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Grover Beach staffers picket city hall, consider strike

Written on 18 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE Multiple city workers marched around Grover Beach City Hall Monday during the city council meeting in protest of the city’s stalled negotiation with the employee union. [Cal Coast Times] For six months, the union and the city... (Continue reading)

Burglar caught inside Arroyo Grande business

Written on 18 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Arroyo Grande police disrupted a burglary that was in process early Sunday morning and arrested a man who broke into a business. [Cal Coast Times] At about 6:20 a.m., an alarm went off at a business at 1154 E. Grand... (Continue reading)

Congress to consider funding for locations affected by nuclear plant closures

Written on 18 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

In similar fashion to the state of California, the United States federal government could attempt to secure funding for agencies in areas like San Luis Obispo County that are taking hits to their budgets as a result of the decommissioning... (Continue reading)

As a supporter of Wallace, Caren Ray is unfit to be mayor

Written on 17 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER At the recent City of Arroyo Grande candidate’s forum, mayoral candidate Caren Ray said she believes Mayor Jim Hill is “no longer effective” at the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District. Having attended sanitation district... (Continue reading)

SLO County supervisors to vote on outsourcing jail medical services

Written on 17 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors may decide on Tuesday to contract out jail health care services. [Cal Coast Times] In Aug, 2017, in the aftermath of Andrew Holland’s jailhouse death, Supervisor Debbie Arnold made a motion to... (Continue reading)

Woman killed in crash on Highway 46

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

A woman riding on the back of a motorcycle died in a three-vehicle collision on Highway 46 west of Highway 101 Sunday evening that also left the driver of the bike hospitalized with major injuries. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before... (Continue reading)

Do SLO County Jail visitation rules increase recidivism?

Written on 17 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE One sunny day in September, Jazmine Paredes arrived 46 minutes early to the San Luis Obispo County Jail for a scheduled visit with her husband, but was turned away because she wasn’t 45 minutes early even though... (Continue reading)

Injured hiker airlifted off Islay Hill

Written on 17 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A CHP helicopter airlifted an injured woman off the top of Islay Hill Sunday afternoon in San Luis Obispo. [KSBY] The hiker severely injured her ankle while on the hill off of Orcutt Road. Emergency crews reached the woman using... (Continue reading)

Woman falls off Isla Vista balcony, lands in ocean

Written on 16 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A female Santa Barbara City College student, who may have been intoxicated, fell off a balcony above an Isla Vista cliff Friday night and landed in the water below. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before midnight, a caller reported a 20-year-old... (Continue reading)

Reservoir Canyon fires burn 50 acres, video

Written on 16 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Firefighters are battling two grass fires that started Sunday morning in Reservoir Canyon in San Luis Obispo. Firefighters have stopped forward progress on both fires. [Cal Coast Times] #ReservoirFire (update) approx 50 acres between the 2 fires. Crews making good... (Continue reading)