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Raises pending for SLO council, manager and attorney

Written on 11 Apr, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Each member of the San Luis Obispo City Council, as well as the city manager and city attorney could receive pay raises in the coming weeks. This week the council is holding closed session meetings in which... (Continue reading)

SLO skateboard killer threatened to shoot, molest Jerry Brown

Written on 11 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

San Luis Obispo man Robert Holguin, who at 13 used a skateboard to beat an 87-year-old to death, needed just the approval of Governor Jerry Brown to regain his freedom. [KSBY] In March, the California Juvenile Parole Review Board found... (Continue reading)

Ten dead after bus owned by SLO company crashes

Written on 11 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A tour bus owned by a San Luis Obispo company crashed on Interstate 5 in Northern California Thursday evening, killing 10 people and hospitalized 35. [KSBY] The bus was carrying high school students from the Los Angeles area to Humboldt... (Continue reading)

Sexual assault attempted near Cal Poly apartments

Written on 10 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A man attempted to sexually assault a female Cal Poly student Tuesday night in an area outside student apartments. [KSBY] Around 10 p.m., the man grabbed the woman from behind, put his hand up her skirt and tried to pull... (Continue reading)

SLO to spend big on employee supervision

Written on 9 Apr, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 37 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The city of San Luis Obispo is planning a $250,000 rearrangement of city hall that would allow the city manager to more closely oversee the city clerk’s office. On Feb. 18, the city council approved a staff... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly ekes out series victory over Santa Barbara

Written on 6 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Cal Poly baseball is known nationally as a program that is very offensive. On Sunday, the team demonstrated that it could win a big game while relying on pitching. After Mustang hurlers surrendered 26 hits and 15... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly walks off with win over Santa Barbara

Written on 6 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN (Editor’s Note: Video of Cal Poly catcher Chris Hoo’s walk-off single is at the bottom of the story.) On a night in which UC Santa Barbara students partied, Cal Poly baseball fans and players celebrated. With one... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly drops game 1 to UCSB

Written on 5 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Cal Poly ace Matt Imhof entered Friday’s series opener against 17th-ranked UC Santa Barbara with a 1.05 ERA, a feature on him in Baseball America and talk of the junior lefty going in the first round of June’s Major League... (Continue reading)

SLO transit forks $1.5 million to CAPSLO homeless center site

Written on 3 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 43 comments

The San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority committed $1.5 million Wednesday to the purchase of a Prado Road property that the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo will use to open a homeless services center. [Tribune] SLORTA and CAPSLO... (Continue reading)

SLO sales tax renewal lacking needed support

Written on 2 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council majority must muster four votes in order to place a renewal of its half-cent sales tax on the November ballot. But, as of Tuesday night, only three council members support doing so. At a... (Continue reading)