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Pismo Beach Diagnostic Center accreditation revoked

Written on 2 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked Coastal Diagnostic Center in Pismo Beach’s accreditation and is asking women who had mammograms at the facility after February 24, 2013 to consider having their mammograms re-evaluated. After issues with several people who... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach plans to recycle wastewater

Written on 29 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

The Pismo Beach City Council voted unanimously on April 21 to begin pursuing a recycled water facility at the city’s wastewater treatment plant. City staff estimates that recycling wastewater could add as much as 950 acre feet to the city’s... (Continue reading)

5 reasons not to miss the best wine, surfing and film event ever

Written on 28 Apr, 2015 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

For the past five years, the Central Coast has been home to California’s preeminent wine and surfing event. With a Hollywood style movie premiere, a vintage car show, a surfing contest and a free concert on the beach, Wine, Waves... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach dispatchers shed their desk jobs

Written on 24 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Pismo Beach police dispatchers are now taking work in stride. [KEYT] Police Chief Jake Miller has given the okay to a plan to place a treadmill in the Pismo Beach police dispatch center. Dispatchers approached Miller with the request, citing... (Continue reading)

Man killed in Highway 101 crash

Written on 1 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A Santa Maria man was killed Wednesday after he drove his motorcycle into a car on Highway 101 near Spyglass Drive in Pismo Beach. At about 12:30 p.m., the man drove his three-wheel motorcycle into the back of a car... (Continue reading)

Deceased SLO County Jail inmate identified

Written on 25 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office identified the inmate who died Tuesday while in custody at the county jail as 33-year-old Sean Michael Alexander of Pismo Beach. He is the fifth man to die while incarcerated in the San... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach pays $1 million to reduce pension liability

Written on 22 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Pismo Beach City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a $1 million payment to reduce the city’s unfunded pension liability costs. Currently, the city has an unfunded pension liability of $13.6 million. This includes $6.3 million in the safety... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach police hit with racial discrimination suit

Written on 10 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Grover Beach resident Rayvell Snowden Jr. is suing the Pismo Beach Police Department in federal court, alleging officers racially discriminated against him in a 2012 burglary case. Officers arrested Snowden, a 44-year-old African-American man, following a burglary of about $12,000... (Continue reading)

Two charges dropped against Pismo Beach woman

Written on 6 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The San Luis Obispo County District attorney agreed to drop charges of resisting arrest and battery of a police officer against a Pismo Beach woman as part of a plea deal. Andrea Hansen, 32, agreed to plead guilty to public... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach reverses ban on pot delivery ban

Written on 4 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Two weeks after unanimously voting in favor of banning medical marijuana delivery services, The Pismo Beach City Council abandoned its plan to enact the ban. On Feb. 17, the council voted 5-0 in favor of the ban without debating the... (Continue reading)