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The California Highway Patrol will be entering their New Year’s maximum enforcement period starting at 6 pm on December 31st. The MEP will go through Wednesday, January 1st at 11:59 pm. All available CHP officers will be patrolling to ensure travelers are driving safe. During last year’s Maximum Enforcement Period during the new year’s holiday,…
The Cayucos pier has once again been closed to the public due to recent damage. Another piling broke away during the recent high surf advisory; the pier was closed earlier this year in February due to piling damage suffered by the winter storms. The county says they plan to remove the last 15 feet of…
Yesterday morning, the Morro Bay fire department rescued a surfer stranded on Morro rock. According to a medical evaluation after their rescue, the surfer was not injured. A reminder that there is a high surf advisory in effect for most of San Luis Obispo county’s coastal regions until 9 this morning. Waves of up to…
For the rest of 2024, there will be no Paso Robles or Atascadero city council meetings. Both cities will resume their regular meetings in January 2025. The Paso Robles city council notes that their meeting start times will now be 6 pm, and that the two meetings that would be held in January will be…
The San Luis Obispo police department have arrested 61-year-old Todd Nelson of Arroyo Grande in connection with a felony hit-and-run incident last week. On December 20th, police received a report of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle near the 50 block of Chorro street. A 24-year-old San Luis Obispo woman who suffered significant injuries…
A structure fire erupted early Sunday morning for a workshop in Paso Robles. The fire was first reported at around 5:30 am, located at 895 Kyler Canyon road. Units from Cal Fire and the Paso Robles & Atascadero fire departments responded, finding what appeared to be an attached garage or workshop ablaze. No one was…
The behavioral health department for San Luis Obispo county announced they have received a grant from the California office of traffic safety. The grant totals to $141,500, which the department says will go to educational efforts for youth traffic safety. The release by the department says traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for…
The Atascadero police department received a report from the owner of Scott O’Brien Fire & Safety in May of 2024, alleging that one of the company’s employees may be involved in a case of embezzlement. A recent release by the city of Atascadero says that detectives investigated discovered the company’s chief operating officer, Robert Vasquez,…
In July of this year, 87-year-old Saul Goldberg of Avila Beach, and a 73-year-old bicyclist were hit by a vehicle as they were traveling southbound on S. Higuera street. The vehicle did not stop after hitting them, injuring both, with Goldberg dying from his injuries a week after the collision. Following the collision, 44-year-old Vanessa…
A San Miguel woman has been convicted by a jury for assault with a deadly weapon and causing great bodily injury, the DA’s office announced yesterday. 33-year-old Janine Laurice Cesena was arrested on October 15, 2023, after she assaulted a San Miguel man in the parking lot of San Miguel’s Dollar General Store on October…
