Home  »  Archives

January, 2015

Cal Poly employee ill with meningitis

Written on 31 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Cal Poly officials notified students and staff Wednesday that an employee has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Campus health sent the following notification to the Cal Poly campus community: University medical staff learned today that one of our employees has... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district attorney misled ratepayers

Written on 30 Jan, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 100 comments

By KAREN VELIE Confidential documents obtained by CalCoastNews reveal a long-term plan by South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District officials to delay fines and findings of mismanagement by mounting a legal battle against the state — a fight they... (Continue reading)

Citizen supplants state, city in graffiti removal

Written on 30 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

The combined efforts of San Luis Obispo police, state transportation workers and Union Pacific personnel did not prove necessary for the removal of graffiti from a railroad bridge in San Luis Obispo. [Tribune] Police say a concerned citizen likely painted... (Continue reading)

Should Californians stop vaping?

Written on 30 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

California health officials have announced plans to wage an ideological war on the use of e-cigarettes. [Sacramento Bee] The California Department of Public Health released a report Wednesday stating that electronic cigarettes, also known as vaporizers and vape pens, contain... (Continue reading)

Jealous Oceano man gets 16 years for murder

Written on 30 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An Oceano man convicted of killing a 25-year-old Nipomo resident during a 2013 fight received a 16-year prison sentence on Wednesday. [KSBY] Joseph Munoz, 37, stabbed to death Joseph Padilla in front of an Oceano home, allegedly due to jealousy... (Continue reading)

Are APCD employees underpaid?

Written on 29 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Air Control District employees, most of whom receive six-figure pay and benefit packages, are due for salary increases, following a board decision Wednesday. During a closed session hearing, the APCD voiced approval for... (Continue reading)

Cayucos firefighter allegedly had a sex slave

Written on 29 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

As the sex slave of former Cayucos firefighter Oscar Higueros Jr., a teenage Los Osos girl had to engage in intercourse with her master as often as five times a day over the course of a month, court testimony indicates.... (Continue reading)

Stabbing suspect arrested in SLO

Written on 29 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a man who allegedly stabbed a person in an unprovoked attack early Thursday morning. Daniel Allen, a 43-year-old transient, stabbed a 61-year-old man near the intersection of Broad Street and Industrial Way around 1 a.m.,... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles teen charged in death of bicyclist

Written on 29 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has opted to prosecute an 18-year-old Paso Robles man who was the driver in a November collision that killed one bicyclist and severely injured another. Joseph Mondo struck the two bicyclists while... (Continue reading)

Jail population plummets, sheriff budget increases

Written on 28 Jan, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 41 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Jail inmate numbers in San Luis Obispo County have dropped by more than 25 percent since last year following initial implementation of Prop. 47, but San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson’s spending continues... (Continue reading)