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Bicycle advocate, leader or hypocrite?

Written on 3 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 46 comments

San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon appears to want everyone to bike – except her. [Cal Coast Times] While Harmon attempts to push city residents towards a “driver-less future,” she does not regularly ride her bicycle to city meetings. On... (Continue reading)

Court provides tools to thwart a run-away city council

Written on 27 Feb, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION of STEW JENKINS The day after the San Luis Obispo City Council gave Broad and Chorro Street residents the middle finger replacing their parking and auto access with a “bicycle boulevard,” the First District Court of Appeal gave voters... (Continue reading)

Is SLO City Council ignoring the public and the Brown Act?

Written on 22 Feb, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 13 comments

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT Just two weeks after approving a compromise bicycle plan for the Broad and Chorro corridor that sought balance between residents’ needs and bikers wants, San Luis Obispo’s City Council, in an hour-long non-agendized public hearing, threw... (Continue reading)

Bicyclist killed in SLO hit-and-run

Written on 30 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A car collided with a bicycle in San Luis Obispo late Tuesday night, killing a man who was riding the bike. The driver then fled the scene, and police are now searching for the vehicle and multiple suspects. [KSBY] Shortly... (Continue reading)

Atascadero cyclist wins race from Canada to Mexico

Written on 26 Jun, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An Atascadero man emerged victorious in a rough-terrain cycling race from Canada to a Mexican border town in New Mexico. Brian Lucido, 41, finished first on Saturday in the 2017 Tour Divide, an approximately 2,750 mile race. The mountainous route... (Continue reading)

SLO bicyclist struck and killed while racing in Kansas

Written on 19 Jun, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A 61-year-old San Luis Obispo bicyclist was struck and killed in Kansas Saturday night amid a bike race across the United States. Eric Fishbein was participating in the Trans Am Bike Race, which begins in Oregon and ends in Virginia.... (Continue reading)

Pickup hits bicyclist in Grover Beach

Written on 15 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A pickup truck collided with a bicyclist at Grand Avenue and Highway 1 in Grover Beach Monday evening. The bicyclist survived and was transported to the hospital. At about 6 p.m., emergency responders found the injured bicyclist in the roadway.... (Continue reading)

SLO bicycle thief gets a black eye, trip to jail

Written on 8 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

A Templeton man who got caught stealing a bicycle in San Luis Obispo received a black eye and a trip to jail Tuesday. The victim got his bicycle back. Jeremy Christensen, 43, allegedly used bolt cutters to cut the lock... (Continue reading)

Bicyclist killed near Cuesta College identified

Written on 6 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A San Luis Obispo man who died in a bicycle accident near Cuesta College has been identified as 69-year-old Eugene George Sprull Jr. [Tribune] A half-ton pickup truck hit Sprull Wednesday afternoon on Highway 1 after the bicyclist veered in... (Continue reading)

Bicyclist killed in accident with truck

Written on 1 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A 60-year-old bicyclist died after being hit by a truck Monday on Highway 1 near Cuesta College, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly after 1 p.m., the man was headed northbound on Highway 1 when he veered to the... (Continue reading)