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Pismo Beach plans to recycle wastewater

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

The Pismo Beach City Council voted unanimously on April 21 to begin pursuing a recycled water facility at the city’s wastewater treatment plant. City staff estimates that recycling wastewater could add as much as 950 acre feet to the city’s... (Continue reading)

Fire breaks out in SLO creek

Written on 29 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A fire erupted in a San Luis Obispo creekbed next to Santa Rosa Street early Wednesday morning. Firefighters responded to the blaze shortly after midnight. Flames shot several feet into the air and approached the street, but firefighters contained it... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar superintendent pursuing a new job

Written on 29 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Days after the district narrowly avoided a teacher strike, Lucia Mar Superintendent Jim Hogeboom has announced he plans to take a job in Marin County. [Tribune] Hogeboom is in the process of finalizing a contract with the Novato Unified School... (Continue reading)

Transient smacks SLO business owner in the face

Written on 28 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

A 39-year-old man allegedly struck a business owner on the 600 block of Higuera Street in downtown San Luis Obispo Tuesday afternoon. Shortly before 3 p.m., Benjamin Mich Strickland allegedly hit the business owner in the mouth. The attacker then fled... (Continue reading)

Woman found Lenny Jones with 6-year-old girl, attorney says

Written on 28 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

A woman saw Arroyo Grande Citizen of the Year Lenny Jones take a six a year a old girl into the bedroom of his home at a birthday party last month and then lock the door, a attorney who has... (Continue reading)

Laura Capps rules out run in 2016

Written on 28 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

The daughter of Rep. Lois Calls announced Monday that she will not join the congressional race to replace her mother, though she did not rule out a possible campaign in the future. Earlier this month, Lois Capps said she would... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man tells police to shoot him

Written on 28 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Armed with a knife and a large rock, a Santa Maria man dared police to shoot him during a 2.5-hour standoff on Monday. [KEYT] Santa Maria police responded to a call about a disturbance and found Juan Angel Salinas Pena... (Continue reading)

North County mother and son killed in accidents last weekend

Written on 27 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Just hours after his mother died in a car crash in Santa Margarita on Saturday, an Atascadero man died in a motorcycle accident on Sunday. On Saturday afternoon, Donna Dean Magee, 56, of Templeton died in a single vehicle accident.... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay Recreation and Parks Director ousted

Written on 27 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

After more than 26 years with the City of Morro Bay, Recreation and Parks Director Joe Woods was dismissed from his position on Friday. Woods was an at-will employee. Under the terms of his contract, the city will pay him... (Continue reading)

California college students displaced amid alleged financial aid scam

Written on 27 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A popular for-profit college chain is shutting down than two dozen campuses and displacing more than 10,000 California students. [LA Times] Orange County company Corinthian Colleges Inc., which has operated the Everest, WyoTech and Heald college systems in California and... (Continue reading)