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Emails expose alleged misconduct by Arroyo Grande officials
 


Written on 1 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 125 comments

Editor’s note: A video of Arroyo Grande Council Member Kristen Barneich noting her reasons for voting against an independent investigation into the July 3 incident is at the bottom of this story. By DANIEL BLACKBURN and KAREN VELIE Several public... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande needs to dump its city attorney

Written on 1 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER The question posed at last week’s Arroyo Grande City Council meeting by newly elected Mayor Jim Hill revealed a $32,000 expenditure for just one month’s work by legal counsel. This is a billing trend that began... (Continue reading)

Person killed in San Luis Obispo crash

Written on 1 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

One person died in a rollover car crash on Northbound Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo Monday morning. California Highway Patrol officers responded to the crash around 8:30 a.m. near the Prado Road offramp. The vehicle rolled off the highway... (Continue reading)

Chief alleges council extortion racket in California border town

Written on 1 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Members of the Calexico City Council are running an extortion racket and are teaming up with police officers to shut down criminal investigations and blackmail city government members, according to the U.S. border town’s new police chief. [NBC San Diego]... (Continue reading)

Findings released from Cal Poly drug testing program

Written on 1 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Cal Poly is increasing its drug-testing of student-athletes following the August arrests of five football players, and the university has released initial results of the substance abuse checks. [Tribune] Over the past three months, university officials conducted 197 drug tests... (Continue reading)

Taxpayers to fund $2.4 million giveaway to county employees

Written on 30 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 51 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Supervisors are slated to vote Tuesday on a $2.4 million payment to employees described as an offset to rising health care costs. The proposal comes a week after the board voted to raise... (Continue reading)

Lompoc police officer arrested for violating court order

Written on 30 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies arrested a Lompoc Police officer for the second time in less than two months because of domestic violence allegations. On Thanksgiving, Matthew Lee Hill, 29, allegedly contacted his ex-girlfriend in violation of a court order.... (Continue reading)

Woman killed in Paso Robles crash

Written on 29 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 74 comments

A woman riding a bicycle died Friday afternoon in a crash with an SUV near Paso Robles, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly after 3 p.m., a man and a woman from out of town were riding bicycles on... (Continue reading)

Claim $100,000 cash from a California Burger King

Written on 28 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A San Jose Burger King restaurant was offering $100,000 in cash, but no one claimed the money, and now police are conducting a search for the owner. [Mercury News] Atlaf Chaus, the owner of the Burger King, left an abandoned... (Continue reading)

Must California employers pay double on holidays?

Written on 28 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A bill soon to be introduced to the California legislature would require employers to pay double to those who work on Thanksgiving and Christmas in an attempt to curtail transforming the family holidays into shopping bonanzas. [Union Tribune] Democratic Assemblywoman... (Continue reading)