Josh Friedman
Writer Josh Friedman may or may not live in San Luis Obispo County.
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Cal Poly ekes out series victory over Santa Barbara
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Cal Poly baseball is known nationally as a program that is very offensive. On Sunday, the team demonstrated that it could win a big game while relying on pitching. After Mustang hurlers surrendered 26 hits and 15 runs to UC Santa Barbara over Friday and Saturday nights, sophomore sinkerballer Casey Bloomquist and […]... (Continue Reading)
Cal Poly walks off with win over Santa Barbara
By JOSH FRIEDMAN (Editor’s Note: Video of Cal Poly catcher Chris Hoo’s walk-off single is at the bottom of the story.) On a night in which UC Santa Barbara students partied, Cal Poly baseball fans and players celebrated. With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Cal Poly senior catcher Chris Hoo singled up […]... (Continue Reading)
Cal Poly completes sweep of Davis
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The fifth-ranked Cal Poly Mustangs opened Big West Conference play with a sweep of UC Davis, capping the weekend series with a 9-1 victory Sunday. Sophomore righty Casey Bloomquist pitched eight strong innings, allowing one unearned run and striking out six while walking just one batter. The Mustang offense pounded out 13 […]... (Continue Reading)
Cal Poly clinches series as Davis walks, balks its way to loss
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Saturday starting pitching struggles continued for fifth-ranked Cal Poly in the second game of its conference-opening series with UC Davis. Freshman righty Justin Calomeni lasted four innings Saturday at Baggett Stadium, allowing seven hits and three runs. But, the Mustang offense eked out five runs, and lefty reliever Taylor Chris pitched five […]... (Continue Reading)
Cal Poly cruises in conference opener
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Cal Poly plated seven runs in the first inning, and ace pitcher Matt Imhof threw his first collegiate shutout in an 8-0 home win over UC Davis Friday night in the Big West Conference opener. Imhof (6-1), sitting at 87-91 mph, struck out 13 Aggie batters and did not allow a walk […]... (Continue Reading)
Hill goes to battle with CAPSLO
By KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN Editor’s note: Read a letter from Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo to the board of supervisors that includes a statement by Supervisor Adam Hill at the bottom of this article. San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill publicly chastised and threatened his fiancée’s employer this week, prompting […]... (Continue Reading)
SLO councilman asks CAPSLO to drop homeless services
By JOSH FRIEDMAN One week after the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) shuffled the alignment of its homeless services personnel, a San Luis Obispo city councilman has asked the nonprofit to consider eliminating entirely its homeless services division. On March 13, CAPSLO CEO Biz Steinberg notified the San Luis Obispo City Council […]... (Continue Reading)
Los Osos sewer contractor sues county for $15 million
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Los Osos Wastewater Project contractor has sued San Luis Obispo County, demanding payment of at least $15 million dollars in damages for uncompensated construction work. In the suit, Construction firm ARB Inc. is demanding damages totaling more than 50 percent of its sewer construction contract with the county, which amounts to […]... (Continue Reading)
Oceano general manager’s job on the line
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The board of directors of the embattled Oceano Community Services District may fire yet another general manager Friday, this time less than six months after hiring him. On Wednesday night, the board reviewed the performance of General Manager Lonnie Curtis for the fourth time since hiring him last October. On Thursday, the […]... (Continue Reading)
Jailhouse death preceded by excess force claim
By KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN A 28-year-old man filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against the San Luis Obispo Police Department claiming officers physically assaulted him. He died less than two weeks later just hours after another encounter with city police officers. At 11:26 p.m. on Tuesday, police officers booked Josey Richard Meche into the […]... (Continue Reading)
