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Who are the highest paid SLO County employees?

Written on 21 Jan, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County employees averaged slightly more than $100,000 a year in total compensation for 2014, an examination of county employee pay shows. The county’s top earner was M. Daisy Ilano-Ramos, the medical director of County Mental Health.... (Continue reading)

John Wallace facing a criminal investigation

Written on 21 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 59 comments

The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday to take reports of malfeasance by former district administrator John Wallace to District Attorney Dan Dow, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Attorney General Kamala Harris.... (Continue reading)

Pot dispensary owners sue SLO County

Written on 21 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

The owners of Ethnobotanica, a nonprofit medical marijuana delivery service, have sued San Luis Obispo County over the board of supervisors decision to reject a proposed brick and mortar dispensary in Nipomo. San Luis Obispo attorney Babak Nacify filed a... (Continue reading)

Lompoc woman arrested for letting toddler freeze

Written on 21 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Lompoc police arrested a 27-year-old woman after finding her one-and-a-half-year-old child barefoot with feet that had turned blue. The child was freezing, malnourished and dehydrated, police say. [KCOY] Officers responded to the corner of Ocean and I streets after a... (Continue reading)

Deputies chase alleged child molester on Highway 101

Written on 21 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A man accused of sexually penetrating a child under the age of 14 led sheriff’s deputies on a chase through Arroyo Grande and Pismo Beach and into San Luis Obispo. The Highway 101 pursuit never reached speeds above 65 mph,... (Continue reading)

Report on John Wallace presents a cautionary message

Written on 20 Jan, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 46 comments

OPINION by ARROYO GRANDE MAYOR JIM HILL After six months of investigative work, the long awaited report on past management practices and operations of the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District will be released and presented at the sanitation... (Continue reading)

California Coastal Commission director under fire

Written on 20 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Amid a battle between environmentalists and pro-development commissioners, a move to oust the California Coastal Commission executive director is under way. On Jan. 14, Commission Chair Steve Kinsey informed Executive Director Charles Lester that the 12-member panel will consider whether... (Continue reading)

Vandals target Santa Margarita senior center

Written on 20 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s investigators are searching for vandals who have taken aim at the Santa Margarita Area Senior Center. [KSBY] The senior center has been vandalized three times over the past month. On two separate occasions, vulgar graffiti... (Continue reading)

Vehicle slams into tree near Avila Beach

Written on 20 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A person suffered major injuries Wednesday morning after crashing into a tree near Avila Beach. [KSBY] The driver hit a tree near the intersection of of See Canyon Road and San Luis Bay Drive, according to the CHP. The crash... (Continue reading)

Alleged child molester claims erectile dysfunction defense

Written on 20 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the case of a San Miguel man who reportedly plans to use erectile dysfunction as a defense against child molestation charges. [Tribune] Jose Antonio Rojas Barriga, 60, is accuse of molesting two boys.... (Continue reading)