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Did Grover Beach mayor purposely conceal campaign donations?

Written on 12 May, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach Mayor John Shoals committed 52 violations of state campaign finance laws during his 2014 mayoral campaign, according to a complaint filed with the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC). The complaint alleges Shoals’ failure to... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police Taser man with knife

Written on 10 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Grover Beach police officers Tasered an Oceano man who approached them with a 10-inch butcher knife early Monday morning. The suspect refused multiple commands to drop the knife. Around 3:40 a.m., officers responding to a disturbance at a home in... (Continue reading)

Event at Fin’s raises $18,000 for the homeless

Written on 7 May, 2016 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

More than $18,000 was raised in one evening for South County residents facing homelessness during a festive “Dinner for a Cause” at Fin’s seafood restaurant in Grover Beach on May 5. Every penny spent by patrons during “Fiesta at Fin’s”... (Continue reading)

Felon with gun flees police in Grover Beach neighborhood

Written on 25 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A felon with a loaded firearm fled police through a Grover Beach residential neighborhood on Saturday. Officers eventually arrested the man and found his gun in a woman’s backyard. Around 10:44 a.m., Grover Beach officers responded to the area of... (Continue reading)

More Grover Beach homeless to get the boot

Written on 21 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

The Grover Beach Police Department is planning on evicting residents of a homeless encampment next week. Most of the people living at the camp have rebuffed attempts by city employees and social services workers to get them to relocate. On... (Continue reading)

Is Oceano the tail that wags the dog?

Written on 20 Apr, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 2 comments

OPINION by OTIS PAGE Grover Beach Mayor John Shoals, as chair of the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District, has directed the abandonment of the current bimonthly billing for sanitary services and place it on the property tax. Shoals major... (Continue reading)

Christmas presents for Grover Beach residents? 

Written on 11 Apr, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 27 comments

OPINION by RONALD ARNOLDSEN It’s a Royal Flush. Here is what is coming down the pipe. Grover Beach Mayor John Shoals in his capacity as Chair of the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District has voted to place your septic bill on the property... (Continue reading)

Hazmat team removes powdered briefs from Grover Beach

Written on 10 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

What happens when someone receives the wrong package from Amazon, one with several odd items including men’s undergarments sprinkled with a cosmetic powder? Roads are closed and the San Luis Obispo County Hazardous Materials team is called in. On Sunday... (Continue reading)

Judge sides with Nipomo in South County water dispute

Written on 14 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A Santa Clara judge has tentatively rejected a legal bid by three South County cities to halt new development and new groundwater pumping on the Nipomo Mesa. [Tribune] As part of a longstanding battle over the use of the Santa... (Continue reading)

SLO County considering cloud seeding

Written on 24 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

At a hearing on water supply options for South County, a public works official said San Luis Obispo County staffers are looking into the possibility of increasing rainfall by cloud seeding. [Tribune] Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification... (Continue reading)