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Los Osos GM overpaying herself, payroll shows

Written on 1 Oct, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 27 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN In less than two full years on the job, Los Osos Community Services District General Manager Kathy Kivley has overpaid herself by more than $4,000, the CSD payroll shows. A recent audit of the district found Kivley... (Continue reading)

Audit of Los Osos CSD finds errors and overpayments

Written on 28 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

At least two Los Osos Community Services District employees received unearned overtime pay, and the CSD used improper accounting practices, a recent audit has revealed. [Tribune] Last month, auditing firm Moss, Levy and Hartzheim completed an audit of the Los... (Continue reading)

Shots fired during Los Osos family feud

Written on 16 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of shots being fired in Los Osos Tuesday evening and found two individuals who had been engaged in a family dispute. At approximately 9:13 p.m., deputies headed to the 800... (Continue reading)

Former Tribune columnist Bill Morem dead at 63

Written on 15 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

William F. Morem, formerly a longtime reporter, editor and columnist for The San Luis Obispo Tribune, died at 63. [Tribune] Sheriff’s personnel found Morem dead inside his Los Osos home Monday. The U.S. Postal Service asked the sheriff’s office to... (Continue reading)

Dead perpetrator in Los Osos hatchet attack identified

Written on 7 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who attacked a woman with a hatchet and then committed suicide as Kelly Neal Turnpin, a 25-year-old Los Osos resident. On Friday evening, Turnpin attacked a 58-year-old woman with... (Continue reading)

Apparent suicide follows ax attack in Los Osos

Written on 5 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A man reportedly committed suicide after attacking a woman with an ax in a Los Osos home Wednesday evening. The man is believed to be in his 20s, and the woman is 58 years old, according to the San Luis... (Continue reading)

Los Osos scrambles to pass a budget

Written on 3 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER In order to comply with state law, on Tuesday the Los Osos Community Services District held a special meeting to adopt their final budget for 2015-16. They did so reluctantly, with the Vice President Marshall Ochylski... (Continue reading)

Fire sparks at Los Osos restaurant prior to opening

Written on 2 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A fire broke out inside the kitchen of a Los Osos restaurant that has yet to open. [KSBY] Cal Fire responded to the 2000 block of 10th Street shortly after 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Firefighters found two large cooking pots... (Continue reading)

Shark attacks surfer in Morro Bay

Written on 31 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A 54-year-old Los Osos woman survived a shark attack while surfing Saturday morning at Morro Strand State Beach. [Daily Mail] The shark bit off an approximately 14-inch-wide chunk of Elinor Dempsey’s surfboard. But, Dempsey escaped the attack uninjured. Dempsey initially... (Continue reading)

South County likely to get Diablo desal water

Written on 26 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors gave unanimous support Tuesday to a plan to pipe desalinated water from Diablo Canyon to South County homes. The board directed county staff to begin planning the construction of a seven-mile pipeline... (Continue reading)