Dick Mason signs off from KKJL
Veteran radio newscaster Dick Mason exits K-Jewel, 1400 AM and 106.5 FM. Mason was terminated on Thursday by station management because of budgetary restraints. Mason says his dismissal is not...
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Author: Karen Velie
Marquez indicted in San Bernardino terrorist attack
A longtime friend of Sayed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, was named Wednesday in a federal grand jury indictment that charges him with conspiring with...
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Discourse, diversity and democracy
OPINION By DEBBIE PETERSON As the target of criticism over my role on the steering committee of the SLO County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (a position also held by the fearless...
Read MoreCalifornia’s new laws for 2016
The New Years is right around the corner and it comes with new laws regarding requirements for graduating high school, gun rights, internet privacy and many other issues. Here are some of the laws that will likely impact state...
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Two people gunned down in Santa Maria
Two people were shot and killed Saturday night marking the 13 murder in Santa Maria in 2015. Shortly after 7 p.m., two males were shot to death near Jewel and Vine streets, police said. Emergency...
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SLO fire burns three businesses, photos
A fire that began before noon on Saturday is still burning inside a business on Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo. No injuries have been reported. At about 11 a.m., firefighters responded to the...
Read MoreCancer causing chemicals found in SLO wells
The San Luis Obispo County Department of Public Health recently found a toxic compound in six of 10 wells tested in the Buckley Road area near the SLO airport. Of those, four wells had levels of Trichloroethene (TCE) above the...
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Is Adam Hill crying wolf?
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill says he’s getting death threats and as a result is being protected by the sheriff’s department. Hill has sent multiple emails describing...
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Yes, we are criminalizing homelessness
OPINION by TIM WAAG Where can the homeless go without getting ticketed? Cities are judged by how they treat the less fortunate. On that basis, the “happiest place on earth” is doing poorly. SLO...
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Common sense?
OPINION by RICK LONDON For many of us these days, making sense of certain human behaviors seems to defy common sense. In fact common sense doesn’t seem very common anymore. But was common sense ever...
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Arroyo Grande leads in hip surgery mortality rates
Arroyo Grande Community Medical Center had the highest rate of mortality in patients who underwent surgery following a hip fracture in California, according to a recently released report by the...
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Protect the United States, deny un-vetted refugees
OPINION by MATT KOKKONEN As a legal immigrant from Finland and being from a family whose members have been refugees, I have a personal perspective on the refugee issue during the war between Finland...
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4 fabulous last minute gift ideas
Is procrastination your middle name? If you haven’t started your holiday shopping, and the thought of battling department store crowds is giving you nightmares, one of the following unique...
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AG offers water school in place of fines
In the spirit of traffic school, Arroyo Grande gave its first water school class that allows residents to waive a $50 water waster fine. [Tribune] In May, the Arroyo Grande City Council agreed to...
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Animal abuser released to immigration agents
A man who abused his girlfriend’s puppy so severely it had to be euthanized was released Friday from the Santa Barbara County Jail into the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs...
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