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Customers fed up with Arroyo Grande furniture business

Written on 24 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Customers have been waiting a few months or longer to receive beds, couches and other furniture they bought from an Arroyo Grande store. An attorney representing the furniture business says the orders have been held up by a recent bankruptcy.... (Continue reading)

Teen allegedly stabbed her baby, dumped it in a bag

Written on 24 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A 15-year-old Santa Maria girl cut her newborn infant multiple times with a knife and dumped it in a plastic bag in the bathroom of her home, according to court testimony. The teen is charged with murder with the use... (Continue reading)

Thousands of gallons of oil spill in Ventura

Written on 24 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Nearly 30,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from a Ventura pipeline in Hall Canyon early Thursday morning. The oil traveled down a gorge that leads to the beach, but firefighters prevented the crude from spilling into the ocean. Around 5:30... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police searching for power tool thieves

Written on 23 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Paso Robles police are searching for a man and woman who stole $3,000 worth of power tools from a business on the 1800 block of Ramada Drive earlier this month. Surveillance footage from a neighboring business captured the suspects stealing... (Continue reading)

SLO sheriff to expand gang task force

Written on 23 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors allocated more than $230,000 to add two deputies to the Sheriff’s Gang Task Force. Sheriff Ian Parkinson says gangs from Santa Maria, as well as Monterey and Kern counties, are moving into... (Continue reading)

SLO man pleads no contest to possessing child porn

Written on 23 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A San Luis Obispo man who was accused of having pornographic images and/or videos of children as young as four years old has pleaded no contest to child porn charges. He will serve about three months in jail. [Tribune] On... (Continue reading)

Lawsuit accuses PB Companies principals of fraud and deception

Written on 22 Jun, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 42 comments

Editor’s Note: The lawsuit by Jonathan and Crystal Westbay against PB Companies, Alder Partners, Ryan Petetit and Russ Sheppell is at the bottom of this article. By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN PB Companies principals engaged in fraud and deception... (Continue reading)

Proposed raise exposes Cambria’s financial blunders

Written on 22 Jun, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 16 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Less than two months after public outrage prompted the Cambria Community Services District to table a staggered 38 percent pay raise for the CSD general manager, the salary hike is again up for a vote. This time,... (Continue reading)

Proposed oak tree ordinance moving forward

Written on 22 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisor agreed Tuesday to place the discussion of an oak tree ordinance and new rules for reservoirs on an upcoming agenda. Two decades ago, local farmers argued against implementing an oak tree ordinance... (Continue reading)

Planning begins for loss of Diablo Canyon tax revenue

Written on 22 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

Local government agencies are set to lose about $26.75 million in annual revenue as a result of PG&E’s decision to close Diablo Canyon power plant. However, the loss in revenue does not appear to be catastrophic for any one agency.... (Continue reading)