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October, 2016

Person killed in head-on crash on Highway 166

Written on 17 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

One person died following a head-on collision on Highway 166 in northern Santa Barbara County Sunday evening. The accident was the third fatal collision on Highway 166 in the last month and a half. [Tribune] At approximately 6:40 p.m., the... (Continue reading)

Trump references aplenty in Fareed-Carbajal debate

Written on 17 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

During a televised congressional candidates debate, Democrat Salud Carbajal tried to pin Republican Justin Fareed to derogatory comments presidential candidate Donald Trump has made, while Fareed accused Carbajal of being a “machine politician” who serves the Democratic establishment. Carbajal and... (Continue reading)

Los Osos hires consulting firm to manage district

Written on 16 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The Los Osos Community Services District board voted last week to contract with a consulting firm for management of the district. In the past, the district has had multiple problems with its general managers going through 16 in just 15... (Continue reading)

Less water for AG residents, more for developers

Written on 16 Oct, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 36 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Arroyo Grande City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to enact further water restrictions on existing residents while delaying a building moratorium. The delay will allow a developer to avoid the moratorium and move ahead with the construction... (Continue reading)

Stop the intimidation, vote Adam Hill out of office

Written on 15 Oct, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by KEITH GURNEE An open Letter to Adam Hill As a contestant for the District 3 supervisor seat in the Nov. 8 election, San Luis Obispo Vice Mayor Dan Carpenter must be baffled by a character like you. What... (Continue reading)

Jordan Cunningham will fight for students

Written on 15 Oct, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION by JACOB MILLER As a student at Cuesta College, the cost of college is very important to me. That is why I am voting for Assembly candidate Jordan Cunningham. Jordan is the only candidate with real solutions to fixing... (Continue reading)

Stranger stabs man outside Denny’s in SLO

Written on 15 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

An attacker stabbed a 23-year-old man in San Luis Obispo early Saturday morning near the Denny’s restaurant on Madonna Road. The victim survived the attack, but the suspect remains on the loose. Shortly before 3 a.m., a young Hispanic man... (Continue reading)

Lawsuit filed against SLO over rental inspection program

Written on 15 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A property owners association and several landlords filed a lawsuit Thursday against the city of San Luis Obispo contending the city’s controversial rental inspection program is unconstitutional. A month earlier, another group started the process to have the program stricken... (Continue reading)

Mother gets drunk, toddler wanders Morro Bay streets at night

Written on 14 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

During a night of heavy drinking in Morro Bay, a 21-year-old Templeton woman lost track of her two-year-old son. Morro Bay police found the boy wandering around a neighborhood at 3 a.m. Thursday. Five hours later, police found the woman... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man on the run

Written on 14 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A Los Osos man who allegedly held a machete to the back of his girlfriend’s neck was due to begin trial in Merced County of Tuesday. But, Jeffrey Allan Kelly failed to appear at a hearing last week and has... (Continue reading)