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Water rates hike in Cambria

Written on 1 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Water rates will effectively double in Cambria Monday, as utility users begin paying for an emergency water system. Previously, the average residential water bill in Cambria was $48.02. It is now $109.02 when the water system is in operation and... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man loses it at sheriff’s station

Written on 31 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Amid a family dispute, a 20-year-old Atascadero man allegedly vandalized the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s North Patrol Station in Templeton during a standoff on Saturday. At 1:10 p.m., dispatch received a 911 call reporting a family disturbance in the... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo seeking Styrofoam container ban

Written on 30 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo City Council is scheduled to discuss the banning of Styrofoam products on Tuesday evening. In March, the city council asked staff to look into banning Styrofoam products. In California, 80 cities and counties... (Continue reading)

Oceano home burns amid dispatch phone tag

Written on 29 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

While emergency calls went from agency to agency, a fire in an outdoor shed spread to a home in Oceano on Aug. 21. [KSBY] Neighbors of the Beach Street home began calling 911 at 12:09 p.m. to report the shed... (Continue reading)

Code enforcement check leads to drug bust

Written on 29 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

Grover Beach police assisting a city code enforcement officer at a home on the 400 block of 3rd Street Thursday morning discovered heroin, methamphetamine, a shot gun and drug paraphernalia. Officers also found four adults in the home. Police arrested... (Continue reading)

CHC supervisors hit with sexual harassment lawsuits

Written on 28 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Sexual harassment lawsuits against Community Health Center (CHC) appear to be piling up. During the past year, two receptionists filed suits against their CHC supervisors. Office Manager Frank Perez is accused of having problems keeping his hands and lewd comments... (Continue reading)

Camera discovered in Avila Beach Hotel bathroom

Written on 28 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

An arrest warrant has been issued for a former employee of the Avila Beach Hotel who is accused of hiding a camera in a women’s restroom in the hotel. The suspect, identified as Christian Ivan Chora, 20, of Grover Beach,... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay approves new city manager contract

Written on 28 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

The Morro Bay City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve a contract for a controversial former Army Colonel hired as the new city manager. In total compensation, the city council voted to pay David Buckingham $199,000 for his first year.... (Continue reading)

Former Diablo Canyon inspector urges shut down

Written on 27 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

A former federal inspector at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant has asked regulators to shut down the plant until it can be determined if it can withstand an earthquake of the Central Coast. In a confidential July 2013 document... (Continue reading)

Biotoxins killing Central Coast sea life

Written on 27 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An outbreak of algae-produced biotoxins that attacks the brain is killing sea life along the Central Coast of California and also poses a risk to humans. [Aljazeera] The California Department of Public Health closed fisheries in Monterey and Santa Cruz... (Continue reading)