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SLO battling against room rentals

Written on 15 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 64 comments

San Luis Obispo city staff sent cease and desist letters to more than 50 home owners who list rooms in their homes for rent on Airbnb. Airbnb is a popular website where people go to rent rooms in 192 countries... (Continue reading)

Pearce splits from Dalidio project

Written on 14 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Problems of an unspecified nature between principals in the planned development of Dalidio Ranch caused Madonna Enterprises’ Clint Pearce to walk from the project, informed sources have told CalCoastNews. Pearce and developer Gary Grossman previously had announced plans for a... (Continue reading)

SLO seizes homeless property days after LA loses legal bid

Written on 12 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 41 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo calls the tents, bikes and personal belongings of homeless people “found property.” Workers for the company that gets $1,600 a day to seize and send the property to the landfill call it “homeless trash.”... (Continue reading)

Former SLO police officer sues city

Written on 8 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

A former San Luis Obispo police officer who was fired after he pled guilty to misdemeanor charges of bringing misbranded Mexican prescription drugs into the United States, filed suit against the city on July 31. [NewTimes] Former patrol officer Dan... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo man arrested for felony DUI

Written on 4 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A 25-year-old San Luis Obispo man suspected of being intoxicated ran a red light and plowed into a minivan that contained four minor children at about 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to San Luis Obispo police. Colton Porter failed to... (Continue reading)

Civil conspiracy trial against Cuesta and Stewart titles to be lived streamed

Written on 3 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Courtroom View Network (CVN) will be live streaming a civil trial in which hundreds of plaintiffs allege Stewart Title and Cuesta Title aided and abetted and/or conspired with Hurst Financial and former North County developer Kelly Gearhart in defrauding hundreds... (Continue reading)

More Renaissance Festival event photos

Written on 1 Aug, 2013 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

Royalty, knights and peasants drank grog and made merry at San Luis Obispo County’s most unique festival, the 29th annual Renaissance Festival (part 2 photos). If you would like to buy a high-resolution print of any of these photos, aside... (Continue reading)

Death of suspected SLO parking lot jumper ruled an accident

Written on 1 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Coroner’s Office has ruled the death of a man who witnesses said jumped off a downtown San Luis Obispo parking structure an accident. [Tribune] Brian Lawler, 26, fell to his death from the city parking... (Continue reading)

Missing San Luis Obispo man found

Written on 1 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An San Luis Obispo man with dementia, who was reported missing Wednesday, was discovered Thursday in Ventura County. At about 2 a.m., a Ventura County Deputy observed what he thought was a drunk driver on Highway 101. The deputy pulled... (Continue reading)

Felony DUI crash injures woman in SLO

Written on 31 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A 26-year-old man is accused of crashing his vehicle into two cars and seriously injuring a woman while driving under the influence Tuesday morning in San Luis Obispo. [KCOY] Ryan Carvalho crossed a double yellow line and plowed into two... (Continue reading)