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Los Osos needs new leadership

Written on 8 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON It has been 15 years since the formation of the Los Osos Community Service. In that period nearly $50 million dollars has been spent, wasted, fined or misdirected for nothing of value, this theft must stop.... (Continue reading)

Margay Edwards’ car found in the desert

Written on 5 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE The blue Hyundai Accent driven by Margay Edwards of Los Osos was discovered Friday afternoon about two and a half miles from where her body was found a week ago, her family said On Sept. 25, two... (Continue reading)

Investigation continues into Margay Edwards’ death

Written on 4 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Sheriff officials investigating the death of Los Osos resident Margay Edwards said she had been staying in a hotel in Las Vegas prior to her death. On Sept. 25, two men riding quads discovered Edwards’ decomposing body in the desert... (Continue reading)

Los Osos woman victim of suspected homicide

Written on 30 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By KAREN VELIE The body of a 27-year-old Los Osos woman was discovered in a Nevada desert on Thursday, she appears to be the victim of a homicide. Two men riding quads discovered the body of Margay Edwards in the... (Continue reading)

Water board lifts septic tank orders on 38 Los Osos homes

Written on 30 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Against the recommendation of its staff, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board has rescinded orders that required some Los Osos homeowners to spend thousands of dollars treating their septic tanks while waiting for the construction... (Continue reading)

Should Los Osos be managed by the county?

Written on 4 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON The Los Osos Community Services District (LOCSD) has proven to be a failed experiment. Formed in 1998 under the guise of obtaining “local control” the LOCSD has been whittled down to a shell of its former... (Continue reading)

Amid drought, why waste water

Written on 27 Aug, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

By TOM SALMON In the daily newspaper on Aug. 19, Lynette Tornatsky took issue with “Too little, too late”, my letter to the editor at the daily newspaper. Yes Lynette, the hydrogeology in Los Osos is such that some 300,000... (Continue reading)

Los Osos manager sidestepping duties

Written on 26 Jun, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The general manager of the Los Osos Community Services District has worked for the agency since last October but has only been sworn in to do so since earlier this month, a violation of the California Constitution.... (Continue reading)

Los Osos motorcyclist killed in Cayucos crash identified

Written on 21 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Officials have identified the man killed in a motorcycle crash in Cayucos on Wednesday as Kenneth Kirtley, 63, of Los Osos. Kirtley rear-ended a vehicle waiting to take a left turn near San Geronimo Road at about 11:50 a.m. California... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man killed in crash identified

Written on 20 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The 19-year-old victim of Wednesday’s deadly DUI accident was a recent San Luis Obispo High School graduate who lived in los Osos. Just after 5 p.m., Alexander Gonzales, 22, was driving in the wrong lane on South Bay Boulevard in... (Continue reading)