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Oceano selects new manager

Written on 24 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 14 comments

The Oceano Community Services District board has appointed a new interim general manager by a unanimous vote on Wednesday. Thomas Geaslen, president of Titan Lending Corp. in Nipomo, replaces ousted General Manager Raffaele Montemurro. Geaslen says he is coming on board with... (Continue reading)

County to investigate Ogren and Kelly

Written on 23 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 52 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is asking staff to investigate allegations of a conflict of interest between county Public Works director Paavo Ogren and Maria Kelly, who stepped down last week from the Los Osos Community Services... (Continue reading)

Adam Hill apologizes to COLAB

Written on 22 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 107 comments

District 3 San luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill  issued the following statement Wednesday afternoon: “I want to apologize to the COLAB members who took offense to my recent, admittedly strident generalizations about racism. “I feel strongly about the subject,... (Continue reading)

Cayucos woman tells story of home intrusion

Written on 22 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 11 comments

More information has surfaced about what happened at a Cayucos home Monday night after a stranger entered a family’s home. Hilda Villalobos told CalCoastNews that Robert Auston Romero trespassed onto her property sometime after 2:30 a.m., entered her home, and went... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara police digging for missing girl

Written on 22 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Santa Barbara Police began excavating a portion of land near Highway 101 on Tuesday in the search for a 7-year-old girl who vanished nearly 50 years ago. [SantaBarbaraIndependent] Confessed child serial killer Mack Ray Edwards helped build an overpass west... (Continue reading)

SLO City Council finalizes budget

Written on 22 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

After several months of heated budget talks, the San Luis Obispo City Council passed a balanced budget for fiscal years 2011-12 and 2012-13. The council eliminated a previously existing $4.4 million shortfall in the $99.6 million budget by cutting $2.6 million... (Continue reading)

SLO County approves new budget

Written on 22 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors passed a $450 million budget Tuesday night after three days of hearings. The new budget, which takes effect July 1, represents a $1.9 million increase in spending and no reduction in jobs.... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man awakes in wrong home

Written on 21 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 3 comments

A Cayucos couple was startled Monday morning to the find someone sleeping in their home, and he was no Goldilocks. The man of the house held the apparent trespasser, Robert Auston Romero, at bay while his wife wielding a knife called... (Continue reading)

Pending home sales up

Written on 21 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

Pending home sales in California rose in May, marking the first year-over-year increase in a year and a half, according to the California Association of Realtors (CAR). The association’s pending home sales index was 118.3 in May, up 1.6 percent from... (Continue reading)

Carbon monoxide detectors required by law

Written on 21 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

California residents will be required to install carbon monoxide detectors into their single-family homes beginning July 1 to protect against poisoning and accidental death from the odorless gas. [MercuryNews] About 30 to 40 Californians die each year from carbon monoxide... (Continue reading)