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Pismo Beach in the top 10 for pollution

Written on 28 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Pismo Beach is ranked number 10 in the most polluted beaches in California, according to the annual Heal the Bay report. each year, Heal the Bay analysts take water samples from 456 California beaches and test for bacterial pollution. High... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man facing child rape charges

Written on 28 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested a Nipomo man this week for allegedly raping a child under the age of 10 years old. On Thursday, deputies received information that Angel Manuel Ponce, 22, had repeatedly sexually molested a young... (Continue reading)

Eric Michielssen: “I’m not an ideologue?”

Written on 27 May, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE The New Oxford American Dictionary defines ideologue as “an adherent of an ideology, especially one who is uncompromising and dogmatic.” In his recent Viewpoint article published by the Tribune, District 5 supervisorial candidate Eric Michielsson... (Continue reading)

Tribune printing press moving again

Written on 27 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Fourteen months after McClatchy began printing the San Luis Obispo Tribune in Fresno, the publishing company will again move the newspaper’s printing operations to a new press. The move is a result of McClatchy’s decision to start printing the Fresno... (Continue reading)

Gay Cal Poly student accuses Mike Winn of homophobia

Written on 27 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

Cal Poly professor and former and Nipomo CSD director, Mike Winn, told a queer student and diversity activist that gay marriage is a “grave moral mistake” and that gay people suffer in the afterlife, according to a Title IX discrimination... (Continue reading)

Prison guards acquitted of bar brawl manslaughter

Written on 27 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury acquitted two former prison guards Thursday of manslaughter charges relating to a deadly bar fight in San Miguel. The jury acquitted the defendants of the lesser charges they faced, as well. On Sept. 7, 2014,... (Continue reading)

Kidnap suspect shot and killed in Solvang, victim missing

Written on 27 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies shot and killed the suspected kidnapper of a 15-year-old girl in Solvang on Thursday afternoon. Officers have not located the teen. On Wednesday at about 7 a.m., witnesses reported hearing shots and seeing a bleeding... (Continue reading)

Neighbor sues supervisor candidate over property dispute

Written on 26 May, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 35 comments

By KAREN VELIE Eric Michielssen’s neighbor has filed a lawsuit against him, claiming that Michielssen has repeatedly trespassed and disrespected his property rights. Michielssen is currently challenging San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Debbie Arnold for the District 5 seat. For... (Continue reading)

Dan Carpenter on the issues facing SLO County

Written on 26 May, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION by DAN CARPENTER Voters throughout the 3rd District of San Luis Obispo County have already begun voting in the June 7 primary. Many will wait until election day to vote at the polls exercising their right and responsibility to... (Continue reading)

Only a fourth of SLO County mail in ballots returned

Written on 26 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

San Luis Obispo County residents have returned 24,032 of about 100,000 ballots that were mailed out earlier this month. About two thirds of county voters are currently registered to vote by mail. In the last primary election, approximately 60,000 San... (Continue reading)