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California city finance employee arrested for embezzlement

Written on 29 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

FBI agents arrested the former deputy city treasurer for the City of Compton today for allegedly embezzling  more than $3.7 million of city funds. Salvador Galvan, 47, faces federal charges stemming from allegations that he stole $3,721,924 from May 2010... (Continue reading)

Where will our children and grandchildren live?

Written on 29 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by MICHAEL F BROWN Long-term Santa Barbara County homebuilder and philanthropist Mike Towbes has wryly pointed out that opposition to development of new housing is usually based either on dislike of urban sprawl or on dislike of density. Taken... (Continue reading)

SLO police seeking another counterfeiter

Written on 29 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

In what appears to be part of a trend, a woman tried to spend a counterfeit $50 bill at a San Luis Obispo beauty store on Friday. The woman did not succeed in making the purchase, but she did managed... (Continue reading)

Did county violations lead to Atascadero man’s death?

Written on 29 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editor’s Note: This is part two in a two-part series about the death of Andrew Holland and the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department’s use of restraints and safety cells. Part one looked as Holland’s arrest, incarceration... (Continue reading)

SLO burglar caught on pawn shop cam

Written on 29 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A Costa Mesa man tried to pawn several pieces of unique jewelry that disappeared in a San Luis Obispo home burglary earlier this month, according to SLOPD. San Luis Obispo police officers did not catch the man, but he has... (Continue reading)

Victim in Templeton crash identified as Shandon man

Written on 28 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The California Highway Patrol has identified a 21-year-old Shandon man as the person who was found dead in an overturned truck at the bottom of a ravine near Templeton on Monday. Shortly before noon, a driver spotted Wacey Stockdale’s 1998... (Continue reading)

History is repeating at South County sanitation district

Written on 28 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

OPINION by PATRICIA PRICE Until four years ago, I was not involved in local government. After hearing about problems at the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District, I started going to meetings. The plant has served Arroyo Grande, Grover... (Continue reading)

California opposes sanctuary cities, Berkeley poll suggests

Written on 28 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Californians are overwhelmingly opposed to sanctuary city immigration policies, according to a poll commissioned by UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies (IGS). As a caveat, the director of IGS notes 99.5 percent of participants in the poll were citizens, and... (Continue reading)

Study warns of mass beach erosion in Southern California

Written on 28 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

A study published in a United States geophysics journal warns 31 to 67 percent of Southern California beaches could disappear by the year 2100 as a result of climate change. The study uses a newly-developed computer model called Coastal Storm... (Continue reading)

Person killed in pickup crash in Templeton

Written on 27 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

One person died in a single-vehicle crash in Templeton Monday afternoon at the intersection of Santa Rita and Indian Camp roads, according to the CHP. Shortly before noon, the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck apparently drove down a... (Continue reading)