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Arnold launches reelection campaign

Written on 29 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

San Luis Obispo County District 5 Supervisor Debbie Arnold kicked off her reelection campaign Tuesday afternoon at Atascadero’s Sunken Gardens. District 5 includes the communities of Atascadero, Santa Margarita, Creston, Ground Squirrel Hollow and Carissa Plains and portions of Templeton... (Continue reading)

Tribune columnist is a paid lobbyist

Written on 29 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 51 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN A regularly-featured columnist for San Luis Obispo County’s daily newspaper, who is a vocal critic of a controversial rail spur project proposed by Phillips 66, is a paid lobbyist for at least two entities poised to benefit... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande interchange study makes sense

Written on 29 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

OPINION by JIM GUTHRIE and JIM HILL Over the next few months the City Arroyo Grande will be making one of the most important decisions about the future of our city. Our decision on a solution for the Brisco/Halcyon congestion will... (Continue reading)

Three shot, one stabbed in Santa Maria

Written on 29 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

It was an unusually violent Monday evening in Santa Maria with three victims wounded in a shooting and a woman stabbed during an attempted carjacking. At about 11:21 p.m., Santa Maria officers responded to reports of a gunshot victim in... (Continue reading)

Panga beaches on Gaviota coast

Written on 29 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Authorities arrested two Riverside area men Monday after a panga boat beached in Santa Barbara County. Law enforcement personnel found the panga at San Onofre Beach within the Gaviota State Park. A resident first noticed the boat around 9 a.m.... (Continue reading)

Another Paso Robles man convicted of murder

Written on 29 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

As with Thomas Yanaga, Paso Robles man John Steven Danner has been convicted of second-degree murder with an enhancement for discharging a firearm during the killing. A San Luis Obispo jury convicted Yanaga, 53, on Friday. A separate journey convicted... (Continue reading)

Driver hits parked cars, cars hit Cayucos homes

Written on 28 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Two vehicles rolled into Cayucos homes Sunday morning after a San Luis Obispo man fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into five parked cars. [Tribune] Robert Covey, 35, dozed off at 8:05 a.m. while traveling south on Highway 1,... (Continue reading)

Stabbing prompts Cal Poly to probe fraternity

Written on 28 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Cal Poly officials are investigating a fraternity that held a party associated with a stabbing that occurred near the San Luis Obispo campus earlier this month. [KSBY] In the early morning of Sept. 18, Jay Hernandez, a 19-year-old Cuesta College... (Continue reading)

Audit of Los Osos CSD finds errors and overpayments

Written on 28 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

At least two Los Osos Community Services District employees received unearned overtime pay, and the CSD used improper accounting practices, a recent audit has revealed. [Tribune] Last month, auditing firm Moss, Levy and Hartzheim completed an audit of the Los... (Continue reading)

Oil by rail signifies progress

Written on 27 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION By MARCUS BEAL The Santa Maria Refinery is a small facility located on the mesa that has been a good neighbor for 60 years. They own 1780 acres of land but only use a very small portion of it.... (Continue reading)