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SLO County Supervisor Debbie Arnold seeking re-election in 2020

Written on 30 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo County Fifth District Supervisor Debbie Arnold announced this week that she will run for re-election to the Board of Supervisors in 2020. [Cal Coast Times] Arnold said she decided to run again because there is more to... (Continue reading)

Lawsuit filed against Mindbody over proposed sale

Written on 29 Jan, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE A shareholder filed a class action lawsuit against San Luis Obispo-based software company Mindbody and its board of directors on Thursday for allegedly failing in its fiduciary duty to its stockholders. [Cal Coast Times] The suit alleges... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo mayor curses at progressive event, gets quoted in Rolling Stone

Written on 29 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon traveled to Vermont to attend a gathering of top progressive minds that Rolling Stone suggested had the feel of a campaign rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders. In its coverage of the... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande man pleads guilty to attempted murder

Written on 29 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An Arroyo Grande man pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of attempted murder over an altercation in which he stabbed both his wife and his aunt through marriage. [KSBY] Alberto Isaac Gonzalez-Penaloza, 27, is expected to receive a sentence of... (Continue reading)

PG&E files for bankruptcy

Written on 29 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

As the company warned it would do, PG&E filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, as the utility faces billions of dollars in liabilities for involvement in California wildfires. [Cal Coast Times] Earlier this month, PG&E provided a 15-day advanced... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly spending $243,000 on diversity consultant

Written on 28 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

Amid a push to change the demographics of the Cal Poly campus, the university is spending $243,000 on a diversity consultant. [Tribune] Damon A. Williams, an Atlanta-based consultant, and his team will provide Cal Poly a total of 38 days... (Continue reading)

DUI driver causes 7 car crash in Santa Maria

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

Seven vehicles collided early Monday morning in Santa Maria, after which officers arrested a person for DUI, according to the Santa Maria Police Department. [Cal Coast Times] The collision occurred shortly after midnight around the intersection of El Camino and... (Continue reading)

Man accused of killing his mother in Grover Beach allegedly had financial motive

Written on 28 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A man accused of stabbing to death his mother in her Grover Beach home is now facing an enhancement to his murder charged for allegedly being motivated by financial gain. [Cal Coast Times] San Luis Obispo County prosecutors filed the... (Continue reading)

7 indicted for attempting to help a cop killer flee to Mexico

Written on 27 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A federal grand jury indicted seven people on Thursday for attempting to help a man accused of murdering a Newman police officer flee to Mexico, according to the indictment that details each suspects alleged participation. [Cal Coast Times] On Dec.... (Continue reading)

Wife of Paso Robles man fatally shot by deputies files lawsuit

Written on 26 Jan, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE The wife of a man shot and killed on Highway 101 by two San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies in 2017 has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against Sheriff Ian Parkinson, his department and the two... (Continue reading)