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Arroyo Grande Hospital employees protest poor wages

Written on 11 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Arroyo Grande Hospital employees held a protest on Saturday against Dignity Health over lower than market wages. The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers, say they want the same pay as Marian Regional Medical Center and French Hospital Medical Center... (Continue reading)

Police give up after more than 2 hour standoff

Written on 11 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

After a two and a half hour standoff complete with road closures, Santa Maria police gave up and left the scene. [KCOY] Friday at about 9 p.m., police responded to a 911 call from a woman who said her grandson... (Continue reading)

A resident’s open letter to SLO County supervisors

Written on 10 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 36 comments

OPINION By LEANN SEROKA Dear Supervisors Debbie Arnold and Frank Mecham: I have been following the water issue for a number of months now. My interest was piqued after receiving a letter. This letter was not addressed to me, but... (Continue reading)

Body discovered at Pismo Beach hotel

Written on 10 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Pismo Beach police responded to a non-completed 911 call from the Motel 6 in Pismo Beach and found the body of a man who appeared to have been dead for about an hour. Police are investigating the death as suspicious... (Continue reading)

Gearhart, Hurst investors dug their own hole, says lawyer

Written on 9 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

An attorney for Cuesta Title suggested to jurors Thursday in a San Luis Obispo courtroom that investors’ greed was partly responsible for alleged fraud committed by former lender Jay Hurst Miller, developer Kelly Gearhart, and title company officials. In a... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande road rager ends pursuit with suicide

Written on 9 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

An Avila Beach man fired shots at a driver in Arroyo Grande Wednesday evening before shooting himself. Around 9 p.m. Wednesday, a pickup truck attempted to pass a car driven by Robert Hernandez, 56, in rural Arroyo Grande. Hernandez then... (Continue reading)

Another Atascadero bank robbery

Written on 9 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Atascadero Police are searching for a man who robbed the Coast Hills Federal Credit Union on Thursday shortly after 4 p.m. and his male getaway driver. Thursday’s robbery is the fifth in Atascadero and the ninth in San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Auto burglaries skyrocket in SLO County

Written on 9 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

In Arroyo Grande and the five cities area thefts from vehicles tripled in July prompting police to ask residents to lock their cars. More than 60 percent of the recent burglaries were from unlocked cars. In August, Arroyo Grande police... (Continue reading)

Weedbusters scrub Paso, Pozo hills

Written on 8 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 47 comments

Sheriff’s officials said Thursday they have removed more than 10,000 marijuana plants from hilly areas near Paso Robles and Pozo, the result of discoveries by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force. Officials estimated the value of the... (Continue reading)

Climate change impacting California, says EPA report

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

Climate change is “an immediate and growing threat” affecting California water supplies, farming, forests, wildlife and public health, according to a report issued Thursday by the California Environmental Protection Agency. [Mercury News] Fifty-one scientists combined to author the 258-page report,... (Continue reading)