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Oceano Dunes air quality committees disbanded

Written on 21 Feb, 2011 in Uncovered SLO | 33 comments

Under pressure to comply with open meeting law requirements, county and state officials have agreed to dissolve their agreement to examine and develop a plan to clean up air pollution in the Oceano Dunes, according to a press release from... (Continue reading)

Local agencies violate open meeting law

Written on 23 Jan, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 92 comments

Requests to allow public access to meetings of a local committee formed to examine the air quality at the Oceano dunes were primarily ignored until one of the states leading authorities on open meeting laws warned the committee that they... (Continue reading)

Accident at Oceano Dunes leaves teenage quarterback paralyzed

Written on 6 Sep, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 23 comments

The quarterback of Independence High School in Bakersfield was in a single ATV accident at the Oceano Dunes that has left him paralyzed from the chest down on Sunday at about 3 p.m. [KGET] Tyler Schilhabel, 16, was first taken... (Continue reading)

Battle over air quality and the dunes headed to the Board of Supervisors

Written on 28 Jul, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo County moves forward with plans to improve air quality on the Nipomo mesa by approving an agreement with the State Parks earlier today. [KSBY] The agreement creates a technical committee and a management oversight committee. Both are... (Continue reading)

County supervisors to pressure state over Dunes pollution

Written on 10 May, 2010 in Daily Briefs | One comment

County supervisors are expected to decide Tuesday whether to send a letter to the State Parks Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Division in an attempt to pressure state officials into getting more involved in the ongoing health debate about the Oceano Dunes... (Continue reading)

Sex offender rapes woman at the dunes

Written on 25 Mar, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 10 comments

A 28-year-old Fresno woman was allegedly raped by two transients behind Pier Liquor in Oceano on Saturday afternoon. While the woman waited for her family, a woman approached her and allegedly led her behind the store to the Oceano Dunes... (Continue reading)

Dunes air pollution debate continues this week

Written on 21 Mar, 2010 in Daily Briefs | One comment

The recent study by the Air Pollution Control District (APCD), linking poor air quality on the Nipomo Mesa to offroad vehicles in the Oceano Dunes, is on the agenda at several public meetings this week. The South County Advisory Council... (Continue reading)

Oceano Dunes air pollution study released

Written on 22 Feb, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 17 comments

The long-awaited study by the Air Pollution Control District (APCD) on the Oceano Dunes has finally been issued and the first public workshop is scheduled for next week. The report, released Monday, suggests that the high levels of dust being... (Continue reading)

Off-roader: CalCoast News is “Enviro-Nazi Press”

Written on 12 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 8 comments

A leading advocate for off-roading in the Oceano Dunes has called CalCoastNews “our local Enviro-Nazi Press” in a letter published on a national off-roading blog. [Off Road] Kevin P. Rice of San Luis Obispo wrote the letter in response to... (Continue reading)

Oceano Dunes Off-roaders: In their own words

Written on 9 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 3 comments

It is always interesting to see how our county is perceived by the outsider. Case in point: Those who flock from all over California to the Oceano Dunes where they partake in their mechanized mayhem. A correspondent for a publication... (Continue reading)