Take a look at San Luis Obispo County rainfall totals, reservoir levels
By KAREN VELIE Following two storms that drenched San Luis Obispo County, rainfall totals are well above average in most areas of the county for this time of year, according to the SLO County website. Most areas of the county have exceeded yearly average rainfall amounts. State and local reservoir...
SLO County sheriff detectives bust alcohol thief
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County sheriff detectives tracked down and arrested a man who stole approximately $4,000 worth of alcohol from the Vons grocery store in Nipomo earlier this month. During his Feb. 2 theft spree, the suspect removed individual bottles from their boxes and concealed them under his...
SLO County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding’s false allegations blowup
By KAREN VELIE In most cases of false allegations of campaign contribution violations, it takes the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) a year or more to investigate, but not in the case of San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding’s recent mudslinging. Political Consultant Tom Fulks accused Paulding’s opponent...
Why does government keep running out of your money?
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Two years after San Luis Obispo County supervisors declared that road maintenance was no longer a priority, the SLO County Association of Governments wants to raise sales taxes to help maintain roads. Talk about mixed signals! The City of Santa Barbara is also planning to raise...
Another storm unleashing on San Luis Obispo County, rain totals
By KAREN VELIE The second storm this week is bringing another round of wind and rain to an already saturated San Luis Obispo County. There is a wind advisory in effect for both San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties until 9 p.m. on Thursday, according to the National Weather...
Paso Robles crews rescue two people, five dogs from a riverbed
By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles firefighters and police officers rescued two people and five dogs from an encampment on the Salinas River on Wednesday. After received a report of people and animals stranded on an island in the Salinas River, Paso Robles Fire and Emergency Services responded with one ladder...
Deputies arrest suspected Carpinteria cannabis farm burglar
By KAREN VELIE An alleged Los Angeles burglar was arrested today on charges he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of marijuana from a Carpinteria-area cannabis grow a month earlier. Shortly before 2 a.m. on Jan. 17, deputies responded to a report of a burglary that had just occurred...
