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Worrell on leave, IWMA fraud investigation continues

Written on 10 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 27 comments

By Cal Coast Times staff The San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority Board voted unanimously on Wednesday to place the agency’s manager on paid administrative leave because of criminal allegations of misuse of public funds. [Cal Coast Times]... (Continue reading)

Billionaire drops plan to split California into three states

Written on 10 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Following a decision by the California Supreme Court to remove or postpone an initiative on dividing the state in three, the Silicon Valley billionaire behind the measure is giving up his effort to split up California. [Cal Coast Times] Tim... (Continue reading)

Two people contracted the flu from pigs at the Mid-State Fair

Written on 10 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department announced Thursday tests have confirmed that two people caught influenza viruses from contact with pigs at the California Mid-State Fair. [Cal Coast Times] Both patients had extended contact with pigs at the... (Continue reading)

Is Abel Maldonado’s pot or hemp grow legal?

Written on 10 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Republican politician and former Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado has entered the Central Coast marijuana cultivation business, and he now claims to be growing hemp in San Luis Obispo County as well. [New Times] SLO County officials are probing Maldonado’s purported... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo transformer fire leads to electric outage

Written on 9 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A transformer fire knocked out electric service to more than 1,000 customers in San Luis Obispo on Thursday afternoon. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 2 p.m., a transformer located on a pole near the intersection of Higuera and Nipomo streets... (Continue reading)

Armed Santa Maria gangster flees police

Written on 9 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A gathering of gang members at a local park morphed into a police chase and six arrests on Wednesday, according to the Santa Maria Police Department. [Cal Coast Times] At about 3:30 p.m., gang members were reportedly gathered at Preisker... (Continue reading)

Thief snatches skateboard from SLO business, video

Written on 9 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a man between the ages of 20 and 25 who stole a skateboard from a downtown SLO store on Tuesday afternoon. [Cal Coast Times] Surveillance film shows a man with blond hair and... (Continue reading)

Three candidates vying for Morro Bay mayor

Written on 9 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A city councilman, a prominent local business owner and a leader of the opposition to Morro Bay’s controversial wastewater project are each vying to become mayor of the coastal San Luis Obispo County city. [Cal Coast Times] With his third... (Continue reading)

Is the IWMA’s proposed Styrofoam ban ordinance illegal?

Written on 8 Aug, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE While arguments rage over a proposed countywide ordinance to ban Styrofoam food containers, a retired San Luis Obispo County deputy county counsel contends the Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA) does not have authority to pass ordinances. [Cal... (Continue reading)

Cunningham promotes resolution against Trump’s emission rollbacks

Written on 8 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Again breaking rank with his party on an environmental issue, Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo) introduced a resolution this week opposing the Trump Administration’s rollbacks of fuel emission standards. [Cal Coast Times] The state of California is currently locked... (Continue reading)