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April, 2014

Cal Poly ekes out series victory over Santa Barbara

Written on 6 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Cal Poly baseball is known nationally as a program that is very offensive. On Sunday, the team demonstrated that it could win a big game while relying on pitching. After Mustang hurlers surrendered 26 hits and 15... (Continue reading)

Fire tax flub allows for voting as ballots are counted

Written on 6 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Property owners in Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach and Oceano who have yet to vote on a firefighting assessment measure can still do so, even as ballots are counted. The Five Cities Fire Authority is proposing a $66 fee on all... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly walks off with win over Santa Barbara

Written on 6 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN (Editor’s Note: Video of Cal Poly catcher Chris Hoo’s walk-off single is at the bottom of the story.) On a night in which UC Santa Barbara students partied, Cal Poly baseball fans and players celebrated. With one... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly drops game 1 to UCSB

Written on 5 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Cal Poly ace Matt Imhof entered Friday’s series opener against 17th-ranked UC Santa Barbara with a 1.05 ERA, a feature on him in Baseball America and talk of the junior lefty going in the first round of June’s Major League... (Continue reading)

Gibson, Neal cover for Hill on CAPSLO dustup

Written on 5 Apr, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 63 comments

Following a feud between County Supervisor Adam Hill and the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County (CAPSLO), board of supervisor chairman Bruce Gibson and county counsel Rita Neal came to Hill’s defense claiming the controversial supervisor had always... (Continue reading)

Hearst home for sale at $135 million

Written on 4 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Hearst Castle is not on the market, but the former Beverly Hills mansion of William Randolph Hearst is. [Bloomberg] The wealthy newspaper publisher spent the final five years of his life at the Beverly House, a 6-acre mansion situated on... (Continue reading)

Deputies nab two teens for string of Los Osos burglaries

Written on 4 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two teens Monday for breaking into cars in Los Osos and stealing property. A 14-year-old and a 16-year-old are accused of stealing cameras, iPods, credit cards and backpacks from vehicles in Los Osos... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande Bank of America robbed

Written on 4 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Arroyo Grande police are investigating the Thursday robbery of the Bank of America on West Branch Street. Shortly before 6 p.m., the robber entered the bank, said he was armed and demanded cash from one of the tellers. After receiving... (Continue reading)

3 fantastic wine events coming to Pismo Beach this spring

Written on 3 Apr, 2014 in Discovered, Featured | 8 comments

Pismo Beach is striving to exceed your expectations as a wine and waves destination with three wine and culinary events on the spring 2014 calendar. April 26 – 10th Annual Taste of Pismo Enjoy great food, our world-class wine country,... (Continue reading)

To drive through or not to drive through

Written on 3 Apr, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 47 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER When considering the proposal for the Los Osos McDonald’s drive through in the old Bank of America building at the Vons shopping center, one just has to look at surrounding communities and take note of where... (Continue reading)