Despite optimistic reports about voter turnout from the various polling stations, voter turnout in SLO County appeared to be down this year, according to election results announced by the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder early Wednesday. SLO County had 158,603 registered voters, with only 98,458 (62.08%) submitting ballots thus far, [...]
If’s official, Louis Capps has beaten Abel Maldonado in a cut-throat District 24 race plagued by negative TV ads and repeated verbal attacks by the two campaigns. Democratic Capps, of Santa Barbara, held off Republican Maldonado, of Santa Maria, in the race to represent the Central Coast in Congress by [...]
A look at the most up-to-date SLO County election results, as reported by the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder (refresh often, and wait a few seconds for the document to load below):
Despite all of the chaos, damage and power outages created by Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast, voter turnout for the 2012 election was impressive. As of 10 p.m. Pacific, more than 104 million Americans had voted for the top three presidential candidates. In 2008, a record 131.3 million votes [...]
The first election results on the Central Coast have been announced by the SLO County Clerk-Recorder, and while President Obama has been elected president, according to NBC, there are still plenty of tight races remaining at the state and local level. In the 24th Congressional District, for example, Lois Capps [...]
A Central Coast beach community is reeling after a second shark attack in Lompoc in as many years on Tuesday. Francisco Javier Solorio, Jr., 39, was killed Tuesday morning by what was believed to be a great white shark while surfing at Surf Beach in Lompoc around 11 a.m. The [...]
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook King City and Northern San Luis Obispo County late Saturday, shortly before midnight. The quake, labeled a “moderate quake” by the USGS, occurred at about 11:55 p.m. and the rocking was felt as far as Nipomo. The USGS reported the quake’s epicenter was outside of [...]
The NFL replacement referee who made the “touchdown” call that gave Seattle a win on Monday Night Football over the Green Bay Packers is easily the most unpopular person on Twitter tonight. Santa Maria resident Lance Easley‘s address was even plastered all over Twitter and Facebook late Monday. Below is [...]
Space shuttle Endeavour made its final flight on Friday, flying over a number of California landmarks, including SLO County’s Hearst Castle. Endeavour, riding atop a Boeing 747, eventually landed in Los Angeles, at the LAX Airport. Onlookers called the sight of the space shuttle “awesome” and “amazing,” but also called [...]
Randy Hanson should have known better. Whether or not the Cal Poly assistant coach lawfully assaulted a man with a beer bottle at Harry’s Bar two weekend’s ago in Pismo Beach remains to be seen. But the fact that Hanson, of all people, was scrapping at the Pismo Beach dive [...]