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Authors Anonymous movie gets release date

Written on 21 Nov, 2013 in Discovered, Featured | 5 comments

The feature film comedy “Authors Anonymous,” written by Dave Congalton has been picked up for distribution and is scheduled for release next spring. [The Wrap] New York-based Screen Media Films and Starz Digital Media have partnered to acquire all North... (Continue reading)

Atheists sue Pismo Beach over city chaplain

Written on 5 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 95 comments

In connection with Atheists United San Luis Obispo, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes separation of church and state, sued Pismo Beach last week over its use of a city chaplain. [Tribune] The lawsuit, filed in... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach pays $1.5 million, litigants name more defendants

Written on 25 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 36 comments

Pismo Beach has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a woman who was struck by a vehicle and killed while crossing Shell Beach Road. In 2011, Tricia Rittger was walking across the street from a parking lot... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man pleads to sexual battery

Written on 24 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A man who pled guilty to sexual battery in the attempted rape of a Nipomo woman is slated to be sentence to 180 days in San Luis Obispo County Jail on Wednesday. Christobal Hernandez Lopez Sr., 65, a former Nipomo... (Continue reading)

How smart are you?

Written on 15 Oct, 2013 in Discovered, Featured | 18 comments

Are you Mensa smart? Mensa, the club for people with high IQs, is having its national testing date on Saturday Oct. 19. In San Luis Obispo County testing will be given at the SeaVenture Resort in Pismo Beach at 9 a.m.... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach breaks its own bed tax revenue record

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

For the third straight year, the city of Pismo Beach eclipsed more than $1 million in bed tax revenue in the month of July. The city raised a record-high $1,088,089 in transient occupancy tax (TOT) revenue in July 2013. It... (Continue reading)

Meth involved in fatal car accident

Written on 13 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The Los Osos man who died after he drove his car off a 200-foot cliff near the Best Western Shelter Cove Lodge in Pismo Beach last July was on meth, police said. Prior to the accident, several people called 911... (Continue reading)

23 arrested in Central Coast prostitution sting

Written on 7 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Officers from San Luis Obispo, Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande police departments arrested 23 people during a three-night prostitution sting. Police investigators placed advertisements on the internet for prostitution services to be conducted in local hotel rooms. Suspects then contacted... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach council staves off city election on Spanish Springs

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

The Pismo Beach City Council staved off a referendum election on the proposed Spanish Spring project by voting unanimously Tuesday to repeal general plan amendments it adopted in June. City Clerk Elaina Cano announced Tuesday that a petition circulated for... (Continue reading)

Man hit by train in Pismo Beach identified

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

Pismo Beach police have identified a 22-year-old man hit by a train Tuesday as Mark Manuele of Pismo Beach. Manuele suffered non-life threatening injuries from the collision and received treatment at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center. Police say he was... (Continue reading)