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April, 2018

Hill and Gibson vote no on resolution opposing offshore oil

Written on 17 Apr, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

At a contentious San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, supervisors Adam Hill and Bruce Gibson voted no on a resolution opposing offshore oil drilling that supervisors Lynn Compton and Debbie Arnold supported. Lacking a majority vote... (Continue reading)

Child struck by vehicle in Templeton

Written on 17 Apr, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A vehicle collided with a child bicyclist Tuesday morning in Templeton, resulting in the child being taken to the hospital. [Cal Coast Times] However, CHP spokesman Patrick Seebart says the child was uninjured. The young bicyclist was merely taken to... (Continue reading)

Setting the sanitation district record straight

Written on 17 Apr, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION by JOHN CLEMONS At the April 10 Arroyo Grande City Council meeting, former South Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board member Mary Lucey gave false and incorrect information during public comment. She was speaking to my tenure as Chief... (Continue reading)

Fact check: Sheriff Parkinson twists jail death statistics

Written on 16 Apr, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson appears to be twisting facts when it comes to whether or not the number of deaths in the SLO county jail is average or excessive. [Cal Coast Times] At a forum last week,... (Continue reading)

Lynn Compton’s critics are way off-base

Written on 15 Apr, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by ELSA DAWSON It’s fascinating reading the drum-beat of nasty letters launched by Supervisor Lynn Compton’s critics in their efforts to demonize her for the many good things she’s done. Consider the park funding issue. Last year, after discovering... (Continue reading)

SLO police searching for thief, video

Written on 15 Apr, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a man who was caught on surveillance film Friday night burglarizing a car in SLO. [Cal Coast Times] In the video, a man wearing a white or light-colored sweatshirt with an emblem on... (Continue reading)

Activist attempts to save Cal Poly pig from slaughter, holds vigil

Written on 14 Apr, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is again under fire from a local activist. On Thursday, a15-year-old girl unsuccessfully attempted to stop the slaughter of a pig. Shortly before the pig was to be butchered as part of a meat processing... (Continue reading)

Stop SLO officials’ steamroller mentality

Written on 13 Apr, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

By ALLAN COOPER On the night of April 10, the San Luis Obispo City Council gave direction on a number of very important and controversial changes to the city’s zoning regulations. This direction on policy included: 1) significantly increasing the... (Continue reading)

Two people die in Grover Beach over apparent drug overdose

Written on 13 Apr, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Police found a middle-aged man and woman dead inside a Grover Beach home Thursday evening with illegal narcotics and drug paraphernalia at the scene. Grover Beach police have not revealed the suspected cause of death, and they say there were... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly fraternity leaders quit over blackface scandal

Written on 12 Apr, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The chapter officers of Cal Poly’s Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity have all resigned over the blackface incident that has snowballed into national news story, not just a community controversy. [Cal Coast Times] On Saturday, while Cal Poly was holding its... (Continue reading)