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SLO council minority halts progress of Grossman development

Written on 22 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council majority failed to muster enough votes Tuesday night to further several large housing projects, including one belonging to a politically connected developer. The city’s general plan update calls for high-density residential... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly fraternity president pleads not guilty to drug charges

Written on 22 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The former president of Cal Poly’s Delta Sigma Phi fraternity pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of possession of marijuana for sale and possession of a controlled substance for sale, both felonies. [KSBY] In September, San Luis Obispo police arrested... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo’s Laguna Lake needs dredging

Written on 21 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 17 comments

OPINION By JIM FOLEY The Laguna Lake Natural Reserve Conservation Plan is long and complicated and the dredging permit process itself is also long and complicated. According to the city biologist there may be agencies that don’t even want us... (Continue reading)

Terrible choices for leadership in Los Osos

Written on 21 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON The Los Osos Community Services District has three seats up for election on Nov. 4. While some are optimistic to see change, I’d like to shed some light on who remains on the board for another... (Continue reading)

A crooked road to Arroyo Grande?

Written on 21 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 255 comments

Editor’s note: The Arroyo Grande ordinance limiting how the mayor and city council members may legally interact with city staff is at the bottom of this story. By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Business owners and city staffers in Arroyo... (Continue reading)

Environmental group sues Cambria CSD over water project

Written on 21 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County environmental group has filed a lawsuit against the Cambria Community Services District, alleging that the district has breached state law in rushing through its approximately $9 million emergency water supply project. The... (Continue reading)

Third Lompoc police officer arrested this year

Written on 21 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Lompoc police officer accused of assaulting his girlfriend on Sunday, marking the third arrest of a member of the Lompoc Police Department this year. [KEYT] Deputies responded to call from a neighbor about... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man goes on criminal binge in Paso Robles

Written on 21 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A Santa Maria man held up an elderly woman at gunpoint, rammed his car into her vehicle and smashed the window of another vehicle, prior to Paso Robles police arresting him Saturday afternoon. Around 1:40 p.m., police received a report... (Continue reading)

Feds using Facebook to catch drug offenders

Written on 21 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs | One comment

Facebook is ordering the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to stop using fake profiles on its social media site to conduct investigations. [ABC News] The DEA is currently facing a lawsuit from a New York woman who alleges the agency used... (Continue reading)

Why I oppose the Arroyo Grande City Charter

Written on 20 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION By JIM HILL The passage of Arroyo Grande City Charter, Measure C-14 on city ballots, would make two fundamental changes from the general law requirements that are not in residents’ interests. First, as explicitly stated in Section 302 of... (Continue reading)