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Grover Beach police looking for persons of interest in graffiti case

Written on 8 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Grover Beach police are asking the public to help them identify two persons of interest in a case of vandalism at Grover Beach Elementary School. On Monday, school employees discovered racist graffiti spray painted on the school. The vandal or... (Continue reading)

SLO City Council plans to oust controversial committee chair

Written on 7 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council will consider on Tuesday firing the controversial chair of the city’s Cultural Heritage Committee (CHC). [Tribune] CHC Chair James Papp is an architectural historian who has clashed with city officials over proposed downtown SLO... (Continue reading)

SLO County supervisor checking into mental health facility

Written on 7 Jul, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 43 comments

By KAREN VELIE For the third time in less than three years, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill announced he is taking time off work to deal with mental health issues. Hill announced in a press release on Monday... (Continue reading)

Vandals paint racist graffiti on Grover Beach school

Written on 7 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Employees at Grover Beach Elementary School discovered racist graffiti spray painted on a building Monday morning. The vandal or vandals painted a stick figure hanging from a noose and a racial slur. Lucia Mar Unified School District staff reported the... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly hires woman accused of trying to cover up sexual assault

Written on 6 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Thousands of faculty members, staff and students are demanding Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong rescind the recent hire of a new university diversity chief, who allegedly engaged in a coverup of sexual assaults while working in a... (Continue reading)

Is California inviting corruption into local planning practices?

Written on 6 Jul, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE What is it about corruption and government that too often seems to go hand in hand? We’re getting just a glimpse of it locally with the FBI raid and investigation of Supervisor Adam Hill and... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara County Grand Jury blasts supervisors over marijuana laws

Written on 6 Jul, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE In a scathing report on Santa Barbara County’s cannabis regulations, the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury lambasts county officials for behaving unethically, and creating rules that cost the county financially and compromise quality of life. “Santa Barbara... (Continue reading)

Three fires burn over holiday weekend near Shandon

Written on 5 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A pair of vegetation fires ignited near Shandon on Sunday, one of which burned more than 30 acres. At about 11 a.m., a caller reported a fire burning southeast of Shandon near 3030 Cammatti Shandon Road. As of mid-afternoon, the... (Continue reading)

One killed, two injured in fiery Atascadero crash

Written on 5 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By RICHARD BASTIAN One person was killed and two injured in a fiery crash in Atascadero on Sunday. Shortly after 2 p.m., a car crashed on the northbound on-ramp at Del Rio Road; flipped onto its roof and burst into... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man killed on crash on Highway 101

Written on 5 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A Paso Robles man was killed Saturday evening in a single vehicle crash on Highway 101 near Buellton, according to the CHP. Shortly after 10 p.m., the man was driving northbound when he lost control of his Ford F-250 pickup... (Continue reading)