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California city managers paid more than Brown

Written on 13 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Katie Lichtig gets $308,408 in total compensation as the manager of San Luis Obispo, a city with about 700 employees and 41,000 residents. That’s almost twice the salary of the governor, responsible for 44,000 employees and 37 million people. [Bloomberg]... (Continue reading)

Concert review: Peter Gabriel at the SB Bowl

Written on 13 Jun, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

BY DAVID CONGALTON The facts of Saturday night at the Santa Barbara Bowl are easy enough to report. Rock artist, and that really is the operative word for the British musician, Peter Gabriel performed with the New Blood Orchestra. It... (Continue reading)

Atascadero Wal-Mart bail-out on the table

Written on 13 Jun, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION By DAVID BROADWATER Just as Atascadero’s new Wal-Mart/Annex enters the final phase of approval, the first taxpayer gouge appears. Due to a reported dispute between the developers (Wal-Mart & Rottman Group) over financing road/freeway improvements, city staff is asking... (Continue reading)

Peoples’ Self Help Housing award ceremony, event photos

Written on 12 Jun, 2011 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | One comment

The Central Coast is in line to have an unprecedented increase in affordable housing because of recently awarded charter to Peoples’ Self Help Housing into the Neighborhood Works America Organization. At an awards ceremony in San Luis Obispo on June... (Continue reading)

Person hurt in California Valley mobile home fire

Written on 12 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A person inside a mobile home in California Valley got out with minor injuries after an electrical problem in the home started a Sunday morning fire. The blaze completely destroyed the mobile home located in the 14000 block of Cooperopolis.... (Continue reading)

Oceano agrees to settlement with terminated manager

Written on 11 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

At a special meeting on Friday, Oceano officials agreed to pay former General Manager Raffaele Montemurro $12,408 in a settlement agreement in which both parties agreed not to file a lawsuit or any claim against the other. Montemurro’s settlement was... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach woman arrested for mailing meth

Written on 10 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

A Grover Beach woman was arrested for allegedly attempting to mail a quarter pound of methamphetamine to Virginia Beach, possession of another quarter pound of meth and felony possession of a stolen firearm on Friday. Pismo Beach Police, following up... (Continue reading)

High speed chase ends in Paso Robles fatality

Written on 10 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A California Highway Patrol high speed chase ended in a fatal crash Thursday night at about 11 p.m. in Paso Robles. A CHP officer approached a 56-year-old man who appeared drunk at the Wellsona truck stop west of Highway 101,... (Continue reading)

SLO firefighter assault sparked by affair allegations

Written on 10 Jun, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 146 comments

A local firefighter allegedly beat a man unconscious in a bathroom at Pappy McGregor’s in San Luis Obispo on Saturday after an eight-month rift stemming from claims the firefighter was having an affair with another firefighter’s wife. The incident has sparked... (Continue reading)

Madonna Road shooter arrested

Written on 9 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An Arroyo Grande man was arrested Wednesday on attempted murder charges for allegedly shooting at  a man riding in a car on Madonna Road in San Luis Obispo earlier this week. The victim and two of his friends were driving... (Continue reading)