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SLO Chamber of Commerce Expo 2013, event photos

Written on 30 May, 2013 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce’s 2013 mixer showcase at the Alex Madonna Expo Center featured more than 150 booths from area businesses. Find local events as at CalCoastNews’ Event Calendar. If you would like to buy a high-resolution print... (Continue reading)

Letter to the editor: SLO’s lack of leadership

Written on 30 May, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

By ALLAN COOPER Previous San Luis Obispo City Councils instituted a policy requiring a modicum of housing (ideally “workforce” housing) in all new major downtown developments. Of course this runs counter to the so-called (totally fictitious) “free-market economics” which some... (Continue reading)

Huffington Post: Jerry Reiss for Nobel Prize

Written on 30 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

In a Huffington Post story about World No Tobacco Day, May 31, the author suggests former San Luis Obispo City Councilman Jerry Reiss for the next Nobel Peace Prize: In 1990, Reiss was the councilman who first proposed the ban... (Continue reading)

Atascadero city manager stepping down

Written on 30 May, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 42 comments

Wade McKinney, Atascadero’s city manager, will be leaving that post soon to take a similar position with the small, opulent desert community of Indian Wells, CalCoastNews has learned. The position has been offered to McKinney, said the  Indian Wells’ human... (Continue reading)

Citizen’s arrest stops Paso Robles car burglary

Written on 30 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Paso Robles resident detained a Templeton man breaking into a neighbor’s car early Sunday morning. Around 3 a.m. Sunday, Paso Robles police received a call about a suspected car burglar in the 1000 block of 19th Street. When officers... (Continue reading)

Mo’s Smokehouse BBQ cook injured in explosion

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

An explosion Wednesday at Mo’s Smokehouse BBQ restaurant on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo left a cook with serious injuries. [KSBY] At about 6 p.m., a commercial pressure cooker exploded, blowing a hole in the roof of the kitchen... (Continue reading)

Panga landing at Montana de Oro leads to 14 arrests

Written on 30 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 14 people Wednesday in connection with a panga boat that beached at Montana de Oro State Park. Just after midnight Wednesday, deputies spotted suspicious vehicles traveling into Montan de Oro, where they dropped... (Continue reading)

Earthquake felt by county residents

Written on 29 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

An earthquake measuring 4.6 and centered offshore near Goleta shook residents as far north as Bradley early Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey has reported. The 7:38 a.m. tremor caused no apparent damage or injuries, officials said, and no tsunami threat... (Continue reading)

Brown divorce papers reveal discrepancies

Written on 29 May, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 66 comments

By CALCOASTNEWS STAFF EDITOR’S NOTE: See two declarations by Edward Ingles, Jayne Brown’s ex-boyfriend, at the bottom of this story.  CalCoastNews is not endorsing any of the three candidates for San Luis Obispo City Council. Six years after Paul Brown... (Continue reading)

Final Myers defendant sentenced

Written on 29 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A San Luis Obispo judge sentenced Jason Greenwell, the only defendant who testified in the Dystiny Myers murder trial, to 15 years to life in prison Tuesday. Greenwell pled guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for his testimony. His plea... (Continue reading)