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Cuesta College analyst arrested

Written on 18 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 31 comments

By KAREN VELIE UPDATE: Statement from Cuesta College, ““Cuesta College follows Education Code when hiring. There is a question in the official application that asks specifically about criminal offenses. Controlled substances and sex crimes are the only two things that... (Continue reading)

Trailer overturns on Highway 101 near Avila Beach

Written on 18 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A truck towing a white trailer overturned and then crashed into another truck on Highway 101 near Avila Beach Drive Thursday morning. Cal Fire tweeted a photo of the rollover, which shows traffic backed up on Northbound Highway 101. There... (Continue reading)

SLO water, sewer rates go up again

Written on 18 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

San Luis Obispo water and sewer bills will increase next month and then will rise again in July 2017, continuing a multi-decade streak of increases. As of July 1, water rates will have increased for 12 straight years. Sewer rates... (Continue reading)

Deal made with Real Property Lenders Jarmin and Jordan

Written on 18 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 36 comments

Two days after the trial of Real Property Lenders of Paso Robles principals Rod Jarmin and Tammy Jordan began, a plea agreement was reached. A plea agreement the San Luis Obispo District Attorney’s office is attempting to have reversed. In... (Continue reading)

Cuesta College closes small pool because of leaks

Written on 17 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Cuesta College announced Wednesday it is closing its small 60,000 gallon pool to make emergency safety repairs to the pool lining. The small pool will be closed indefinitely, Cuesta College officials said in a press release. The unplanned repairs have... (Continue reading)

House catches fire near Cal Poly

Written on 17 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A fire broke out Monday evening at a home one block away from the entrance to Cal Poly. San Luis Obispo firefighters and Cal Fire responded to and extinguished the house fire at the corner of Slack Street and Graves... (Continue reading)

Who’s really in charge in Oceano?

Written on 17 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION By BEATRICE SPENCER It’s interesting what you learn when you begin to follow things more closely as I have the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District, and the Five Cities Fire Authority since the election. I used to... (Continue reading)

Cuesta College breach led to drug bust

Written on 17 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments

By KAREN VELIE While serving a search warrant at the home of a Cuesta College Human Resources analyst suspected of misappropriation of employee personal information, investigators discovered more than four pounds of methamphetamine and heroin. On May 31, a Cuesta... (Continue reading)

Applaud Armstrong for preserving Ag land

Written on 16 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION By WYATT BROWN On Friday, President Jeffrey Armstrong of Cal Poly wrote to the faculty to address them at the end of the academic year and to update them on specific issues that had been at the forefront spring... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay hires department head in closed process

Written on 16 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 54 comments

Morro Bay City Manager Dave Buckingham hired a new deputy city manager without any public advertising of the position, forgoing the usual process of allowing multiple people to apply. Buckingham said he pursued Sam Taylor, the former assistant city administrator... (Continue reading)