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Aircraft makes emergency landing at SLO County Airport

Written on 21 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

An airplane carrying 30 passengers made an emergency landing at the San Luis Obispo County Airport on Sunday evening, Cal Fire said on Twitter. Shortly after 5 p.m., emergency units were staged at the airport because passengers on the plane... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo residents facing tax fatigue

Written on 18 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 34 comments

OPINION By SLO COUNCILMAN DAN CARPENTER On Nov. 4, San Luis Obispo voters will be voting on three local tax/bond measures. A new ½ percent city sales tax (Measure G), a $177 million San Luis Coastal Unified School District bond,... (Continue reading)

SLO issuing $8.3 million highway interchange bond

Written on 18 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

The city of San Luis Obispo will issue $8.3 million in lease revenue bonds to secure the final funding needed to widen a busy interchange at the edge of town. Plans have been in the works for more than a... (Continue reading)

Al Moriarty sentenced to 5 years

Written on 18 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A San Luis Obispo judge sentenced Grover Beach financier Al Moriarty to a five-year county jail sentence Thursday, but the convicted felon will likely have to remain behind bars for just a little more than a year. [KSBY] Last month,... (Continue reading)

SLO to issue back-to-school fines to rowdy students

Written on 12 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

As Cal Poly students return to campus, San Luis Obispo police will be patrolling neighborhoods looking for candidates for hefty fines. Beginning Sunday at midnight and continuing over a two-week span, fines will double for violations of the San Luis... (Continue reading)

Animal lovers storm courtroom in steer burning case

Written on 12 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A swarm of animal rights activists gathered in a San Luis Obispo courtroom Thursday to call for the conviction and maximum punishment of a man accused of setting a steer on fire last year in Paso Robles. [KSBY] On October... (Continue reading)

SLO’s Measure G deserves a yes

Written on 11 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 64 comments

OPINION By CLINT PEARCE, ANDREA PEASE and PIERRE RADEMAKER As the co-chairs of SLO Citizens for Measure G, we firmly believe that Measure G will benefit all San Luis Obispo residents and therefore deserves the community’s support. As a reminder,... (Continue reading)

Attempted murder suspect met victim online

Written on 11 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A San Luis Obispo man who allegedly assaulted a 27-year-old woman he met on a social media site, is now also charged with attempted murder. After meeting online, Timothy Hayes, 33, and his victim dated for two days before he... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo man arrested for kidnap and torture

Written on 9 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A San Luis Obispo man allegedly bound a 27-year-old woman with tape then assaulted her with a knife, scissors, a pool que, and burned her with kitchen utensils Monday evening. At approximately 11:30 pm, San Luis Obispo Police Officers responded... (Continue reading)

SLO driver botches parking job on Higuera

Written on 4 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

In what is likely the worst parallel-parking job of the year in downtown San Luis Obispo, on Wednesday afternoon a woman wedged her car between a tree and a clothing store on Higuera Street. [KSBY] San Luis Obispo police say... (Continue reading)