Templeton seeking new tax to fund firefighter pay
Faced with fiscal troubles and apparent staff shortages, the Templeton Fire Department is asking property owners in the North County community to vote for a tax to support increasing salary costs. [Cal Coast Times] The Templeton Community Services District has called for an Aug. 27 special election on the proposed...
SLO County probation sweep nets 13 suspects
Several law enforcement agencies teamed up to conduct a probation sweep in North County on Monday. Deputies and officers arrested 13 suspects on charges including probation and parole violations, as well as drug and weapons offenses. [Cal Coast Times] The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office released the identities of...
Good Samaritan killed in Paso Robles crash identified
The Good Samaritan who was killed in the aftermath of a wrong-way driver, hit-and-run crash on Highway 101 in Paso Robles early Monday morning was Monica Cantu, a Cal Poly employee. [Cal Coast Times] Cantu, 55, of Paso Robles, was Cal Poly’s senior facilities custodial manager. She had been employed...
Central Coast protesters rally against immigration enforcement
As part of nationwide protests against raids planned to be conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), demonstrations took place in Santa Maria, Arroyo Grande and San Luis Obispo over the weekend. [Cal Coast Times] On Friday evening, protesters gathered at Central Park Plaza in Santa Maria and Heritage Park...
Battle over Grover Beach church exposes income tax issues
By KAREN VELIE The ongoing fight over the fate of the Bethel Baptist Church of Grover Beach has been complicated by an IRS decision to revoke the church’s nonprofit status. [Cal Coast Times] A former pastor and his executive staff failed to report income taxes and stopped withholding taxes from...
Good Samaritan killed on Highway 101 in Paso Robles
A wrong-way driver crashed into an oncoming vehicle on Highway 101 in Paso Robles early Monday morning, killing one person, according to the California Highway Patrol. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 2 a.m., the two vehicles collided on northbound Highway 101 near the Spring Street offramp. The wrong-way driver reportedly...
Los Osos toddler hospitalized after burning her feet in a fire pit
A Los Osos mother of a 3-year-old girl is asking people to extinguish their fire pits after her daughter burned her feet in a covered fire pit, according to a Facebook post. On July 7, Kaycee Gonzales’ daughter Alivia was attending a family picnic at Montana De Oro when she...
