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SLO United Way Special Event, photos

Written on 15 Jun, 2013 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

At the San Luis Obispo United Way annual reception, attendees honored several individuals and businesses who worked together to make the agency a success. Find local events as at CalCoastNews’ Event Calendar. If you would like to buy a high-resolution print... (Continue reading)

Central Coast founded website provides free breast implants

Written on 15 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A website founded on the Central Coast provides women the opportunity to get free breast implants. [KCOY] MyFreeImplants.com is part of a new growing social media trend – where women ask potential benefactors to pay for their surgeries. After surgeries,... (Continue reading)

Los Osos church vandals found but not arrested

Written on 14 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 60 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s investigators found two suspects who admitted to vandalizing a Los Osos church Sunday morning, but they did not make any arrests. An 18-year-old Morro Bay man and a 19-year-old Los Osos man admitted to vandalizing... (Continue reading)

Adult day care funding scuttled

Written on 14 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A plan to reinstate state budget funding for adult day care centers has been abandoned after the bill’s author refused to accept suggested amendments. (Sacramento Bee) Mariko Yamada, a Democrat from Yolo County, declined to remove wording in the proposal... (Continue reading)

Two dead bodies found in tent at Los Padres campground

Written on 14 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies found two dead bodies Thursday in a tent at a Los Padres National Forest Campground east of Santa Margarita Lake. Around 2 p.m. Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office received notification of two bodies in a... (Continue reading)

Jury awards half million to tech exec fired by Paso Robles firm

Written on 14 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A former Paso Robles technology firm executive has received a $500,000 judgment against his former employer for wrongful termination. Paso Robles law firm Kinman and Curry successfully sued Applied Technologies Associates on behalf of Mark Kenyon, whom the company fired... (Continue reading)

Oceano does background checks on activists

Written on 13 Jun, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 57 comments

UPDATE: An attorney from the law firm of Hall, Hieatt & Connely explains why his firm ran a check through Westlaw’s PeopleMap at the bottom of this story. By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Oceano Community Services District’s former manager... (Continue reading)

SLO approves conservation-punishing water rate hike

Written on 13 Jun, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 40 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council approved sewer rate increases Tuesday night, as well as restructured water rates that will hit hardest those who conserve the most. The council voted 3-1 in favor of both the sewer... (Continue reading)

Humane Society wants Morro Bay Aquarium shut down

Written on 13 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 39 comments

The Humane Society of the United States released a statement Wednesday asking the city of Morro Bay not to renew the Morro Bay Aquarium’s lease. The run down aquarium is the home to sea lions, otters and other marine animals.... (Continue reading)

Meth intoxication blamed for fatal Grover Beach accident

Written on 13 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Grover Beach police said that methamphetamine played a role in the crash that killed two people in Grover Beach on April 2. Police said Raymond Cano, 49, was driving a 1994 Ford pickup truck that veered off the road, slammed... (Continue reading)