo. A plan some neighbors are rallying against. Under...
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Morro Bay mayor recuses himself, then lobbies council
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Morro Bay Mayor Jamie Irons removed himself from a vote on housing regulations last week to avoid a financial conflict of interest. However, Irons then lobbied the council both...
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Women attempt to kidnap baby in Santa Maria
Two women allegedly attempted to take an 11-month-old child on Tuesday from a cart at the FoodMaxx grocery store on Broadway in Santa Maria. The child’s aunt strapped her niece in the...
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