San Luis Obispo County offering $500 reward for reporting fireworks
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has announced a program offering a reward of up to $500 for reporting illegal fireworks sales. Ahead of Fourth of July, the sheriff’s office is partnering with San Luis Obispo County Crime Stoppers to help prevent the possession, sale and...
You can’t pay me to watch soccer
By DELL FRANKLIN Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin. Franklin’s memoir, “The ballplayer’s Son” and “Life on The Mississippi, 1969” are currently on Amazon. One...
San Luis Obispo officers arrest Atascadero man for burglary
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo officers arrested an Atascadero man on Friday for burglary, resisting arrest and a probation violation. On June 16, a caller reported a burglary at a residence near Carpenter Street and Hathway Avenue in San Luis Obispo. Through the investigation, detectives identified 55-year-old David Hull...
San Luis Obispo mayor leaks confidential report, would do it again
By KAREN VELIE After several community watchdogs discovered that San Luis Obispo Mayor Erica Stewart had violated the law when she shared restricted information from the Grand Jury, Stewart responded saying she would do it again. In 2025, the San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury found that San Luis Obispo...
Lower the temperature, words matter
OPINION by DORIAN BAKER I read with concern The Tribune’s recent article covering the San Luis Obispo County Democratic Party’s “What’s the Plan?” town hall. According to the article, County Democratic Party Chair Tom Fulks told attendees: “We want to eradicate MAGA from every corner of our democracy.” Think about...
Grover Beach City Council to approve height limit ballot measure
By KAREN VELIE The Grover Beach City Council is slated to vote on Monday to approve an amended version of a ballot measure to adopt an ordinance limiting building heights in the coastal community. A group collected 60% more signatures than required to place the measure on the November ballot....
Group files another lawsuit against off-road vehicles at the Oceano Dunes
By KAREN VELIE An environmental group known to target off-highway vehicle recreation, filed another lawsuit last week against the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. Their latest suit seeks to protect snowy plovers, an endangered shorebird. However, snowy plovers are thriving at the Oceano Dunes because of the off-highway vehicle...
