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Sanitation district flips, seeks settlement with the state

Written on 19 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

After picking a multi-year legal fight with state officials, the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District is now seeking to settle a $1.1 million fine levied against it. In 2010, 384,000 gallons of raw sewage flowed in Oceano homes... (Continue reading)

PG&E destroys 20 palm trees at The Graduate

Written on 18 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 36 comments

By KAREN VELIE After a large eucalyptus tree crashed into a power line, PG&E destroyed 20 older palms trees located at The Graduate Restaurant and Nightclub in San Luis Obispo, even though the removal appears to violate city and state... (Continue reading)

Cambria considering reversing irrigation ban

Written on 18 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The Cambria Community Services Board of Directors is considering reversing a policy implemented earlier this year that prohibits residents from using district water for domestic irrigation purposes. [Tribune] The board will decide Thursday whether or not to lift the ban,... (Continue reading)

Thief nabs clothes from downtown SLO store

Written on 18 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a woman caught on camera stealing clothing on Tuesday from a woman’s apparel store in downtown San Luis Obispo. [KSBY] A woman allegedly walked into Ambiance in the 700 block of Higuera Street,... (Continue reading)

Al Moriarty ordered to pay $10 million in restitution

Written on 17 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered former Grover Beach financier Al Moriarty to pay $10,209,301 in restitution for securities fraud and embezzlement. In August, the 81-year old pleaded no contest to fraud and embezzlement charges... (Continue reading)

Letter to the editor: No excuse for torture

Written on 17 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 99 comments

OPINION By ALLAN COOPER Listening to Dick Cheney defend torture on “Meet The Press” is akin to hearing Idi Amin justify cannibalism. Imagine that you are one of the 26 innocent detainees who was confined for 29 hours in a... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly to settle public records lawsuit

Written on 17 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo has agreed to pay the costs in an agreement to resolve a public records request lawsuit brought by journalism professor and editor of CalCoastNew Bill Loving. The agreement also... (Continue reading)

SLO rental inspection program moves forward

Written on 17 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

By KAREN VELIE At a contentious council meeting attended by approximately 200 people, San Luis Obispo City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to have staff draft a rental inspection ordinance aimed at eliminating unsafe housing conditions. During the more than four-hour... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police chief to double-dip into taxpayer funds

Written on 17 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

Grover Beach Police Chief Jim Copsey will soon receive a salary and pension simultaneously following a decision by the city council to employ him as interim chief after he retires later this month. Copsey is set to retire on Dec.... (Continue reading)

Man killed in Cambria crash identified

Written on 17 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The California Highway Patrol has identified a man who died in a single-car crash in Cambria on Monday as 84-year-old Walter William Glaser. Glaser was driving on Orville Place near Orville Avenue when his vehicle drifted off the road and... (Continue reading)