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May, 2015

Suicidal driver plunges off cliff near Cayucos amid chase

Written on 28 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A man ended a CHP chase Wednesday by plunging his car off a cliff near Cayucos, but he managed to survive with non life-threatening injuries. [Tribune] The CHP is not yet identifying the man. Officers say he was suicidal, and... (Continue reading)

Gesell contemplating run against Joe Arpaio

Written on 28 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 49 comments

San Luis Obispo’s former police chief Steve Gesell withdrew his application for the Chico chief of police job and has set his sights on a possible run for embattled Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s position in the 2016 election. [KSBY]... (Continue reading)

SLO Council slated to ban Styrofoam

Written on 27 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council will soon vote on a plan to ban Styrofoam food and drink containers, a move the council majority has already endorsed. The proposed ordinance would ban the use of Styrofoam containers and cups in... (Continue reading)

Raise for Dietrick, bonuses for Lichtig on tap at SLO Council

Written on 27 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 51 comments

City Attorney Christine Dietrick may receive her fourth raise in four years, and City Manager Katie Lichtig may walk away with a cash bonus and car allowance at the upcoming San Luis Obispo council meeting. On June 2, the council... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles cafe robbed at gunpoint

Written on 27 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A man dressed in blue robbed a Paso Robles cafe at gunpoint Tuesday morning and successfully fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to the city’s police department. At about 10:30 a.m., the suspect entered Chico’s Cafe at 834... (Continue reading)

Camera captures men burglarizing SLO bank

Written on 26 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

San Luis Obispo police are looking for two men who were caught on a security camera burglarizing the Golden 1 Credit Union on Foothill Boulevard. On May 15, a construction foreman working on a neighboring business discovered a large hole... (Continue reading)

Did Steve Gesell game the city to get his settlement?

Written on 26 May, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 46 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN and KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo’s embattled outgoing police chief Steve Gesell had applied for a new job several months prior to City Manager Katie Lichtig placing him on administrative leave, a job he was first in... (Continue reading)

Charter buying Time Warner Cable

Written on 26 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Charter Communications has announced that it is purchasing Time Warner Cable as part of a move that would create the nation’s third largest pay-TV service. [LA Times] The deal values Time Warner Cable at $56.7 billion. Federal regulators must still... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria police take aim at drag racers

Written on 26 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Santa Maria police conducted a sting on street racers Friday night, shortly after officers obtained video of a daytime drag race on a city street. [KEYT] Police received dash cam footage of two cars drag racing on Tama Lane earlier... (Continue reading)

Atascadero families to pay more for high water use

Written on 26 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

The Atascadero Mutual Water Co. is raising rates for residential consumers who use the most water, and all city water users could soon face surcharges. [Tribune] AMWC officials have identified approximately 9,300 single-family residences, or about 20 percent Atascadero homes,... (Continue reading)