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News of offshore fracking upsets lawmakers

Written on 15 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

Two California senators have told the California Coastal Commission that the practice of offshore tracking, which only recently has come to light, is “cause for grave concern.” Offshore hydraulic fracturing — a method of extracting oil and natural gas —... (Continue reading)

Car thieves caught in Avila Beach

Written on 15 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputies arrested two suspected car thieves Wednesday in Avila Beach. [Tribune] Early Wednesday, a 2012 Chevy Impala passed a sheriff’s patrol car heading in the opposite direction. The deputies ran the plates of the Impala... (Continue reading)

SLO battling against room rentals

Written on 15 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 64 comments

San Luis Obispo city staff sent cease and desist letters to more than 50 home owners who list rooms in their homes for rent on Airbnb. Airbnb is a popular website where people go to rent rooms in 192 countries... (Continue reading)

Central Coast bandit robs Pismo Beach bank

Written on 15 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

The Central Coast Bandit robbed a Pismo Beach bank Wednesday, marking her fourth San Luis Obispo County bank robbery in the last six months. The Hispanic woman robbed the Pacific Western Bank on Oak Park Boulevard in Pismo Beach around... (Continue reading)

Pearce splits from Dalidio project

Written on 14 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Problems of an unspecified nature between principals in the planned development of Dalidio Ranch caused Madonna Enterprises’ Clint Pearce to walk from the project, informed sources have told CalCoastNews. Pearce and developer Gary Grossman previously had announced plans for a... (Continue reading)

Man found dead at Pismo Beach Motel 6 identified

Written on 14 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The Pismo Beach Police Department has identified a man who died last week at Motel 6 as 28-year-old Christopher “Duke” Shibley. Shibley was a resident of the Central Coast but did not have a permanent address. Police found his body... (Continue reading)

Redwood trees may thrive on global warming

Written on 14 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

California’s famous old-growth redwood trees may be benefiting from global warming. (San Jose Mercury News) That’s the assessment of scientists and researchers who have been carefully monitoring the giant conifers to determine if climate change is having a negative impact... (Continue reading)

SWAT team to deploy upon Paso Robles High School

Written on 14 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The San Luis Obispo Regional SWAT team will practice its school deployment tactics Wednesday during a daylong training exercise at Paso Robles High School. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, the SWAT team will conduct emergency training exercises on... (Continue reading)

Prescription meds school policy loosened

Written on 13 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Unlicensed school personnel can now administer prescription medications, including insulin injections, to students following a landmark California Supreme Court decision handed down this week. (Sacramento Bee) The unanimous 26-page decision overturned two lower court decisions which had held that only... (Continue reading)

Schools can’t ask parents for supplies

Written on 13 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 54 comments

Teachers in San Luis Obispo County schools will be paying more out of their own pockets for classroom supplies following passage of a new state law prohibiting schools from charging parents any kind of fee. (San Jose Mercury News) The... (Continue reading)