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SLO Council slated to ban Styrofoam

Written on 27 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council will soon vote on a plan to ban Styrofoam food and drink containers, a move the council majority has already endorsed. The proposed ordinance would ban the use of Styrofoam containers and cups in... (Continue reading)

Raise for Dietrick, bonuses for Lichtig on tap at SLO Council

Written on 27 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 51 comments

City Attorney Christine Dietrick may receive her fourth raise in four years, and City Manager Katie Lichtig may walk away with a cash bonus and car allowance at the upcoming San Luis Obispo council meeting. On June 2, the council... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles cafe robbed at gunpoint

Written on 27 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A man dressed in blue robbed a Paso Robles cafe at gunpoint Tuesday morning and successfully fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to the city’s police department. At about 10:30 a.m., the suspect entered Chico’s Cafe at 834... (Continue reading)

Camera captures men burglarizing SLO bank

Written on 26 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

San Luis Obispo police are looking for two men who were caught on a security camera burglarizing the Golden 1 Credit Union on Foothill Boulevard. On May 15, a construction foreman working on a neighboring business discovered a large hole... (Continue reading)

Charter buying Time Warner Cable

Written on 26 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Charter Communications has announced that it is purchasing Time Warner Cable as part of a move that would create the nation’s third largest pay-TV service. [LA Times] The deal values Time Warner Cable at $56.7 billion. Federal regulators must still... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria police take aim at drag racers

Written on 26 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Santa Maria police conducted a sting on street racers Friday night, shortly after officers obtained video of a daytime drag race on a city street. [KEYT] Police received dash cam footage of two cars drag racing on Tama Lane earlier... (Continue reading)

Atascadero families to pay more for high water use

Written on 26 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

The Atascadero Mutual Water Co. is raising rates for residential consumers who use the most water, and all city water users could soon face surcharges. [Tribune] AMWC officials have identified approximately 9,300 single-family residences, or about 20 percent Atascadero homes,... (Continue reading)

Are immigrants to blame for California’s drought?

Written on 26 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 52 comments

A statewide media campaign pinning blame for California’s drought on immigrants has kicked off a debate on whether state immigration laws have an affect on water shortages. [LA Times] Santa Barbara-based Californians for Population Stabilization has long called for tougher... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay named one of America’s top beach towns

Written on 25 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

Morro Bay is one America’s 14 best small beach towns, according to the online travel publication Thrillist. “The best place to stop along the Pacific Coast Highway? Morro Bay, where you can take in Morro Rock (aka America’s Gibraltar) or... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police tase drunk driver on the run

Written on 25 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Paso Robles man reportedly driving under the influence of alcohol crashed his gold Cadillac Escalade into a street sign and a tree on Thursday and fled by foot before an officer used a Taser to end to the chase.... (Continue reading)