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Employees fleeing San Luis Obispo

Written on 6 Nov, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 51 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The city of San Luis Obispo pays its workers about $100,000 a year on average and boasts a reputation as “the happiest city in America,” yet it struggles to retain employees, particularly high-ranking ones. Since January 2010,... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man wins constitutional rights lawsuit

Written on 4 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE A Morro Bay man won his lawsuit to have several “Joe McCarthy era” sections of the California Election Code declared  unconstitutional last week, according to a San Luis Obispo County Superior Court ruling. John Barta filed the... (Continue reading)

Dorm fire displaces 10 Cal Poly students

Written on 4 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A fire in a Cal Poly dormitory left 10 students without housing Sunday evening. [KSBY] Around 4 p.m. Sunday, a mattress in a Sequoia Hall bedroom caught on fire, forcing residents to evacuate the building. The mattress caught on fire... (Continue reading)

SLO coin store rammed with U-Haul

Written on 1 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Burglars rammed a San Luis Obispo coin shop with a U-Haul truck early Wednesday morning before looting the store. Around 5 a.m. Wednesday, San Luis Obispo police officers responded to the report of a burglary in process at California Coin... (Continue reading)

Fire burns SLO mobile home

Written on 30 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

An extension cord-induced fire burned a mobile home in San Luis Obispo Tuesday evening. The overloading of power strips inside a trailer on a property at the corner of Orcutt Road and Johnson Avenue caused the mobile home to catch... (Continue reading)

Phony audiologist pleads no contest

Written on 29 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A man who falsely claimed to be an audiologist pleaded no contest Monday to felony charges of grand theft and insurance fraud. [KSBY] Aaron Marquis, 46, faces up to a year in jail and five years probation. His wife and... (Continue reading)

Jealousy over a woman fueled Oceano fatal fight

Written on 27 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A fatal fight in Ocean last summer was prompted by jealousy over a woman who was dating the victim, according to court documents. [Tribune] On the night of June 21, Joseph Munoz encountered a man whose girlfriend he had been... (Continue reading)

Homeless man sues CAPSLO over bed bug infestation

Written on 24 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 35 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A homeless man filed suit Tuesday against two San Luis Obispo nonprofits for illnesses he suffered following a bed bug infestation at a homeless shelter the organizations own and operate. Bed bugs bit Jeff Stone during his... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly considering campus pub

Written on 24 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Cal Poly officials are asking students if they are in favor of changing the school’s dry designation as they consider adding an on-campus pub. [MustangNews] According to a Mustang News poll of 100 students, 76 percent were in favor of... (Continue reading)

SLO courthouse evacuated after fire alarms go off

Written on 23 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Fire alarms sounded at the San Luis Obispo courthouse Tuesday morning, prompting the evacuation of about 100 people. [Tribune] A burnt out air blower caused smoke that set off the fire alarms, according to the San Luis Obispo Fire Department.... (Continue reading)