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Los Osos GM overpaying herself, payroll shows

Written on 1 Oct, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 27 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN In less than two full years on the job, Los Osos Community Services District General Manager Kathy Kivley has overpaid herself by more than $4,000, the CSD payroll shows. A recent audit of the district found Kivley... (Continue reading)

Bicyclist killed in accident with truck

Written on 1 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A 60-year-old bicyclist died after being hit by a truck Monday on Highway 1 near Cuesta College, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly after 1 p.m., the man was headed northbound on Highway 1 when he veered to the... (Continue reading)

Tompkins’ Arroyo Grande project to be reheard

Written on 30 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 17 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER The public is invited and encouraged to attend the Special Meeting of the Arroyo Grande City Council on Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. to reconsider the action taken Sept. 8, when the council approved the long-controversial... (Continue reading)

Templeton player injured in helmet-to-helmet hits

Written on 30 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

An examination of video of a Sept. 18 football game at Templeton High School reveals that Isaac Lindsey was involved in at least three helmet-to-helmet blows before he collapsed suffering from a critical head injury. [Tribune] Though the exact cause... (Continue reading)

California companies offer free marijuana to fire victims

Written on 30 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Medical marijuana product companies and dispensaries are teaming up to offer free cannabis to patients affected by a destructive Northern California wildfire. [LA Times] Through Oct. 7, companies Care By Design and AbsoluteXtracts are offering free marijuana products up to... (Continue reading)

SLO County Sheriff’s K9 attacks officer

Written on 30 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN and KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Department K9 tasked with catching a fleeing car thief in Arroyo Grande attacked a California Highway Patrol officer on Tuesday who, too, was pursuing the suspect. Officers then charged... (Continue reading)

Monterey County robbery suspects arrested in Atascadero

Written on 30 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Suspects from a Monterey County roadside robbery were arrested Tuesday at an Atascadero motel. On Monday evening in the town of Chualar, which is about 10 miles southeast of Salinas, a 16-year-old girl flagged down a man while he was... (Continue reading)

Arnold launches reelection campaign

Written on 29 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

San Luis Obispo County District 5 Supervisor Debbie Arnold kicked off her reelection campaign Tuesday afternoon at Atascadero’s Sunken Gardens. District 5 includes the communities of Atascadero, Santa Margarita, Creston, Ground Squirrel Hollow and Carissa Plains and portions of Templeton... (Continue reading)

Tribune columnist is a paid lobbyist

Written on 29 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 51 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN A regularly-featured columnist for San Luis Obispo County’s daily newspaper, who is a vocal critic of a controversial rail spur project proposed by Phillips 66, is a paid lobbyist for at least two entities poised to benefit... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande interchange study makes sense

Written on 29 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

OPINION by JIM GUTHRIE and JIM HILL Over the next few months the City Arroyo Grande will be making one of the most important decisions about the future of our city. Our decision on a solution for the Brisco/Halcyon congestion will... (Continue reading)