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Grover Beach should remain a general law city

Written on 28 May, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION By WALT FRENCH As a taxpayer who has lived in Grover Beach for 20 years, and a fiscal conservative, I am disturbed by the movement to convert our city to a new “charter” form of government. Since our city... (Continue reading)

Driver steps on wrong pedal in Grover Beach parking lot

Written on 8 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

An 85-year-old Arroyo Grande woman is uninjured but at risk of losing her driver’s license after crashing her car in a Grover Beach parking lot. [KSBY] The woman was trying to park her Chrysler PT Cruiser in the Vons grocery store... (Continue reading)

Video shows thief grabbing packages from Grover Beach home

Written on 25 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The Grover Beach Police Department has released surveillance footage of a thief stealing two packages from a house on Monday. Just before 3 p.m. Monday, a driver and a passenger in a dark Honda Civic pulled up in front of... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach traffic stop nets meth and hash

Written on 25 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A Grover Beach traffic stop Wednesday morning resulted in the arrest of a driver for several drug offenses. Around 11:10 a.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop of a a vehicle in the 1000 block of Highway 1 in Grover... (Continue reading)

Driver in deadly Paso crash had drugs in his system

Written on 24 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Grover Beach resident Jeremy Nathaniel Martin, who died in a February car crash in Paso Robles, was driving with drugs in his system at the time of the accident, according to a toxicology report released by the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Former Central Coast police officer arrested for stealing medicine

Written on 10 Apr, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

A former officer with the Grover Beach and Atascadero police departments was arrested on burglary, elder abuse and possession of stolen property charges on March 31. Michael Glen South, 57, is accused of using his position as the security director... (Continue reading)

Fire tax flub allows for voting as ballots are counted

Written on 6 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Property owners in Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach and Oceano who have yet to vote on a firefighting assessment measure can still do so, even as ballots are counted. The Five Cities Fire Authority is proposing a $66 fee on all... (Continue reading)

Is it time for a forensic audit of the South County sanitation district?

Written on 31 Mar, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

By KAREN VELIE Amid allegations of mismanagement, the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District’s former administrator stepped down, and less than a year later the plant is operating cleaner at less than 50 percent the cost, according to financial... (Continue reading)

Moriarty gets a new lawyer

Written on 24 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Al Moriarty, the Grover Beach man accused of running a $22 million Ponzi scheme, was appointed a new lawyer after his former lawyer had his law license suspended. Moriarty is accused of placing nearly $10 million of investor funds in... (Continue reading)

Compass Health $1.1 million class action settlement

Written on 18 Mar, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

Grover Beach based Compass Health agreed to pay a $1.1 million settlement in a class action lawsuit for multiple violations of California’s labor code, according to a March 5 agreement. In the suit filed last year by San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)