SLO preschool student sick with E. coli, classroom closed
By KAREN VELIE Another child was hospitalized with E. coli, this one is suspected of contracting the illness at a San Luis Obispo preschool. The child’s classroom is temporarily closed. This is the first case of person-to-person transmission tied to the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli outbreak. The child did not...
CMC inmate guilty of threatening a correctional officers
By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County jury found a 40-year-old California Men’s Colony inmate guilty on Thursday of making felony criminal threats against a correctional officer in 2025. On Nov. 25, 2025, while the officer was performing his duties, inmate Mark Randall Fawcett looked at him and said,...
High surf and flood warnings for SLO, Santa Barbara county coastlines
By KAREN VELIE The National Weather Service has issued high surf and flood warnings for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties for part of the weekend. Forecasters warn of large breaking waves of 18 to 25 feet with dangerous rip currents. Surf will be highest for west-northwest facing beaches....
Home invasion suspects terrorize rural Paso Robles residents
By KAREN VELIE Two teenage gang members from the Central Valley terrorized several rural Paso Robles residents during a home invasion on Thursday evening. The two teens knocked on the door of a residence on Blue Heron Lane in Heritage Ranch, and then forced their way inside when the door...
FAA grounds all planes from departing from airports in the United States
By KAREN VELIE The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded all outbound flights in the United States in a rare nationwide ground stop on Friday afternoon. “The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers,” Secretary of Sate...
Stock for company pumping oil off Santa Barbara coast plummets
By KAREN VELIE Stock for Sable Offshore, the company extracting oil off the coast of Santa Barbara, this week after it announced it is struggling to make ends meet. Chevron refinery, which processes Sable Offshore’s crude, stopped purchasing oil a month ago while it shut down for scheduled refinery maintenance...
Sheriff investigating death of Guadalupe homeless man as homicide
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has announced the death of a homeless man whose body was found in Guadalupe Monday morning is now being investigated as a homicide. Sheriff’s officials identified the deceased man as Paul Anthony Delgadillo, 55, a homeless resident of Guadalupe. Delgadillo’s body...
