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SLO management snubs policy critic

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Amid allegation of financial inadequacies, San Luis Obispo’s assistant city manager ordered the city clerk to leave the name of an outspoken applicant for a position on the Investment Oversight Committee off a staff report for Tuesday’s... (Continue reading)

Welcome in Obama Care

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 112 comments

OPINION By STEW JENKINS For fear mongers who have tried selling doubt, facts already show that the Affordable Care Act is bringing down health insurance costs making coverage available to everyone. Passed by Congress and upheld by the United States... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles city council moving forward on Gateway Project

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

The Paso Robles City Council is moving forward on a proposal to annex 270 acres south of the city dubbed the Gateway Project. The proposal includes plans to develop three hotels, 62,300 feet of retail space and office space, up... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay mayor responds to recall notice

Written on 1 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

Morro Bay Mayor Jamie Irons filed a response Monday to the recall effort levied against him. Last week, a group of Morro Bay citizens filed a notice of intent to circulate a petition to recall Irons. The mayor spurned the... (Continue reading)

Majority of Californians want bullet train stopped

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

The majority of California voters want the high-speed rail project stopped, according to a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. [LA Times] Statewide, 52 percent of respondents to the poll consider the $68 billion bullet train project a waster of money... (Continue reading)

Vegetation fire comes close to KSBY studio

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A vegetation fire at a San Luis Obispo homeless encampment threatened the KSBY television studio Sunday afternoon. The fire broke out around 4:30 p.m. at a camp between Calle Joaquin Road and southbound Highway 101. Gusting 10 to 15 miles... (Continue reading)

Paavo Ogren’s fictional presentation

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 81 comments

Letter by Julie Tacker the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board At the September 17, 2013 San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting, after considerable public comment, Director of Public Works, Paavo Ogren, gave an impromptu presentation to... (Continue reading)

SLO County truancy rate second highest in state

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

San Luis Obispo County elementary schools had the second highest truancy rate in the state during the 2011-2012 school year, according to a report released Monday by California Attorney General Kamala Harris. More than 30 percent of San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Creston group pitches two-year water ordinance

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A committee of Creston residents and business owners is suggesting to local lawmakers that the urgency ordinance limiting new water use in the North County be extended for two more years. Members of the Creston Advisory Body (CAB) agreed that... (Continue reading)

Gearhart properties to be auctioned

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Three of former north county developer Kelly Gearhart’s properties will be sold at auction in October including the Paso Robles golf course property known as Vista del Hombre. A New York firm will hold the auction on... (Continue reading)