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Jim App retiring from Paso Robles

Written on 12 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Longtime Paso Robles City Manager Jim App has announced that he will retire at the end of the year. App has worked as city manager for 18 years and has been a Paso Robles employee for 25 years. He announced... (Continue reading)

Lompoc police officer shot teen armed with a fork

Written on 11 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 49 comments

Lompoc police said the teen shot in the chest by an officer Saturday night was armed with a fork. Police arrested the hospitalized 17-year-old on two counts of attempted homicide. On Friday afternoon, the teen’s parents called Santa Barbara County... (Continue reading)

Day care provider arrested for child abuse and torture

Written on 11 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Santa Maria police arrested a 50-year-old private day-care provider Tuesday on child-abuse and torture charges. After interviewing multiple victims and witnesses, officers obtained an arrest warrant for Georgina Imelda Ruiz-Bojorquez. Shortly after 9 a.m., officers arrested Ruiz-Bojorquez at her home.... (Continue reading)

Hill’s support base dwindling

Written on 11 Feb, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION By STEW JENKINS The San Luis Obispo Tribune thankfully evolved into a Liberal Newspaper after McClatchy purchased it from Knight-Ridder. Liberal or conservative, it is difficult to accept the editorial board republishing in its Feb. 6 editorial the political... (Continue reading)

Hill blasts Mecham; then the two agree on vote

Written on 11 Feb, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A week after San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Frank Mecham removed his fellow board member Adam Hill from a leadership position, Hill lashed out at Mecham during a discussion on water use regulations. Despite receiving the verbal... (Continue reading)

No to a Santa Margarita quarry

Written on 11 Feb, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION By TE KINDERKNECHT Dear San Luis Obispo community, I write in response to the gross misinformation being shelled out. I challenge any of the supporters of the Santa Margarita quarry to post their address, even just their street. I... (Continue reading)

Sex toy pops up at Santa Barbara City Council

Written on 11 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A Santa Barbara candy shop owner delivered a surprise at a council meeting on Tuesday, but he did not gift city officials with any sweets. [KEYT] John Webby, the owner of Webby’s Candy Company, used rubber gloves to pull a... (Continue reading)

Did an Atascadero woman drive off Ragged Point?

Written on 11 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A passerby found an Atascadero woman on top of a 150-bluff near Ragged Point, where she is believed to have driven her truck off the road three days prior. [Tribune] Debra Lopez had been missing since Saturday, according to the... (Continue reading)

Thank you Supervisor Mecham

Written on 10 Feb, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 19 comments

OPINION By JOHN TEXEIRA I want to thank Supervisor Frank Mecham for the actions he took at the last San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors’ meeting. As a resident of Paso Robles, I am very proud of my supervisor.... (Continue reading)

Jordan Cunningham announces run for Katcho’s seat

Written on 10 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Former San Luis Obispo County deputy district attorney and Templeton Unified School District Trustee Jordan Cunningham announced his candidacy for California State Assembly. Cunningham is seeking to replace the termed-out 35th Assembly District Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian. “I have kept criminals... (Continue reading)