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April, 2011

Stop the rate increase

Written on 7 Apr, 2011 in Opinion | 20 comments

OPINION By John Borst, Ph.D. As many CalCoastNews readers may be aware, a Proposition 218 protest period has just ended in Paso Robles with the City Council deciding to go ahead with the water rate increase(s). That decision aside, I... (Continue reading)

Anti-hate forum set for Monday night in Arroyo Grande

Written on 7 Apr, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 18 comments

A community forum in response to last month’s cross-burning incident is scheduled for Monday at 6 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Arroyo Grande. The event, “Responding to Hate and Bias in the Community” will include a panel discussion... (Continue reading)

Arrest made in torture of homeless woman

Written on 6 Apr, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Police arrested a San Luis Obispo man earlier today for allegedly holding a homeless woman hostage, torturing and trying to kill her last week. Tommy Sherrell Ledbetter, 46, severely beat and tortured the 26-year old woman while holding her against... (Continue reading)

No more free Sunday parking in San Luis Obispo

Written on 6 Apr, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 25 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to begin charging for Sunday parking downtown beginning July 1. [Tribune] On a second 5-0 vote, the council also agreed to raise the price of parking in the “core” downtown... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles facing water rate hike

Written on 6 Apr, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 4 comments

Paso Robles City Council continued on Tuesday night to work toward raising water rates to pay for the cities share of the recently completed Nacimiento Water Project. [Tribune] Council members voted unanimously to approve a proposal to adopt a water... (Continue reading)

Ironman eyes San Luis Obispo County

Written on 6 Apr, 2011 in Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

Ironman, one of the world’s most renowned and challenging triathlon events, could make its mark on the Central Coast, and pump its iron fist in the form of an economic impact that could amount to several million dollars. Real estate developer... (Continue reading)

Evy Cole Book signing and reading at SLO Down Pub

Written on 5 Apr, 2011 in Eye on the Coast | No comments

Evy Cole’s gone and done it. She’s published a whole book of poems called “From a Train Window.” On March 27, she signed books and read to a crowd at SLO Down Pub in Arroyo Grande. If you would like... (Continue reading)

NightWriters Chimera Group at Linnaea’s

Written on 5 Apr, 2011 in Eye on the Coast | No comments

San Luis Obispo NightWriters, a countywide writers organization, met at Linnaea’s Cafe where some of its best writers read their works. Find local events as at CalCoastNews’ Event Calendar. If you would like to buy a high resolution print of... (Continue reading)

The Andrew and Katie Show

Written on 5 Apr, 2011 in Featured, Screening Room | 20 comments

We don’t know exactly who “SLOShank” is, but he/she has certainly posted an interesting animated video on YouTube depicting an imaginary conversation between San Luis Obispo City Manager Katie Lichtig and councilmember Andrew Carter. The conversation raises a number of... (Continue reading)

Armed robber pistol whips clerk

Written on 5 Apr, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

Paso Robles Police are looking for a man who robbed a donut shop and pistol whipped an employee late Monday night. The suspect, a white man with a scarf covering his face, entered DK’s Donuts on Spring Street around 10... (Continue reading)