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June, 2014

Supervisors vote against controversial water district formation

Written on 18 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors changed its position and voted to only support legislation to form a water district to manage the Paso Robles aquifer if it was based on the democratic principle of... (Continue reading)

Headding a winner in Morro Bay council race

Written on 18 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Two days after incumbent Councilwoman Nancy Johnson announced she was conceding her bid for the final seat on the Morro Bay City Council, the city of Morro Bay announced that pharmacist John Heading had won the position outright. In the... (Continue reading)

Armed standoff breaks out at SLO storage yard

Written on 17 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A standoff between police and an armed man inside a vehicle occurred around noon Tuesday at a San Luis Obispo storage yard. San Luis Obispo police officers surrounded the man who had barricaded himself inside his vehicle at Derrel’s Mini Storage... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach declares Stage 3 drought

Written on 17 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The Grover Beach City Council declared a Stage 3 drought Monday evening. The drought declaration will impose numerous water restrictions on residents and businesses in the city. Residents may no longer wash cars, boats, sidewalks or driveways unless they use... (Continue reading)

Argument over dog feces spurs gun arrest in Los Osos

Written on 17 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Los Osos resident Monday for firing a shotgun into the ground after arguing with a passerby over dog feces. Shortly before 7:30 a.m., a man was walking with his girlfriend in the... (Continue reading)

Guadalupe flirting with bankruptcy

Written on 17 Jun, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 34 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Guadalupe City Administrator Andrew Carter, who often describes himself as a numbers person, has discovered some financial mismanagement and accounting practices that could leave him without a city to administer. Guadalupe, which has the smallest tax base... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande man arrested for sexual assault

Written on 17 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Officers arrested an Arroyo Grande man Sunday on charges of sexual assault and sodomy after a 12-hour standoff in Curry County Oregon. On Saturday evening at about 11 p.m., officers went to a home off U.S. Highway 101 where Lorenzo... (Continue reading)

Famous nomad arrested in SLO for camping

Written on 16 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 70 comments

By KAREN VELIE Since the 1800s, people have traveled up and down California bedding down alongside their pack mules or horses, but not now, especially not in the city or county of San Luis Obispo. While working as a landscaper,... (Continue reading)

Nancy Johnson concedes Morro Bay council race

Written on 16 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

The city of Morro Bay no longer needs to pick a winner or non-winner in the race for its final council seat. [Tribune] Incumbent Councilwoman Nancy Johnson said Sunday that she is conceding the election to challenger John Headding. Johnson... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara buyback nets more than 200 guns

Written on 16 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Santa Barbara police collected nearly 240 guns Saturday in exchange for Vons gift cards and cash. [KEYT] The police department held the city’s first gun buyback program in conjunction with The Coalition Against Gun Violence. Event organizers planned to exchange... (Continue reading)