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Morro Bay in line to tax vacation rentals

Written on 28 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The Morro Bay City Council gave its support Tuesday to a plan to slap vacation rental operators with a 3 percent tax that is currently applied to hotels. [KSBY] According to a city staff report, Morro Bay is the only... (Continue reading)

Sewage spill closes Paso Robles preschool classroom

Written on 28 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A construction accident exacerbated by the flushing of football stadium toilets left a Paso Robles preschool classroom flooded with sewage last week. [Tribune] On Friday night, a contractor was working near the intersection of 26th and Spring streets, where workers... (Continue reading)

Templeton voters overwhelmingly approve fire tax

Written on 28 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Templeton property owners have overwhelmingly approved a $15-a-month parcel tax intended to provide emergency funding to the North County community’s fire department that was at risk of dissolving. [Cal Coast Times] In a vote-by-mail election that concluded Tuesday, 77.90 of... (Continue reading)

Supervisor Adam Hill touts bipartisanship in plea for donations

Written on 27 Aug, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE In a recent email ad requesting money, San luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill posts a photo of himself at a wind energy event attended by both Republicans and Democrats as proof of his bipartisan leadership. [Cal... (Continue reading)

Deputies worried for their safety after Oceano Dunes shooting

Written on 27 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Law enforcement officers who investigated a shooting at the Oceano Dunes in May that left six people wounded are testifying in court this week as prosecutors make their case that a 19-year-old Oakland man was the lone gunman. [Tribune] Shortly... (Continue reading)

Arson, a high-speed chase and a standoff in Atascadero

Written on 27 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Firefighters arrived to a house fire in Atascadero on Monday evening to find the home engulfed in flames, prompting a closure of a section of El Camino Real and a search for an alleged arsonist. [Cal Coast Times] At about... (Continue reading)

Chuck Liddell settles lawsuit over mold in an Atascadero home

Written on 27 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

An Atascadero couple has reached a $70,000 settlement over a home they purchased from former champion wrestler Chuck Liddell because of a mold infestation. [Tribune] Liddell sold the Via Colonia Court home to Kenneth and Hayley Smith in 2015. The... (Continue reading)

Crime pays in San Luis Obispo

Written on 26 Aug, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE The Tribune’s recent editorial regarding SLO city’s building inspector Christopher Olcott’s incarceration in a “pay-to-stay” jail utterly missed the mark. It is the City of San Luis Obispo that is actually paying him to stay... (Continue reading)

Undocumented farm worker arrested for Paso Robles murder

Written on 26 Aug, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County sheriff detectives charged a man on Friday for the murder of a North County man who was stabbed multiple times, according to Sheriff Ian Parkinson. [Cal Coast Times] Fausto Ortega Maldonado, 28, is... (Continue reading)

Suspect evades Pismo Beach police

Written on 26 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Pismo Beach police are searching for a suspect who managed to run away from officer on Highway 101 Sunday night. [KSBY] Shortly before 10 p.m., an officer pulled the man over on Highway 101 by Spyglass Drive across from the... (Continue reading)