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Combo shopping center and senior living facility proposed in SLO

Written on 15 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A prominent local builder is teaming up with a retirement home operator in attempt to create a combination shopping center-assisted living facility development at a south San Luis Obispo intersection. [Cal Coast Times] The proposed project, which came before the... (Continue reading)

Search continues for witnesses in missing Paso Robles woman case

Written on 14 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives are searching for a man who may have witnessed the disappearance of a 62-year-old Paso Robles woman who has been missing for more than a month. Though foul play has not been ruled out... (Continue reading)

Mower sparks 60 acre fire in Paso Robles

Written on 14 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A fire started by a lawn mower burned 60 acres in rural Paso Robles Wednesday, causing evacuations and road closures. The blaze broke out in the early afternoon at 4213 Buena Vista Drive, according to Cal Fire. The location is... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district to hire a new administrator

Written on 13 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District board members have selected a new administrator, after the previous district leader resigned amid controversy. [Cal Coast Times] Jeremy Ghent, currently the Wastewater Operations Manager for San Luis Obispo County, is inline for... (Continue reading)

Plan to split California into three states makes the November ballot

Written on 13 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

If Silicon Valley billionaire Tim Draper gets his way, San Luis Obispo County will join Los Angeles in a coastal cluster of six counties that will make up the new state of California. [Cal Coast Times] On Tuesday, the California... (Continue reading)

Is it fire season on the Central Coast?

Written on 13 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Fire activity is again picking up on the Central Coast, with there being four blazes in a span of less than 24 hours early this week. [Cal Coast Times] On Monday afternoon, Lompoc firefighters rescued two dogs that were caught... (Continue reading)

Four men rob Central Coast marijuana grow

Written on 12 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies are searching for four men who robbed a marijuana cultivation facility outside Carpinteria on June 9. [Cal Coast Times] At about 5:30 a.m., four black men entered the cannabis facility which triggered an onsite security... (Continue reading)

Protest against Cal Poly president planned for graduation

Written on 12 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Recent protests over racism and other alleged injustice on the Cal Poly campus will spill over to the university graduation this weekend. [Cal Coast Times] Student protesters and social justice activists are calling on graduates to refuse to shake President... (Continue reading)

Man accused of taking sister’s car, and then exposing himself

Written on 12 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A man suspected of fleeing authorities in his half-sister’s SUV allegedly exposed himself to a woman on Monday near the Cal Poly campus, according to the San Luis Obispo Police Department. In the morning, a man believed to be 50... (Continue reading)

Supervisor Lynn Compton beating Jimmy Paulding by 81 votes

Written on 11 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

With 17,715 votes cast, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Lynn Compton is beating Jimmy Paulding by 81 votes, according to unofficial results posted by San Luis Obispo County elections officials on Monday. [Cal Coast Times] While Compton led early on... (Continue reading)