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Oceano home burns amid dispatch phone tag

Written on 29 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

While emergency calls went from agency to agency, a fire in an outdoor shed spread to a home in Oceano on Aug. 21. [KSBY] Neighbors of the Beach Street home began calling 911 at 12:09 p.m. to report the shed... (Continue reading)

Code enforcement check leads to drug bust

Written on 29 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

Grover Beach police assisting a city code enforcement officer at a home on the 400 block of 3rd Street Thursday morning discovered heroin, methamphetamine, a shot gun and drug paraphernalia. Officers also found four adults in the home. Police arrested... (Continue reading)

Letter to the editor: Ban cluster bombs

Written on 28 Aug, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 44 comments

OPINION By ALLAN COOPER President Obama was quoted recently saying that the murder of reporter James Foley by Islamic State militants was an act of terrorism. Obama’s saber-rattling speech was obviously provoked by the manner in which Foley was executed…vis-a-vis... (Continue reading)

Def Leppard to perform at Chumash Casino in October

Written on 28 Aug, 2014 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

By COLIN JONES Venerable eighties hard rock icons Def Leppard will make a rare Central Coast appearance on Oct. 30 at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Cal Coast News has learned. The British quintet will play one show... (Continue reading)

CHC supervisors hit with sexual harassment lawsuits

Written on 28 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Sexual harassment lawsuits against Community Health Center (CHC) appear to be piling up. During the past year, two receptionists filed suits against their CHC supervisors. Office Manager Frank Perez is accused of having problems keeping his hands and lewd comments... (Continue reading)

Camera discovered in Avila Beach Hotel bathroom

Written on 28 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

An arrest warrant has been issued for a former employee of the Avila Beach Hotel who is accused of hiding a camera in a women’s restroom in the hotel. The suspect, identified as Christian Ivan Chora, 20, of Grover Beach,... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay approves new city manager contract

Written on 28 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

The Morro Bay City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve a contract for a controversial former Army Colonel hired as the new city manager. In total compensation, the city council voted to pay David Buckingham $199,000 for his first year.... (Continue reading)

Amid drought, why waste water

Written on 27 Aug, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

By TOM SALMON In the daily newspaper on Aug. 19, Lynette Tornatsky took issue with “Too little, too late”, my letter to the editor at the daily newspaper. Yes Lynette, the hydrogeology in Los Osos is such that some 300,000... (Continue reading)

Former Diablo Canyon inspector urges shut down

Written on 27 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

A former federal inspector at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant has asked regulators to shut down the plant until it can be determined if it can withstand an earthquake of the Central Coast. In a confidential July 2013 document... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande council eyes reopening Adams inquiry

Written on 27 Aug, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 114 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Stung by accusations of a cover-up, the Arroyo Grande City Council Tuesday decided to probe further into a late-night rendezvous between two officials who were discovered in a darkened City Hall last month. Prodded by council member... (Continue reading)