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SLO workers, committee battle over crooked tree

Written on 30 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

City workers say a downtown San Luis Obispo tree should be cut down because it is damaging the sidewalk and creating safety and drainage issues, but an often-ignored city committee insists that the tree must stay. [KSBY] San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

A reckoning for Councilman John Ashbaugh

Written on 29 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 38 comments

By KAREN VELIE In the aftermath of San Luis Obispo Councilman John Ashbaugh’s public tirade that included violating open meeting laws, San Luis Obispo City staff announced plans to discuss the violations at the Nov. 10 council meeting. Following months... (Continue reading)

Letter to the editor: SLO’s unfair permitting process

Written on 28 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION By ALLAN COOPER When San Luis Obispo City staff denied, in January, a bar/tavern use permit at 1060 Osos Street, their rationale was as follows: “A new bar/tavern, the 64th license downtown…compounds the state of over concentration and thwarts... (Continue reading)

Man stabbed at SLO Burger King

Written on 27 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A 55-year-old San Luis Obispo man stabbed another man in the torso early Sunday morning at the Burger King at the corner of Madonna and Los Osos Valley roads. Shortly after 7 a.m., an argument between James Angelico, 55, escalated... (Continue reading)

Three city sting nets 37 johns and prostitutes

Written on 25 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Police officers from Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo conducted a three day joint sting on prostitution this week that resulted in the arrests of 37 johns and prostitutes. Both male and female undercover officers were used in... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man jailed for assault on a stranger

Written on 24 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

With one punch early Friday morning, a 21-year-old Atascadero man broke another 21-year-old’s jaw and eye socket in downtown San Luis Obispo. Atascadero resident Joshua Bradshaw was walking with friends near Monterey and Chorro streets around 1 a.m. Friday, when... (Continue reading)

Thanks to Carpenter and Smith for protecting SLO

Written on 23 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 17 comments

OPINION By RICHARD SCHMIDT The following letter was sent to the San Luis Obispo City Council regarding their “failure,” as the Tribune put it, to approve general plan provisions that would allow high density housing beneath the flight path into... (Continue reading)

Friends perform CPR, help save man in SLO

Written on 22 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A man collapsed and stopped breathing in San Luis Obispo Monday afternoon, but friends of the victim performed CPR and helped resuscitate him. The victim, who is unidentified due to HIPAA rules, collapsed while walking with family friends in the... (Continue reading)

SLO council minority halts progress of Grossman development

Written on 22 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council majority failed to muster enough votes Tuesday night to further several large housing projects, including one belonging to a politically connected developer. The city’s general plan update calls for high-density residential... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo’s Laguna Lake needs dredging

Written on 21 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 17 comments

OPINION By JIM FOLEY The Laguna Lake Natural Reserve Conservation Plan is long and complicated and the dredging permit process itself is also long and complicated. According to the city biologist there may be agencies that don’t even want us... (Continue reading)