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Driver hits mom pushing stroller in Lompoc

Written on 17 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A mother narrowly avoided tragedy in Lompoc Wednesday morning when a driver failed to avoid the woman and her baby. The driver collided with both the mother and the stroller holding her 11-month-old child. [KEYT] The mother was pushing the... (Continue reading)

Brain damaged sea lions stranded on California beaches

Written on 16 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

An outbreak of algae-produced biotoxins is inflicting brain damage on sea lions along California’s Central Coast. Higher than average ocean temperatures are blamed for the increase in algae blooms. [Scientific American] Dying or dead sea lions have been spotted along... (Continue reading)

Release the sanitation district audit without interference

Written on 16 Dec, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION by DEBBIE PETERSON When, as the mayor of Grover Beach in 2012, I joined the board of the South San Luis Obispo Sanitation District, I followed up on claims of malfeasance of several ratepayers by reviewing and analyzing district... (Continue reading)

Atascadero planner mocks the public on Twitter

Written on 16 Dec, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 42 comments

By KAREN VELIE Over the past four years, an Atascadero planner has made a series of negative comments on Twitter about people who speak during public meetings, the homeless, old people, churches and several public officials he calls teabaggers. These... (Continue reading)

Los Osos woman killed in crash in Paso Robles

Written on 16 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A 26-year-old Los Osos woman was killed in a head-on crash crash with a woman driving the wrong way on Highway 101 in Paso Robles on Wednesday morning. Two other people sustained major injuries and a third person suffered minor... (Continue reading)

Oceano man arrested in drug raid follow-up

Written on 16 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Eight months after officers searched his home during a drug raid targeting a family narcotics business, authorities arrested an Oceano man on weapons and marijuana-related charges. In  April, FBI agents, CHP officers and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies conducted... (Continue reading)

Atascadero teen accused of fake WMD stunt identified

Written on 16 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has identified the teen who allegedly caused the two-week shutdown of an Atascadero elementary school. A judge ruled Tuesday that Bret Stephen Landen will be tried as an adult. Landen was 17... (Continue reading)

SLO County votes for limited marijuana cultivation

Written on 15 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of creating an ordinance that would allow for limited medical marijuana cultivation in the county. In order to maintain local control as the state increases its jurisdiction... (Continue reading)

The power of music and art, SLO style

Written on 15 Dec, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by COLIN JONES Human beings certainly have the power to change and transform themselves but most of us don’t, even as another new year nears. Like a certain sailor once said, “I am what I am.” But getting older,... (Continue reading)

Central Coast, cheapest homeowners insurance in California

Written on 15 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The Central Coast has the cheapest homeowner insurance rates in California, according to a survey by a New York based consumer group. All five of the cities in California with the lowest insurance rates are in San luis Obispo and... (Continue reading)