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San Luis Obispo County under a flood advisory

Written on 31 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The first of three storms forecast for the next three days has arrived along with a National Weather Service flood advisory for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties through 7:30 a.m. [Cal Coast Times] With early morning rainfall from... (Continue reading)

Environmentalists appeal Cambria affordable housing project

Written on 31 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Two environmentalists have appealed a decision by the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission to approve a proposed affordable housing apartment complex in Cambria on the grounds that there is not enough water for the project. [Tribune] The nonprofit People’s... (Continue reading)

Deputies bust clandestine drug lab inside Goleta hotel

Written on 30 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Employees at the Goleta Courtyard by Marriott found suspicious chemicals inside the hotel’s boiler room on Tuesday, prompting a daylong investigation that revealed a  hotel staffer had been operating a drug lab on the premises, according to the Santa Barbara... (Continue reading)

SLO County Supervisor Debbie Arnold seeking re-election in 2020

Written on 30 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo County Fifth District Supervisor Debbie Arnold announced this week that she will run for re-election to the Board of Supervisors in 2020. [Cal Coast Times] Arnold said she decided to run again because there is more to... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo mayor curses at progressive event, gets quoted in Rolling Stone

Written on 29 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon traveled to Vermont to attend a gathering of top progressive minds that Rolling Stone suggested had the feel of a campaign rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders. In its coverage of the... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande man pleads guilty to attempted murder

Written on 29 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An Arroyo Grande man pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of attempted murder over an altercation in which he stabbed both his wife and his aunt through marriage. [KSBY] Alberto Isaac Gonzalez-Penaloza, 27, is expected to receive a sentence of... (Continue reading)

PG&E files for bankruptcy

Written on 29 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

As the company warned it would do, PG&E filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, as the utility faces billions of dollars in liabilities for involvement in California wildfires. [Cal Coast Times] Earlier this month, PG&E provided a 15-day advanced... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly spending $243,000 on diversity consultant

Written on 28 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

Amid a push to change the demographics of the Cal Poly campus, the university is spending $243,000 on a diversity consultant. [Tribune] Damon A. Williams, an Atlanta-based consultant, and his team will provide Cal Poly a total of 38 days... (Continue reading)

DUI driver causes 7 car crash in Santa Maria

Written on 28 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Seven vehicles collided early Monday morning in Santa Maria, after which officers arrested a person for DUI, according to the Santa Maria Police Department. [Cal Coast Times] The collision occurred shortly after midnight around the intersection of El Camino and... (Continue reading)

Man accused of killing his mother in Grover Beach allegedly had financial motive

Written on 28 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A man accused of stabbing to death his mother in her Grover Beach home is now facing an enhancement to his murder charged for allegedly being motivated by financial gain. [Cal Coast Times] San Luis Obispo County prosecutors filed the... (Continue reading)