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SLO Housing Authority bans tobacco

Written on 7 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo has banned tobacco inside all residences it leases. [Tribune] The Housing Authority implemented the new policy on January 1 to protect residents from health problems created by tobacco exposure. Tenants must now agree... (Continue reading)

SLO skeletal remains identified

Written on 7 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A DNA match has identified the skeletal remains of a man found in a San Luis Obispo creek as a 51-year-old Texas transient. The Texas Department of Justice identified William Grant Grable II as the man, whose remains a lessee... (Continue reading)

Rogue police officer bailed and on the loose

Written on 6 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 90 comments

Shortly after FBI agents arrested a San Luis Obispo Police officer who allegedly stole drugs from the evidence locker, held guns on his victims while stealing drugs under the color of authority and then bribed others to sell the drugs,... (Continue reading)

SLO grants more than $200,000 to CAPSLO

Written on 6 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council approved more than $200,000 in funding to the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo Tuesday evening after acknowledging allegations that the nonprofit is fraudulently handling homeless clients’ accounts. The council unanimously approved $125,988... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande man arrested for burglary

Written on 6 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An Arroyo Grande man who had been arrested for shooting a man in San Luis Obispo in 2011 is now in jail for attempted robbery. Sepehr Moarefy, 22, of Arroyo Grande and Jeffrey Marqell Hawkins, 28, of Long Beach attempted... (Continue reading)

Three SLO County flu deaths in two weeks

Written on 6 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obispo County public health officials said Tuesday that three people who tested positive for the flu virus have died in the county in the past two weeks and warned that this flu season is an especially harsh one.... (Continue reading)

Price Canyon debate continues in Pismo Beach

Written on 5 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

People for and against the Spanish Springs development are talking about potential transformations to the community if the Pismo Beach project proposal successfully finds its way through the process. Both sides have made claims. Proponents and city staff have been... (Continue reading)

FBI agents arrest San Luis Obispo Police officer

Written on 5 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

FBI agents arrested a San Luis Obispo Police officer earlier today following an approximately two-week sting into allegations of police misconduct, sources said. Officer Cory Pierce allegedly took drugs from criminals and the evidence locker in order to resell. He... (Continue reading)

SLO council considering grant money for CAPSLO

Written on 5 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council will consider giving more than $200,000 Tuesday evening to the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo. As part of a yearly Community Development Block Grant, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development,... (Continue reading)

Three women sexually assaulted in SLO

Written on 5 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Sexual assaults of three college age women occurred late Saturday night and early Sunday morning on Foothill Boulevard in San Luis Obispo. Around 11 p.m. Saturday, a male suspect approached two women near the corner of Foothill and California boulevards,... (Continue reading)