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SLO County waste management agency spent thousands on luxury items

Written on 17 Dec, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

By KAREN VELIE An agency created to help San Luis Obispo County government entities with recycling reporting requirements, has diverted funds from that mission to purchase luxury items for the benefit of staff and board members. [Cal Coast Times] Over... (Continue reading)

Gap to shut underperforming store in San Luis Obispo

Written on 15 Dec, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The Gap company is closing its clothing store in San Luis Obispo at the end of January along with hundreds of other underperforming stores. The Gap store in Santa Barbara is slated to remain open. During the third quarter of... (Continue reading)

Marshalls Jewelers in SLO to close after 129 years in business

Written on 13 Dec, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obispo’s oldest store celebrates its 130th and final Christmas with a liquidation sale before closing it doors. Founded in 1889 by Manuel Marshall, Marshalls Jewelers is SLO’s oldest continuously operating store. [Cal Coast Times] Jeff McKeegan, who started working... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo man convicted of manslaughter and elder abuse

Written on 12 Dec, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury convicted the owner of the Manse on Marsh of manslaughter and elderly dependent abuse on Tuesday over the 2014 death of a dementia patient who walked away from the assisted living facility and was struck... (Continue reading)

Manse on Marsh owner testifies in his manslaughter trial

Written on 5 Dec, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The owner of the Manse on Marsh, who is on trial for manslaughter, took the stand in his own defense and testified that he was not involved in the decision to admit into his care facility a dementia patient, who... (Continue reading)

Belsher, Petetit accused of bilking millions from investors

Written on 2 Dec, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 31 comments

By KAREN VELIE Multiple investors in projects by developers John Belsher and Ryan Petetit have filed lawsuits against the pair for allegedly bilking them out of money with promises of high interest on secured investments. [Cal Coast Times] Several investors... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo placing security cameras in city parks

Written on 1 Dec, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Surveillance cameras monitored by police departments have become an inescapable presence in many cities, and now the city of San Luis Obispo has approved placing the cameras in city parks. [Cal Coast Times] San Luis Obispo City Council members approved... (Continue reading)

Investigators close in on source of water pollution near SLO airport

Written on 30 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A few years after the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board discovered 12 wells near SLO County Regional Airport contained levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) that exceeded state limits, investigators appear to have discover the site, if not the source,... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo pot shop permits to cost nearly $100,000 a year

Written on 29 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The city of San Luis Obispo plans to charge brick and mortar marijuana stores nearly $100,000 a year for operating permits, and it wants locals players in the pot industry, rather than out-of-town businessmen, to run the city’s pot shops.... (Continue reading)

Driver crashes into CHP vehicle on side of Highway 101

Written on 28 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A driver slammed into a CHP vehicle that was parked in the center divider on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo Monday morning. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 11 a.m., CHP Officer Molinar, of the San Luis Obispo unit, was... (Continue reading)