San Luis Obispo County election night coverage 2026
By KAREN VELIE An unusually contentious election cycle for San Luis Obispo County and the country is drawing to a close. Who will have a reason to celebrate tonight and who will be drinking away their sorrows? CalCoastNews will have live updates on the results of local races, starting after...
Another gas leak in San Luis Obispo leads to evacuation orders
By KAREN VELIE A natural gas leak in San Luis Obispo led to an evacuation order on Tuesday morning. This is the third natural gas leak in SLO in less than a month. SoCalGas staffers detected the gas leak while conducting routine survey work in downtown San Luis Obispo The...
Artificial intelligence and old age
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 latest book – “Hitchhiking, A Destiny” – is currently on Amazon. I was talking to...
Person stabbed in Santa Maria, suspects fled
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Police are investigating a stabbing in Santa Maria on Monday that left a victim seriously injured. Shortly after 5:30 p.m., a caller reported a stabbing victim on the 200 block of East Grant Street. Officers located the victim, who was suffering from multiple stab wounds, and immediately...
Are pollsters ever right?
OPINION by JOHN SUMMER One of the simplest acts of physical humor is to hold out your hand to someone, and extend your finger (preferably your index, not your middle one) and ask them to pull on it. When they do, you let out a fart. Now that’s humor. “Pull...
SLO County charges foreign born alien with voter fraud
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that his office filed election fraud charges against a foreign born alien with plans to charge 16 others, during a press conference with First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. Dow’s office filed three state felony charges against...
Resident suffers burns during Atascadero house fire
By KAREN VELIE Emergency responders transported an Atascadero resident who suffered burn injuries during a house fire early Saturday morning to a local hospital. Shortly before 2 a.m., a caller reported smoke coming from the front and side of a single-family residence at 4890 Rosario Avenue in Atascadero. Police officers,...
