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Family Ties director says she was never on board

Written on 16 Feb, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 90 comments

Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the nonprofits managing the program.) Family Ties, the local nonprofit charged with... (Continue reading)

Code violations displace 40 students in SLO

Written on 13 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Forty San Luis Obispo college students lost their housing Tuesday due to health and safety code violations discovered at Pine Creek condominiums at 1185 Foothill Blvd. After a resident called in a complaint that “the clothes in her closet were... (Continue reading)

Homeless money guardian unlicensed

Written on 13 Feb, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 62 comments

Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the third in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the nonprofits managing the program. See Cliff Anderson’s check stubs and several... (Continue reading)

SLO woman’s dog wins best of breed at Westminster

Written on 12 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A dog co-owned by a San Luis Obispo women won best of breed at the 2013 Westminster Dog Show. Champions Paragon Sharped Dressed Man At Greengate, a Brussels Griffon, is co-owned by Felicia Cashin of San Luis Obispo. Mary Gale... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student struggled to breathe at party before death

Written on 12 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Cal Poly student Brandon Huang died early Sunday morning on the way home from a large house party in San Luis Obispo, where he began struggling to breathe. [Tribune] Huang, who has just turned 20, stopped breathing around midnight Sunday... (Continue reading)

Fremont Theater to reopen on Valentine’s Day

Written on 12 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The historic Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo will reopen on Valentine’s Day after being closed for two weeks. The theater’s owners Rob Rossi and John King said they have signed a one year contract for the use of the... (Continue reading)

Blame Sally worships at the church of rock and roll

Written on 11 Feb, 2013 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

By COLIN JONES It’s not every day that you can see a rock and roll show in a San Luis Obispo church on a Friday night, is it? Well this is SLO town, not exactly a live music mecca with... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district calls special meeting for Wallace review

Written on 11 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Amid a $1.1 million fine levied against the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District due to mismanagement by the Wallace Group, the district board has set a special meeting for Monday to reevaluate its relationship with the district’s chief... (Continue reading)

Man defrauds two SLO banks with coin swapping scheme

Written on 8 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A 48-year-old man defrauded Santa Barbara Bank Trust and Bank of America in San Luis Obispo this week by claiming rolls of pennies contained dimes and exchanging them for cash. On Tuesday, Carl Bellenir entered the Santa Barbara Bank and... (Continue reading)

SLO Housing Authority bans tobacco

Written on 7 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo has banned tobacco inside all residences it leases. [Tribune] The Housing Authority implemented the new policy on January 1 to protect residents from health problems created by tobacco exposure. Tenants must now agree... (Continue reading)