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Escaped at-risk mental health patient located

31-year-old Benjamin Aaron Karp located at Pismo State Beach North Campground –On Sunday afternoon, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office was notified that State Park Full Article

San Luis Obispo County burn permit suspension lifted

–Effective today, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, the burn permit suspension in San Luis Obispo County will be lifted. Cal Fire San Luis Obispo Unit Chief Full Article

Annual open burn season starts today

–Dec. 6, marks the start of the 2019-20 open burn season in San Luis Obispo County. Cal Fire burn permits are no longer required. The Full Article

Holiday Trolley begins looping through downtown SLO

–Experience the holiday season with free rides on the Holiday Trolley, looping through downtown SLO, Fridays–Sundays, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Nov. 29–Dec. 22, 2019. Full Article

CHP announces new registration enforcement and guidance program

–The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has announced a new CHP Registration Enforcement and Guidance (CHP REG) program to reduce out-of-state registration violators. The CHP REG Full Article

CNN: Fire in Santa Barbara County burns 3000 acres, 0-percent contained

–What has been dubbed the “Cave Fire” started in the Santa Ynez Mountains a few miles northwest of Santa Barbara late Monday afternoon and had scorched Full Article

Prescribed Fire planned at Estero Bluffs State Park in Cayucos

–A prescribed burn is planned on Monday, Nov. 25 starting at 7 a.m. with a planned end of ignitions at 10 a.m. The City of Full Article

SLO Police note rise in laundry room coin machine burglaries

–Over the past several weeks there’s been a heavy increase in laundry room coin machine burglaries throughout the city of San Luis Obispo, according to Full Article

Prescribed burn scheduled today

–Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 19, and continuing over multiple weeks, burning of hazardous vegetation will occur along the East side of Highway 229 between Highway 58 Full Article

4 dead, ‘unknown suspects’ at large after 10 people shot in Fresno

–USA TODAY reports– The suspects of a shooting in Fresno remain at large. Four people were killed and six people were injured after “unknown suspects” Full Article