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Old Mission School accused of concealing child abuse

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

By KAREN VELIE A former guidance counselor at Old Mission School in San Luis Obispo has accused administrators of concealing child abuse, retaliation against a whistleblower and wrongful termination in a lawsuit filed Monday. [Cal Coast Times] Jannelle Craig-Difronzo alleges... (Continue reading)

Police searching for driver who hit fire hydrant in SLO

Written on 2 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a driver who slammed into a fire hydrant Thursday morning and then fled the scene as the hydrant burst. [Cal Coast Times] At about 6 a.m., he driver hit a fire hydrant on... (Continue reading)

SLO police arrest alleged sexual assailant

Written on 2 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo police have arrested an Arroyo Grande man whom investigators say may have been responsible for both incidents last month in which a suspect broke into a home early in the morning and tried to sexually assault a... (Continue reading)

City of SLO cuts deal with Airbnb on tax collection

Written on 1 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Following the lead of the county, the city of San Luis Obispo has struck a deal with the popular online rental platform Airbnb on collecting transient occupancy tax and additional assessments imposed upon short-term home renters. [Cal Coast Times] The... (Continue reading)

SLO falls short on addressing climate change

Written on 31 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

OPINION by DAVID BRODIE and ALLAN COOPER Since San Luis Obispo’s City Council hired a sustainability coordinator and formed a Green Team, we have not seen the city initiate one new prescriptive or incentivized mitigation affecting the built environment that... (Continue reading)

Jessica Allred sentenced to state prison for fatal DUI crash

Written on 31 Jul, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A former San Luis Obispo resident was sentenced Monday to four years in state prison for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and two counts of DUI resulting in injury. Judge Craig van Rooyen gave Jessica Lea Allred the maximum sentence for... (Continue reading)

Poor planning is destroying SLO

Written on 28 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

Opinion by Ben DiFatta I was driving through San Luis Obispo at about 2 p.m.on a Thursday on my way to a doctor’s visit when I hit just about every red light making me almost late for my appointment. I... (Continue reading)

ACLU’s annual civil rights event in SLO

Written on 29 Mar, 2018 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

The San Luis Obispo Chapter of the ACLU is hosting its bi-annual general meeting on March 31 (this Saturday) at the San Luis Obispo Library’s Community Room located at the corner of Palm and Osos Street, an event in which... (Continue reading)

Protesters rally over torture death at the SLO County Jail

Written on 18 Mar, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

Dozens of protesters gathered Saturday afternoon outside the San Luis Obispo courthouse seeking the resignation of Sheriff Ian Parkinson and District Attorney Dan Dow. The rally follows the release of a video that confirmed earlier CalCoastNews reports regarding the death... (Continue reading)

Fire destroys commercial building in SLO

Written on 1 Mar, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A fire destroyed a commercial building in San Luis Obispo early Thursday morning. [Cal Coast Times] At about 3:30 a.m., a fire broke out in a building on Johnson Avenue and Southwood Drive. Firefighters arrived at the scene within four... (Continue reading)