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The San Luis Obispo county board of supervisors voted to accept the housing and infrastructure plan in its meeting yesterday. The board voted 3 to 2 with supervisors Debbie Arnold and John Peschong dissenting. The housing and infrastructure plan, know called a ‘framework’ was previously brought to seven city councils across San Luis Obispo. Of…
Earlier this week, an inmate who was in a hospice care facility in Fresno county died as a result of a terminal illness. According to a release by the San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s office, 46-year-old Brett Douglass was booked into custody earlier this year in March. Prior to this, Douglass was diagnosed with cancer,…
A report by the California department of justice showed that the city of San Luis Obispo had the highest rate of hate crime events in the county in 2022. California defines a hate crime as “A criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against race,…
The Bureau of Land Management has recently signed a plan to help reduce the intensity and severity of wildfires across California. The statewide wildland-urban interface fuels treatment programmatic environmental assessment will seek to partner with local and state agencies for fuels reduction projects. Under this plan, the BLM hopes to reduce wildfire risk in communities…
The Atascadero city council met last night for its regular meeting. The board voted unanimously in favor of its three management reports. One of which was a professional services agreement with Vanir Construction Management Inc. The agreement would provide owner’s representative services for the Atascadero public safety facility project. The project is a joint-use facility…
United Way of San Luis Obispo will be hosting its annual “Stuff the Bus” back-to-school event tomorrow in Paso Robles. The event will go from 3 to 6 in the afternoon at Walmart in Paso Robles. Suggested supply donations are: backpacks, pens and pencils, glue sticks, highlighters, notebooks, binders, and more. A full list of…
Woods Humane Society has announced a fundraising challenge in August. The Marianne and Stacy Cocks Fund will double every donation made to Woods Humane Society up to ten thousand dollars. Woods CEO Emily L’Heureux says that Woods aims to increase the number of homeless pets it helps this year. Last year Woods found homes for…
The city of Atascadero will be conducting its regular meeting tonight at 6. Items on its agenda include a public hearing for routine confirmation on the cost of vegetative growth and/or refuse abatement. Its management report includes an agreement with Vanir Construction Management Inc. for the Atascadero public safety facility project. The project has been…
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink internet satellites last night from the Vandenberg space force base. The Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” drone ship in the pacific ocean minutes after launch. According to SpaceX, this was the fifth launch for this particular booster. SpaceX has launched almost…
The San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s department announced its search for missing 29-year-old Wendelin “Wendy” Stauffer yesterday afternoon. The sheriff’s office received a missing person report from a family member for Stauffer on July 12th. According to the release, Stauffer was last seen in May of 2023, telling her employer she needed to go to…