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Adam Hill lobbies council members

Written on 19 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 44 comments

During a Grover Beach City Council meeting on Monday night, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill gave members of the council gold medallions shortly before they made their decision to remove Mayor Debbie Peterson from the county Air Pollution... (Continue reading)

Grandchildren of CCN publisher spend holidays in county hands

Written on 2 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 271 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN In the midst of a CalCoastNews investigation into alleged abuses of power by a county agency, three grandchildren of the news agency’s co-founder and publisher have been removed from their family and forced to... (Continue reading)

SLO County prosecutor running for district attorney

Written on 20 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

San Luis Obispo County prosecutor Dan Dow announced Tuesday that he is running for district attorney. [KSBY] Dow, who has been a deputy district attorney for the last six years, announced his bid for the office a day after District... (Continue reading)

Lowest rainfall in 143 years

Written on 27 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

Droopy trees, smelly lakes and wilted flowers blanket San Luis Obispo County as a result of the lowest rainfall experienced in 143 years. The county is slipping further into drought with 3.5 inches of rainfall between January and October marking... (Continue reading)

Pit bull bites three-year-old boy in the face

Written on 23 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

A pit bull attacked a three-year-old boy in Southern San Luis Obispo County Sunday night, sending him to the emergency room with severe injuries. [KSBY] Just before midnight, the three-year-old and his mother were visiting the home of family friend... (Continue reading)

Bank robber sentenced to three years

Written on 18 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A 32-year-old man who confessed to robbing two San Luis Obispo County banks was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday. Facing a maximum sentence of 10 years, on June 12, Steven Celaya went to the police department and... (Continue reading)

SLO County pays settlement in brutalization case

Written on 3 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

A Nipomo family allegedly brutalized by a sheriff’s deputy during a stop for a minor traffic violation in 2012 agreed to a $150,000 settlement from San Luis Obispo County. In July 2012, deputy Steven Hurl pulled behind Jesus Ruiz who... (Continue reading)

SLO County truancy rate second highest in state

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

San Luis Obispo County elementary schools had the second highest truancy rate in the state during the 2011-2012 school year, according to a report released Monday by California Attorney General Kamala Harris. More than 30 percent of San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

County investigating possible water ordinance violators

Written on 25 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

San Luis Obispo County code enforcement staffers are investigating a dozen reports of people violating a temporary water ordinance that prohibits the planting of new vineyards in the Paso Robles groundwater basin area under most circumstances. On Aug. 27, the... (Continue reading)

SLO County residents aided by settlement

Written on 24 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Nearly 700 San Luis Obispo County homeowners have benefited since Jan. 2012 from an $18 billion boost, part of a national mortgage settlement with major lenders, according to the state’s appointed monitor of the settlement program. That settlement totaled $25... (Continue reading)