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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)

Newspaper delivery driver robs Arroyo Grande home

Written on 14 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

A newspaper delivery driver was arrested for robbing the home of an Arroyo Grande woman while she was on vacation, just days after she informed the local news paper she would be out of town. [SLO New Times] In January,... (Continue reading)

Lessons learned trudging the campaign trail

Written on 13 Jun, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 46 comments

By MIKE BYRD Our South County has changed. Our sense of independence may have died with Paul Teixeira. This was, inarguably, the most partisan campaign ever in the South County. Historically, voters have avoided electing candidates who were actively partisan.... (Continue reading)

Vote count complete in SLO County but Morro Bay council race undecided

Written on 13 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

San Luis Obispo county elections officials have counted all of the votes cast in the 2014 primary election, but the results of the Morro Bay city council race are still unclear. Newcomers Matt Makowetski and John Headding finished first and... (Continue reading)

California bill to raise standard of consent for student sex

Written on 13 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

A bill in the California legislature may change the way college students engage in sexual activity. [CBS LA] Democratic state senators Kevin de Leon and Hannah Beth Jackson have introduced a bill that would require state run universities to adopt... (Continue reading)

Could Kevin McCarthy be the next majority leader?

Written on 13 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 39 comments

Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), a congressman who prior to redistricting represented Paso Robles, is becoming one of the quickest official to become majority leader in congressional history. [Washington Post] Following Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) primary loss on Tuesday, McCarthy, 49, is... (Continue reading)