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Grandchildren of CCN publisher spend holidays in county hands

Written on 2 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 271 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN In the midst of a CalCoastNews investigation into alleged abuses of power by a county agency, three grandchildren of the news agency’s co-founder and publisher have been removed from their family and forced to... (Continue reading)

Cuesta College may ask taxpayers to fund building upgrades

Written on 2 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

The Cuesta College Board of Trustees is considering asking taxpayers to fund $180 million of new construction and building repair. [Tribune] Cuesta’s North County campus needs four new buildings at a cost of $80 million and the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Atascadero program supports homeless children

Written on 2 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A new program is providing meals to 25 homeless children in Atascadero each week. Crossroads Church sponsors the program that provides a backpack full of food for the children to take with them as they leave the Santa Rosa Elementary... (Continue reading)

Fast and Furious actor dies in crash

Written on 2 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Santa Barbara resident “Fast and Furious” actor Paul Walker died Saturday afternoon in a fiery car crash in Valencia. [NYPost] Best known for his role in auto-racing movies, the 40-year-old died while joy riding as a passenger in a cherry-red... (Continue reading)

Architect brings dispute of 9/11 story to SLO

Written on 2 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 64 comments

Bay Area architect and international speaker, Richard Gage, stated his case in San Luis Obispo Saturday that explosives, not planes, brought down three World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001. Gage founded the organization Architects and Engineers for 9/11... (Continue reading)

Lompoc gas wars

Written on 1 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Gas stations across Lompoc are participating in a gas price war that has resulted in plummeting prices. [KCOY] Gas prices in Lompoc are the lowest in 12 western states with three gas stations selling gas at $3.41. “So, if someone... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles landowners need to protect their water rights

Written on 30 Nov, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 35 comments

OPINION By CINDY STEINBECK Water is California’s gold. Groundwater basins are a battle ground where landowners must protect their water rights from modern-day claim-jumpers who include well-financed entrepreneurs seeking to sell or export our water. Where does that leave landowners?... (Continue reading)

Mixed used project proposed for downtown SLO

Written on 30 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A mixed used project slated to include nine condominiums and 8,000 square feet of office space has been submitted for review by the San Luis Obispo Architectural Review Commission next month. [Tribune] Developer Hamish Marshall’s project, called Pacific Courtyards, was... (Continue reading)

California lawmakers to receive pay hike

Written on 30 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

California lawmakers are in line to receive a 5.3 percent raise on Monday. However, a dozen are refusing the pay hike in light of the down economy and the high number of unemployed Californians. [LATimes] A citizens’ panel approved the... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay councilman says vehicle code not for locals

Written on 29 Nov, 2013 in Featured, Screening Room, Uncovered SLO | 230 comments

Morro Bay Councilman George Leage said last week that only non-locals are prohibited from parking in Morro Bay red zones, according to a video submitted by a resident. Leage, who was standing outside his residence at his family’s sushi restaurant... (Continue reading)