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Cal Poly begins construction on controversial dorm

Written on 22 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Cal Poly is expected to break ground this week on a $198 million dormitory that will border a residential neighborhood. The planned dormitory will contain 1,475 beds. It will be built on a lot at the corner of Slack Street... (Continue reading)

Mortar round found in SLO dumpster

Written on 21 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The bomb squad came out to a San Luis Obispo shopping center Monday morning and found a mortar round in a dumpster behind Starbucks. [KSBY] Shortly after 6 a.m., the trash company reported a suspicious device to the San Luis... (Continue reading)

Former Cal Poly player gets year in jail for robbery plan

Written on 17 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A former Cal Poly football player will receive a one-year jail sentence for his role in the alleged robbery of a San Luis Obispo fraternity house. [Tribune] Dominique Love, 20, is the third former Cal Poly player to plead to... (Continue reading)

Female college student attacked in SLO

Written on 17 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A man whom police have yet to identify jumped out of bushes and attacked a female college student as she was walking home early Wednesday morning. After receiving a report of the assault, San Luis Obispo police responded to the... (Continue reading)

SLO Council approves Pemberton brothers’ project

Written on 16 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Twin brothers Jeremy and Joshua Pemberton have gained permission to open a combination bowling alley, restaurant and concert venue in downtown San Luis Obispo, following a city council ruling Tuesday evening. The Pembertons are planning to develop a 24,500 square-foot... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man accused of brutally attacking stranger

Written on 12 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a 25-year-old Atascadero man for the brutal assault of a 20-year-old woman police found covered in blood Friday morning. Shortly before 7 a.m., the victim was leaving her apartment when she was allegedly confronted by... (Continue reading)

Fire sparks in SLO yard with possible homeless camp

Written on 11 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The San Luis Obispo Fire Department in investigating a fire that broke out in the yard of an abandoned house where a homeless camp may have been erected. [KSBY] The fire stated just after 12:45 p.m. Thursday in the front... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police officer arrested for DUI

Written on 10 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 74 comments

A California Highway Patrol officer arrested a San Luis Obispo police officer Wednesday morning for driving under the influence and then released him without booking him into the county jail. At 2:22 a.m., a CHP officer discovered Travis Morris, 32,... (Continue reading)

Another SLO finance boss departing

Written on 28 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Wayne Padilla, director of finance and information technology for the city of San Luis Obispo, has resigned his post. Padilla told CalCoastNews Friday he will be leaving Sept. 15 to take a job in Fresno in the private sector. Padilla... (Continue reading)

Susan said, Cliff said

Written on 27 Aug, 2015 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Accomplished novelist Susan Branch’s latest work, a memoir very thinly disguised as fiction, provides readers a rare look under the covers and into the marriage and divorce of one of San Luis Obispo’s former prominent couples. Though... (Continue reading)