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San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow announced Tuesday that nine people were arrested in connection to Operation Reclaim & Rebuild, an annual statewide operation focused on combatting human trafficking in southern California. The D.A. says the San Luis Obispo County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, in its fourth year of participating in the operation,…
To qualify, contestants must be between the ages of 17-24 on opening day of the 2022 fair, be a current resident of San Luis Obispo County, and have never been married. Each contestant will compete in four categories: Interview, Talent, Evening Wear and Final Question. The pageant takes place on the first day of the…
Gas prices in California continue to break records, with the state average for a regular gallon of gas reaching a record $4.83 on Tuesday. Locally, the average price for a gallon of regular gas is nearly 20 cents more. San Luis Obispo County reached a new record high Tuesday at $5.01 for a gallon of…
Santa Maria hit 85 degrees, breaking the 112-year-old daily record of 84° set back in 1910. San Luis Obispo reached a high of 86°, besting the old daily record of 83° set in 2002 and again in 2013, according to PG&E meteorologist John Lindsey and the National Weather Service.
San Luis Obispo County’s Film Commission, Film SLO CAL, says the Central Coast is becoming increasingly sought after for TV shows and films. Eric Parker, Film SLO CAL Film Liaison, said during the calendar year 2020, the Central Coast saw 24 productions with a total of about 47 film days. The estimated impact on that…
The project to repair sections of concrete pavement along Highway 101 between Santa Margarita and Atascadero continues. Workers are replacing sections of distressed concrete pavement, with precast concrete panels at various locations along Highway 101 between the Highway 58 interchange and Traffic Way. Travelers can expect various lane and ramp closures between the hours of…
The San Luis Obispo police department has been awarded a grant from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to fight alcohol-related crime. The $29,626 grant will boost the department’s crackdown on alcoholic beverage sales to minors and obviously intoxicated patrons, illegal solicitations of alcohol, compliance checks at alcohol establishments and general alcohol-related crime enforcement.…
The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday that three men accused of a deadly shooting in Oceano in 2019 entered guilty pleas. The DA’s office says evidence showed that Robert Garay and Gabriel Garay were riding in a vehicle driven by Nathaniel Jara when the three men came upon Daniel Fuentes…
The California Supreme Court denied an effort by a group of local opponents of redistricting to overturn the SLO County Board of Supervisors’ vote to adopt the Patten map. After a Superior Court judge shot down an attempt to temporarily reverse the supervisors’ adoption of the Patten map last week, SLO County Citizens for Good…
The Cal Poly Loggers, a co-ed intercollegiate team of students involved in traditional forestry field skills, recently won first place at the Sierra-Cascade Logging Conference and Exhibition in Anderson, California. Seven teams representing four western states competed in traditional timber sports events Feb. 10-12. In addition to the team’s first place finish, Kelly Schwenger, a…
