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Supervisors direct staff to craft Paso groundwater ordinance

Written on 7 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will consider adopting an emergency ordinance on August 27 that would restrict development and water usage in the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin. On Tuesday, the supervisors voted 4-0 to direct staff to... (Continue reading)

Water crisis dividing friends, neighbors

Written on 7 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 87 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Ken Currell gazed forlornly at vegetation surrounding the five-acre ranch he and his wife, Lynn, operate on the southeastern edge of Paso Robles, and responded to a visitor’s comments about the property’s beauty: “It was,” he said.... (Continue reading)

ASH drops deranged man in Paso Robles

Written on 6 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

A parolee deemed too dangerous for release because of mental illness was dropped at a bus stop in Paso Robles, the result of a clerical error that led to the death of a Santa Cruz woman. [LATimes] In May 2012,... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles seeking to combat prostitution

Written on 6 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Paso Robles City Council will look at a proposal on Tuesday to further regulate massage parlors in an attempt to combat prostitution. For years, residents have complained that several of the city’s massage parlors are fronts for organized prostitution. These... (Continue reading)

Two fires burn rural Paso Robles acreage

Written on 5 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Two fires burned acreage Sunday afternoon outside of Paso Robles. One fire burned about four acres of woodland oak near Nacimiento and another burned approximately three acres of small vegetation across from Still Water Vineyards. The Paso Robles Fire Department... (Continue reading)

Groundwater ordinance bubbling in controversy

Written on 4 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 54 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN County supervisors will take their first look Tuesday at a wide range of options for a controversial emergency ordinance aimed at curtailing demand on the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin. (See full staff report here.) “The discussion will... (Continue reading)

Three North County people sick from E. Coli

Written on 3 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials confirmed that three people in the North County have contracted E. coli in two days, causing two people to be hospitalized. [Tribune] E. coli is a dangerous bacterium that is potentially deadly to... (Continue reading)

Daring rescue in Paso Robles

Written on 2 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Paso Robles firefighters saved a teen trapped in a burning car on Thursday. At about 10 p.m., firefighters arrived at the intersection of South River and Charlois roads to find a vehicle on fire, multiple electric lines down on the... (Continue reading)

Seven arrested in Paso Robles heroin bust

Written on 30 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A month long Paso Robles police investigation ended on Saturday with the arrest of seven people and the seizure of $2,770 in cash and $1,000 worth of black tar heroin. While serving a warrant at a residence on the 100... (Continue reading)

SLO County orders Mid State Fair to turn in its turtles

Written on 26 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

The California Mid State Fair has been caught in the act — it possessed small turtles with the intent to distribute. The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department received notification this week that the carnival area of the Mid... (Continue reading)