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Juvenile shot in the stomach in Santa Maria

Written on 2 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A shooting in Santa Maria on Thursday left a juvenile male with a gunshot wound to his stomach, according to the city’s fire department. [Cal Coast Times] In early afternoon, a person with a gun fired at the victim in... (Continue reading)

SLO County sees 32 percent spike in homelessness

Written on 2 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 44 comments

San Luis Obispo County’s homeless population spiked by 32 percent between 2017 and 2019, according to a newly released county report. [Cal Coast Times] This January, officials counted 1,483 homeless individuals in SLO County. In 2017, the county’s homeless population... (Continue reading)

Chinese company indicted in $1.8 billion tariff fraud scheme

Written on 2 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A federal grand jury indicted a Chinese company on Tuesday for allegedly conducting a complex financial fraud scheme to avoid paying tariff’s on huge amounts of aluminum it exported from China to ports in California. [Cal Coast Times] The company... (Continue reading)

Missing Santa Barbara hiker found alive

Written on 1 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

After a two-day search, a missing hiker and Santa Barbara County employee was found alive on Tuesday in a remote area near the planned endpoint of his hike. [Cal Coast Times] Wesley Welch, 46, is a business manager and fiscal... (Continue reading)

Local governments doing less at a higher cost

Written on 1 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Local government agencies in California are offering fewer services and reducing employees numbers because of rising pension costs. Median pension costs for local governments in California rose at a rate nearly six times that of local agencies nationwide between 2007... (Continue reading)

Nearly 5,000 customers lost electricity in Morro Bay

Written on 1 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A power outage caused nearly 5,000 customers to lose electricity in Morro Bay early Thursday morning. The outage started at about 1 a.m. and affected the southern and central parts of Morro Bay. As of 8 a.m., only 499 customers... (Continue reading)

SLO Tribune eliminating Saturday print publication

Written on 31 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

The SLO Tribune is slashing one day a week of print publishing after parent company McClatchy reported a net loss of $42 million in the first quarter of 2019. [Cal Coast Times] Starting in November, the 80-year-old newspaper will no... (Continue reading)

Key witness in SLO murder-for-hire trial on sex offender registry

Written on 31 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The key witness in a murder-for-hire trial took the stand Tuesday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court and admitted during cross examination that he is a convicted sex offender with a criminal history related to child pornography. [Cal Coast Times]... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police arrest dental receptionist for prescription fraud

Written on 31 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A dental office receptionist allegedly stole numerous prescriptions, which she filled out and sent through a pharmacy where her husband picked them up, according to the Paso Robles Police Department. [Cal Coast Times] At about 11:30 a.m. on Monday, a... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo remains silent on new electric providers

Written on 30 Jul, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT With the calendar running downhill to year’s end, the city of San Luis Obispo still hasn’t told us much about our New Year’s change of electricity providers, which they claim is a “choice” we made, despite... (Continue reading)