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What happens in Shell Beach stays in Shell Beach?

Written on 2 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Santa Maria residents Melinda and Julian Hale married on September 1 overlooking the ocean on a Shell Beach cliff. The couple met in Las Vegas. “Apparently not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” the Hale’s wedding website states.... (Continue reading)

SLO County water ordinance not extended

Written on 2 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 72 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday against extending an urgency ordinance that prohibits new development and the planting of crops in the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin area unless proposed projects save as much water as... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man sentenced to 11 years for fraud

Written on 2 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A Nipomo man was sentenced Monday to 11 years in federal prison for a fraud scheme that caused more than $46 million in losses to several victims, including his in-laws, a friend and five banks. John Mark Moore, 51, operated... (Continue reading)

Yosemite celebrates birthday by shutting down

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Yosemite National Park celebrated its 123rd birthday Tuesday by closing its gates due to a federal government shutdown. [LA Times] The U.S. House and Representatives and Senate failed to agree Monday night on how to renew funding of the federal... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles city council moving forward on Gateway Project

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

The Paso Robles City Council is moving forward on a proposal to annex 270 acres south of the city dubbed the Gateway Project. The proposal includes plans to develop three hotels, 62,300 feet of retail space and office space, up... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay mayor responds to recall notice

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

Morro Bay Mayor Jamie Irons filed a response Monday to the recall effort levied against him. Last week, a group of Morro Bay citizens filed a notice of intent to circulate a petition to recall Irons. The mayor spurned the... (Continue reading)

Majority of Californians want bullet train stopped

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

The majority of California voters want the high-speed rail project stopped, according to a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. [LA Times] Statewide, 52 percent of respondents to the poll consider the $68 billion bullet train project a waster of money... (Continue reading)

Vegetation fire comes close to KSBY studio

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A vegetation fire at a San Luis Obispo homeless encampment threatened the KSBY television studio Sunday afternoon. The fire broke out around 4:30 p.m. at a camp between Calle Joaquin Road and southbound Highway 101. Gusting 10 to 15 miles... (Continue reading)

SLO County truancy rate second highest in state

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

San Luis Obispo County elementary schools had the second highest truancy rate in the state during the 2011-2012 school year, according to a report released Monday by California Attorney General Kamala Harris. More than 30 percent of San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Creston group pitches two-year water ordinance

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A committee of Creston residents and business owners is suggesting to local lawmakers that the urgency ordinance limiting new water use in the North County be extended for two more years. Members of the Creston Advisory Body (CAB) agreed that... (Continue reading)