March, 2013

CAPSLO exonerates Dee Torres?

Faced with allegations of numerous former homeless service employees, as well as ex-boyfriends of Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo’s Homeless Services Coordinator Dee Torres, CAPSLO officials now say they launched an investigation — and have completely exonerated Torres.... (Continue reading)

Obamacare gaining state foothold

California officials responsible for implementation of the Affordable Care Act are in Sacramento to discuss the state’s entry into the program. One state lawmaker, Assemblyman Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, was spotlighting a new Health Access California report analyzing how this state... (Continue reading)

Movie review: Oz the Great and Powerful

By MIRANDA FORESMAN Oz the Great and Powerful looked so very promising with its bright colors and cast of stars. The finished product, however, suffers greatly from those very same elements. For clarification, Oz the Great and Powerful is not... (Continue reading)

Chumash cemetery unearthed in Los Osos

By KAREN VELIE Members of the Chumash community want sewer collection system excavation halted in Los Osos where Native American remains were unearthed at what is believed to an ancient cemetery. Chumash leaders are asking that the area remain intact... (Continue reading)

Another location lost for proposed homeless center

The Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo will not be able to build its proposed 200-bed homeless services center on a city owned parcel surrounding the Prado Day Center. [Tribune] A city of San Luis Obispo memo explained that... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles Motorcycle crash victim identified

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has identified the motorcyclist in a deadly crash in Paso Robles this weekend as Brian Smith of San Luis Obispo. On Sunday, the 44-year-old was trying to turn at 24th Street and Mountain Springs... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria murder suspects allegedly tortured their victim

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday that a group of alleged killers tortured their victim which would open the door for a death penalty prosecution. [KCOY] Three men and a woman are in jail on murder charges... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande woman arrested for attempted murder

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested an Arroyo Grande woman who is suspected of attempting to murder her husband. Shortly before 6 a.m., one of Mary Bowdey’s children called 911 to say that her parents were fighting at their... (Continue reading)

Opera in the Vineyard, event photos

At the most elegant event in the Salon Series yet, attendees enjoyed an enticing evening of great wine, food, and the Central Coast’s favorite gypsy ensemble Café Musique at Vina Robles. The event began with a bubbles and cheese prelude... (Continue reading)

California woman awarded $4 million for shower head shocking

A Los Angeles jury awarded a California woman $4 million for getting shocked by stray electricity that pulsed through her bathroom shower head. [Mercury News] Simona Wilson, the mother of three young children, sued Southern California Edison in 2011 around... (Continue reading)