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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)

Police searching for Hampton Inn burglary suspect

Written on 25 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed the Hampton Inn and Suites on Tuesday morning. Shortly after 4:30 a.m., the man walked to the second floor of the hotel and then back to the lobby.... (Continue reading)

Mission Prep bedeviled by lawsuit, Reagan trip sexual misconduct

Written on 23 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 35 comments

By KAREN VELIE Officials at Mission Prep in San Luis Obispo announced last week there will not be a junior varsity football team when the season begins next week, leaving many to question why. This fall, Mission Prep will be... (Continue reading)

Madonna planning senior retirement community

Written on 22 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

A San Luis Obispo based developer is planning to build a large-scale retirement community off of Los Osos Valley Road at a cost of approximately $500 million. [Pacific Coast Business Times] John Madonna, the son of late entrepreneur Alex Madonna,... (Continue reading)

SLO City takes citizens on a wild ride

Written on 18 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

By RICHARD SCHMIDT Usually I write about very serious San Luis Obispo City politics — water rates, tax elections, other boring stuff. Today, dear readers, we’ll talk about goofy little things our city people do, the warp and weft of... (Continue reading)

Man who forced girls into prostitution sentenced

Written on 18 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A 34-year-old man who forced two teenage girls into prostitution in Fresno and San Luis Obispo received a federal prison sentence of more than 12.5 years. Fresno resident Michael Anthony Andrade was one of two men who pleaded guilty to... (Continue reading)

Burglars clean out SLO sunglass store

Written on 15 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

An employee of the Sunglass Hut in San Luis Obispo arrived to work Saturday morning to discover the front door had been forced open and most of the inventory was gone. Video cameras captured four suspects breaking into the Higuera... (Continue reading)

Steve Gesell seeking work in North Dakota

Written on 14 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Former San Luis Obispo police chief Steve Gesell, who was recently forced out of the top cop job in SLO, is pursuing work in North Dakota. [Tribune] Gesell is one of 13 applicants for the position of Fargo police chief, a... (Continue reading)