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Morro Bay man awakes in wrong home

Written on 21 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 3 comments

A Cayucos couple was startled Monday morning to the find someone sleeping in their home, and he was no Goldilocks. The man of the house held the apparent trespasser, Robert Auston Romero, at bay while his wife wielding a knife called... (Continue reading)

Central Coast waiting on the tsunami

Written on 11 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 14 comments

Coastal areas all along the West Coast continue to be evacuated Friday morning following a Tsunami Watch/Warning issued by the National Weather Service. Residents in Oceano, Cayucos, Port San Luis, and  Grover Beach, Morro Bay, and Avila Beach were being... (Continue reading)

Cayucos and Morro Bay balk on hiring lobbyist long-term

Written on 17 Feb, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 16 comments

The Morro Bay City Council and Cayucos Sanitary District board have been brimming with confidence over the past year or so that its proposed new wastewater treatment plant, scheduled to cost untold millions and certain to saddle ratepayers with significant... (Continue reading)

Famed local chef Bill Hoppe dies

Written on 23 Nov, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Wilhelm “Bill” Hoppe, the European-trained chef, who transformed the Central Coast restaurant experience, died Sunday night at his home. Hoppe opened his first restaurant Hoppe’s on the Embarcadero in Morro Bay in the mid-1980’s. He later moved the popular restaurant... (Continue reading)

Coastal Commission rejects wastewater treatment plant proposal

Written on 18 Nov, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 22 comments

After six years of working on plans for their new multi-million dollar wastewater treatment plant, Morro Bay and Cayucos apparently will have to start all over. The California Coastal Commission staff has issued a report rejecting the design of the... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay and Cayucos waste water plant bidding process under fire

Written on 11 Oct, 2010 in Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE While city officials in Morro Bay battle over which of two contractors should design a multimillion dollar wastewater treatment upgrade, one of the contractors has decided to withdraw their proposal and the other is under fire for... (Continue reading)

A Cayucos Fourth of July

Written on 5 Jul, 2010 in Opinion | 5 comments

By STACEY WARDE I’m raw and unbalanced, hung over from a bout with beer and whisky. I skipped going to work today. It’s gray, overcast and generally gloomy. Besides, it’s a Saturday, and a Fourth of July weekend. I hate... (Continue reading)

Judge tosses out Cayucos viewshed law

Written on 28 May, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 5 comments

The Sierra Club has prevailed in a lawsuit filed against a controversial county law addressing viewsheds and land use in the hills around Cayucos. [Tribune] Superior Court Judge Martin Tangeman upheld the Sierra Club appeal of the county’s controversial Cayucos... (Continue reading)

Here comes Restaurant Month

Written on 27 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | No comments

SLO County restaurants are gearing up for January and the annual Restaurant Month celebration. Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle gave the event some nice regional coverage in their Travel section. Designed to keep business hopping in the traditionally slow post-holiday period,... (Continue reading)

Horse sanctuary foreman fined for killing wild pigs

Written on 23 Dec, 2009 in Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

By KAREN VELIE Dancing Star Foundation reportedly levied fines against its foreman for illegal poaching at the sanctuary, situated south of Harmony on 700 rolling acres along U.S. Highway 1, sources said. Former employees of the Dancing Star Sanctuary told... (Continue reading)