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February, 2013

Grover Beach council appoints Glenn Marshall

Written on 26 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The Grover Beach City Council appointed San Luis Obispo County engineer and former city planning commissioner Glenn Marshall to the council Monday to fill the seat vacated by Phyllis Molnar. The council saved approximately $30,000 by making the appointment instead... (Continue reading)

California awarding athletes millions in workers’ comp

Written on 25 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

California has awarded approximately $747 million to former professional athletes in workers’ compensation claims since the 1980s. [LA Times] An August study commissioned by major professional sports leagues determined that about 4,500 players received the total payout of nearly $750... (Continue reading)

Parkinson asks Biden not to support new gun laws

Written on 25 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 103 comments

San Luis Obsipo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson issued a letter to Vice President Joe Biden requesting that he address the country’s flawed mental health system, rather than lobbying for stricter gun control measures in response to recent shooting tragedies. In... (Continue reading)

California sex offenders removing monitors

Written on 25 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Thousands of California parolees including child molesters, rapists and other high-risk sex offenders are removing or disarming their court-ordered GPS tracking devices — with little risk of going back to prison because of overcrowding. [LATimes] Since 2010 when the state... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo home damaged by fire

Written on 25 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A fire at a San Luis Obispo home without a working smoke detector on Sunday evening remains under investigation. A San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputy, who was the first on the scene, evacuated the five people inside the home... (Continue reading)

Man shot to death in Paso Robles

Written on 24 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

An adult male died Saturday evening after being shot off Spring Street in Paso Robles, police reported. And police are trying to determine the circumstance that led to his murder. At 9:28 p.m., officers responded to an apartment complex in... (Continue reading)

Homeless man hassled by CAPSLO, Family Ties

Written on 23 Feb, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 177 comments

Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the nonprofits managing the program. See Social Security’s letter stopping Cliff Anderson’s... (Continue reading)

Is California overtaxed?

Written on 22 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 65 comments

President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Jon Coupal spoke before San Luis Obispo property and business owners Thursday about the level of taxation they face in California and how it may continue to increase. Speaking at the San Luis... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly sorority facing hazing investigation

Written on 22 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Cal Poly officials are investigating a hazing allegation against an Asian-American interest sorority. Dean of Students Jean DeCosta said the university received an anonymous tip that hazing had occurred within the Chi Delta Theta sorority, but would not specify as... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande 13-year-old flees police at 100 miles per hour

Written on 22 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs | 5 comments

An Arroyo Grande 13-year-old fled Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies in a stolen vehicle Wednesday night at speeds up to 100 miles per hour. [KCOY] The 13-year-old driver, along with a 51-year-old passenger, initially fled the deputies around 9:45 p.m.... (Continue reading)