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October, 2013

What happens in Shell Beach stays in Shell Beach?

Written on 2 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Santa Maria residents Melinda and Julian Hale married on September 1 overlooking the ocean on a Shell Beach cliff. The couple met in Las Vegas. “Apparently not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” the Hale’s wedding website states.... (Continue reading)

SLO council appoints Barasch to investment committee

Written on 2 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council appointed former mayoral candidate Steve Barasch to the Investment Oversight Committee Tuesday, despite opposition from staff and the mayor. Barasch, who has criticized city financial decisions during regular appearances at council... (Continue reading)

SLO County water ordinance not extended

Written on 2 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 72 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday against extending an urgency ordinance that prohibits new development and the planting of crops in the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin area unless proposed projects save as much water as... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man sentenced to 11 years for fraud

Written on 2 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A Nipomo man was sentenced Monday to 11 years in federal prison for a fraud scheme that caused more than $46 million in losses to several victims, including his in-laws, a friend and five banks. John Mark Moore, 51, operated... (Continue reading)

Yosemite celebrates birthday by shutting down

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Yosemite National Park celebrated its 123rd birthday Tuesday by closing its gates due to a federal government shutdown. [LA Times] The U.S. House and Representatives and Senate failed to agree Monday night on how to renew funding of the federal... (Continue reading)

SLO management snubs policy critic

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Amid allegation of financial inadequacies, San Luis Obispo’s assistant city manager ordered the city clerk to leave the name of an outspoken applicant for a position on the Investment Oversight Committee off a staff report for Tuesday’s... (Continue reading)

Welcome in Obama Care

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 112 comments

OPINION By STEW JENKINS For fear mongers who have tried selling doubt, facts already show that the Affordable Care Act is bringing down health insurance costs making coverage available to everyone. Passed by Congress and upheld by the United States... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles city council moving forward on Gateway Project

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

The Paso Robles City Council is moving forward on a proposal to annex 270 acres south of the city dubbed the Gateway Project. The proposal includes plans to develop three hotels, 62,300 feet of retail space and office space, up... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay mayor responds to recall notice

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

Morro Bay Mayor Jamie Irons filed a response Monday to the recall effort levied against him. Last week, a group of Morro Bay citizens filed a notice of intent to circulate a petition to recall Irons. The mayor spurned the... (Continue reading)