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Sanitation district found to have improved financial controls

Written on 23 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The County auditor-controller said that the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District has implemented changes and now has sufficient controls in place to avoid a conflict of interest, according to an Oct. 21 report by Gere Sibbach, auditor-controller. In... (Continue reading)

Man accused of Arroyo Grande home invasion

Written on 19 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Santa Maria man is accused of forcing himself into a rural Arroyo Grande home in mid-August and tying up two brothers before robbing them and pistol whipping one of the victims. Santa Maria police officers arrested Silas Nathaniel Kanady,... (Continue reading)

Four face hate crime trial

Written on 13 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Burning a cross in the front yard of an Arroyo Grande family has earned a trial for four people accused of a hate crime, Superior Court Judge Jacquelyn Duffy ruled Monday. Duffy ruled Monday there was enough evidence to try... (Continue reading)

Woman thwarts carjacking attempt

Written on 8 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Arroyo Grande police are hunting a knife-wielding, foul-smelling man who attacked a 25-year-old woman after she had stopped her car briefly in a residential neighborhood. The unidentified Santa Maria woman was left with minor injuries in the Sept. 6 incident,... (Continue reading)

Racial intimidation escalates in Arroyo Grande

Written on 27 Aug, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 53 comments

As the trial date of four alleged white supremacist draws near, intimidation of a mixed race family in Arroyo Grande has escalated. In broad daylight, on Saturday, someone spray painted the name of a white supremacist gang and a cross on... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande burglars target gun safes

Written on 25 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Burglars broke into two homes on neighboring streets in Arroyo Grande on Friday and took 11 guns. [Tribune] Between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., thieves broke into the residents’ gun safes and took shotguns, handguns, rifles and one assault rifle... (Continue reading)

Hate crime defendant claims he burned cross to memorialize his father

Written on 16 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

The defendant in a March 18 Arroyo Grande cross burning who is being charged with a hate crime claims that he was attempting to memorialize the death of his father, not to express racial hatred. [The Tribune] The attorney for... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande brothers tied up during home invasion

Written on 15 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Deputies are searching for two men who forced their way into a rural Arroyo Grande home on Sunday evening and tied up two brothers before robbing them. Two men wearing bandanas stormed into the house on the 2300 block of... (Continue reading)

Weekend spotlight: Arroyo Grande Valley Car Sho

Written on 28 Jul, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

By KARLEE PRAZAK Brush off the old Chevrolet Bel Air, fill up the gas tank and lace up your dancing shoes because the Central Coast has everything from concerts to a car show to offer this weekend. As part of... (Continue reading)

County failing to protect Oceano from flooding?

Written on 26 Jul, 2011 in Opinion | 13 comments

OPINION By JEFF EDWARDS On July 19, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors heard a progress report from their Public Works Department regarding the drainage and flooding problems in Oceano. Unfortunately, with only a few short months remaining... (Continue reading)