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Paso Robles water plan is just not working

Written on 31 Jan, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION By KAREN REED I was shocked when not much was said about the huge increases in water rates needed to fund the water system projects discussed at the Nov. 15 Paso Robles City Council meeting. After years of hard... (Continue reading)

Third person drowns at Lake Nacimiento

Written on 11 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 3 comments

A third person has drowned in Lake Nacimiento in 40 days. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Lucien Mackie Langenbeck was found in 8-feet of water in the Heritage Ranch area of the lake around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. The 42-year-old... (Continue reading)

Hiker missing near Lake Nacimiento

Written on 31 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies say they are searching for a 22-year-old man who went missing while hiking with friends near Lake Nacimiento on Saturday afternoon. [KSBY] Wearing red shorts and no shirt, the man was last seen heading... (Continue reading)

Deputy stun guns patient at Templeton emergency room

Written on 5 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

A San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputy used a stun gun on a 19-year-old intoxicated patient at the Twin Cities Community Hospital Emergency Room on Monday. [KCOY] Chad Gross, 19, of Camarillo was found unconscious at Lake Nacimiento and transported... (Continue reading)

Parolee sentenced in SLO County Sheriff deputy assault

Written on 5 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The Salinas parolee who ran his truck into a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $7,000 in restitution on Tuesday. Michael Youngblood, 26, pleaded no contest to a felony... (Continue reading)

Child drowns at Lake Nacimiento

Written on 3 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

UPDATE: Divers with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department found the body of a 4-year-old girl in about six feet of water at Lake Nacimiento on Sunday. Park rangers told deputies Araceli Garcia of Greenfield, Calif.,went missing shortly after... (Continue reading)

Pit bull attacks SLO County boy

Written on 2 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

A 4-year-old boy was badly bitten in the face by a neighbor’s pit bull after he tried to touch one of her puppies on Wednesday at Heritage Ranch in San Luis Obispo County. [Tribune] The boy’s nose was partially severed... (Continue reading)

Stop the rate increase

Written on 7 Apr, 2011 in Opinion | 20 comments

OPINION By John Borst, Ph.D. As many CalCoastNews readers may be aware, a Proposition 218 protest period has just ended in Paso Robles with the City Council deciding to go ahead with the water rate increase(s). That decision aside, I... (Continue reading)

Paso’s little water war has big implications

Written on 25 Sep, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 7 comments

A water war with historical precedent rages today in Paso Robles and has sparked a constitutional confrontation. The tsunami threatened by the conflict’s potential outcome has become a source of great concern for regional water planners. “Paso’s Withering Water War”... (Continue reading)

Boat sinks at Lake Nacimiento

Written on 6 Sep, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

A ski boat overloaded with 12 people sank shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at Lake Nacimiento. No one was injured. The boat was traveling at a speed of five miles per hour through the Las Tablas area when a... (Continue reading)