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SLO doesn’t need a new assistant city manager

Written on 19 Aug, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER Based on some research I did recently, it would appear that the City of San Luis Obispo has the highest number of city employees per capita among five comparably sized California cities — Azusa, Covina, Dublin... (Continue reading)

Has SLO City Manager Katie Lichtig been grooming her replacement?

Written on 19 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

For multiple years, San Luis Obispo City Manager Katie Lichtig has had a succession plan of turning over the reigns to Derek Johnson, who is currently SLO’s assistant city manager, Lichtig told the Tribune. In 2015, Johnson swapped places with... (Continue reading)

Cambria teen killed in surfing accident

Written on 19 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A 19-year-old Cambria man died Friday following a surfing accident at Moonstone Beach. Shortly before 5 p.m., Liam Taylor attempted to catch a large wave that ended up closing out. Witnesses said the wave drug Taylor into the sand. Several... (Continue reading)

Couple with dead body may have had plans to bury it in Big Sur

Written on 18 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office says the Bakersfield couple that was caught transporting a dead body inside their SUV may have had plans to bury the deceased man in the Big Sur area. On Tuesday, deputies found the... (Continue reading)

SLO police find toddler in home with drugs and a gun

Written on 18 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Drugs, cash, a gun and a toddler turned up during a parole search that San Luis Obispo police detectives conducted at a mobile home Thursday morning. Around 9 a.m., detectives served a warrant at Angel Resendez and Amanda Bunker’s home... (Continue reading)

Fire breaks out at SLO homeless camp

Written on 18 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A fire broke out at a homeless camp in San Luis Obispo early Thursday morning, and the blaze spread into thick vegetation. San Luis Obispo firefighters responded quickly, though, and extinguished the blaze. Fire officials say the blaze was started... (Continue reading)

Teen with knife stands off with deputies in Santa Barbara grocery aisle

Written on 17 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

An incident of teens shoplifting from a grocery store on Wednesday morphed into a police chase in and out of a supermarket and an hour-long stand off with an armed teenager. Shortly after 7 p.m., a group of juveniles were... (Continue reading)

Couple with dead body in car arrested for child endangerment

Written on 17 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

  San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested the man and woman who were found with a dead body inside their SUV in Cayucos. However, it remains unclear how the deceased person died and how his body ended up... (Continue reading)

California reportedly leads the nation in hate groups

Written on 17 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

California has 79 active hate groups, more than any other state in the country, according to the civil rights advocacy organization the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The SPLC published a “hate map” showing there are 917 hate groups in... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district awards controversial administrator life-time benefits

Written on 16 Aug, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board agreed to provide life-time medical benefits for former administrator Gerhardt Hubner and his family along with a $37,500 severance, following just 16 months on the job. The award occurred while Hubner ... (Continue reading)