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Cambria agrees to abide by open meeting laws

Written on 21 Jun, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

The Cambria Community Services District agreed to stop charging for emailed agendas after receiving a cease and desist letter from activist Julie Tacker. [Cal Coast Times] Last month, Assistant General Manager Monique Madrid invited the public to go to the... (Continue reading)

SLO city worker’s assault victim seeking restitution

Written on 21 Jun, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

The woman assaulted by a San Luis Obispo employee at an Avila Beach bar is seeking restitution in the aftermath of the city worker’s conviction. [Cal Coast Times] On May 28, 2016, Chris Olcott, a city planning and building department... (Continue reading)

Suspect allegedly steals car, hits bicyclist and sets tree on fire in SLO

Written on 21 Jun, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A Bakersfield man embarked on a crime spree in San Luis Obispo on Tuesday, during which he stole a car, crashed it into a bicyclist, fled the scene and later set a tree on fire, according to police. [Cal Coast... (Continue reading)

Human skull found in Morro Bay

Written on 20 Jun, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Caltrans workers found a human skull while doing maintenance work alongside Highway 101 in Morro Bay on Thursday. [Cal Coast Times] The San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s pathologist determined the skull has been in the area from several months to... (Continue reading)

Templeton man killed in Santa Barbara County crash

Written on 20 Jun, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The CHP has identified the man killed in a crash on Highway 101 near Buellton on Saturday morning as 79-year-old Pietro Boumpensiero of Templeton. [Cal Coast Times] At about 5 a.m., Boumpensiero was driving a Chevrolet Silverado southbound while a... (Continue reading)

PG&E agrees to $1 billion fire settlement with local governments

Written on 20 Jun, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

PG&E has reached a $1 billion settlement with local governments in Northern California over wildfires the utility caused, with more than one quarter of the funds slated to go to Paradise, community that was ravaged by the 2018 Camp Fire.... (Continue reading)

Drunkenness and rule-breaking mar Cal Poly graduation

Written on 19 Jun, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Graduation festivities at Cal Poly last weekend did not go exactly as planned, with a pair of arrests for public intoxication and numerous complaints about how the event was organized and run. This year, the university reduced the number of... (Continue reading)

SLO council approves another water and sewer rate increase

Written on 19 Jun, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

As it has done repeatedly in recent years, the San Luis Obispo City Council on Tuesday approved water and sewer rate hikes. [Cal Coast Times] The council unanimously approved a 5.5 percent water rate hike for this year, followed by... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach SWAT raid linked to explosive device

Written on 19 Jun, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The search of a Grover Beach home Tuesday morning by SWAT teams and the bomb squad was part of an investigation into explosive devices that detonated in the South County city in February. During the search, officers detained five individuals... (Continue reading)

Police, bomb squad and SWAT raid Grover Beach home

Written on 18 Jun, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Multiple SWAT teams and the county bomb squad raided a Grover Beach home early Monday morning, waking up neighbors as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, police said. At about 5:30 a.m., Grover Beach officers served a search warrant at... (Continue reading)