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Oceano needs to replace questionable board member

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 27 comments

OPINION By JEFF EDWARDS Have you ever met someone who says such outrageous things that you scratch your head and question your own intelligence? For a while, I thought it was me; out of my environment and my comfort zone,... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach votes against People’s Kitchen

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

The Grover Beach City Council voted 4-1 against providing the South County People’s Kitchen a permit to continue serving the homeless from the non-profit’s current temporary location on Monday night. The organization, which provides hot meals to 80 to 100... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach breaks its own bed tax revenue record

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

For the third straight year, the city of Pismo Beach eclipsed more than $1 million in bed tax revenue in the month of July. The city raised a record-high $1,088,089 in transient occupancy tax (TOT) revenue in July 2013. It... (Continue reading)

Homeless man demands $115,000 from CAPSLO

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 37 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A homeless man demanded $80,000 last month from the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) for turning him away from a homeless shelter because he had a service dog with him. In two Sept. 23... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay rodeo legend dies at 81

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

John W. Jones Sr., Morro Bay rancher and world champion rodeo man, died Sunday at 81-years-old. With four world champions among his many rodeo titles, Jones was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1979. He “may have won... (Continue reading)

Supervisors extend Paso water basin ordinance

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

With the addition of newly sworn in Supervisor Caren Ray Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors extended its urgency ordinance that restricts water use in the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin. The board voted 4-0, with Supervisor Debbie... (Continue reading)

Cayucos woman gets 140 months for manslaughter

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A Cayucos woman who ran down two cyclists in September killing one and seriously injuring the other was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison on Tuesday Jessica Goddard, 29, had already had convictions for driving under the... (Continue reading)

Escrow companies linked to Gearhart win civil lawsuit

Written on 8 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 31 comments

A lengthy and complex civil fraud trial featuring  Kelly Gearhart and his associated property predators ended Tuesday with complete exoneration of three escrow companies alleged to have conspired with the disgraced North County developer. Hurst Financial investors, many of whom... (Continue reading)

Atascadero considering renting city hall to partiers

Written on 8 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The Atascadero City Council will consider a plan Tuesday to make the newly renovated city hall available for private events and parties. The city recently completed $30 million of renovations to Historic Atascadero City Hall and is considering recouping some... (Continue reading)

Brown vetoes bill to put legal immigrants on juries

Written on 8 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Monday that would allow legal immigrants to serve on juries. [LA Times] Had Brown signed Assembly Bill 1401 into law, California would have become the first state in the nation to allow non-citizens on... (Continue reading)