Chamber chair challenges Hill in SLO County District 3 race
By CCT STAFF South County Chamber of Commerce Chair Stacy Korsgaden announced Monday her candidacy for the San Luis Obispo County supervisor seat currently held by Adam Hill. Korsgaden, who currently operates a local insurance agency, has called SLO County home for more than 30 years. A moderate Republican, Korsgaden...
Nurses in SLO and Templeton planning one-day strike
By CCT STAFF Registered nurses at Tenent hospitals in San Luis Obispo and Templeton are planning to participate in a one day strike on Friday, according to the California Nurses Association. Registered nurses at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and Twin Cities Community Hospital plan to strike from 7 a.m....
SLO City councilwoman accused of conflict of interest
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo City officials have suspended a plan to phase out the use of natural gas appliances while they look into allegations Councilwoman Andy Pease violated conflict of interest rules. [Cal Coast Times] Two weeks ago, the council voted 4-1 in favor of an ordinance and...
Cal Poly professor convicted of peeping up colleague’s skirt
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A tenured Cal Poly professor in the psychology and child development department pleaded no contest on Monday to a misdemeanor charge of using his cell phone camera to record up-skirt footage of his female colleague. Meanwhile, the victim in the case, who spoke in court on Monday,...
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s lieutenant arrested for DUI
By CCT STAFF CHP officers arrested a Santa Barbara County sheriff’s custody lieutenant Saturday night on suspicion of drunken driving following a head-on crash on Highway 154 that left seven people injured. Shortly after 7 p.m., Lt. Javier Antunez, 44, was driving a BMW eastbound near Lake Cachuma when he...
Man killed in fall from SLO parking structure
An Atascadero man died after he fell from a parking structure in downtown San Luis Obispo on Saturday night. [Cal Coast Times] At about 10 p.m., callers reported an intoxicated man inside the Marsh Street parking garage, police said. While officers were looking for him, a caller reported a man...
Pismo Beach planning to help fund low-cost rental units
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The city of Pismo Beach is considering providing funding to Peoples’ Self-Help Housing for a proposed 40-unit apartment complex the nonprofit plans to build. Pismo Beach currently has $3.5 million in housing in-lieu fee funds, according to a city staff report. Multiple developers have inquired about obtaining...
