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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)

Mayor Jim Hill responds to allegations

Written on 31 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 23 comments

OPINION by ARROYO GRANDE MAYOR JIM HILL At Tuesday’s Arroyo Grande City Council meeting, Oceano residents and former South County Sanitation District directors Mary Lucey and Matt Guerrero alleged I acted inappropriately on the San District Board. By no coincidence,... (Continue reading)

Environmental group sues state over Price Canyon oil wells

Written on 6 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An environmental group says California regulators are negligent in protecting the state’s groundwater amid an historic drought and shouldn’t allow new oil and gas wells in Price Canyon without the proper environmental reviews, according to a lawsuit filed on Aug.... (Continue reading)

SLO County orders Justin Vineyards to stop removing oak trees

Written on 10 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

In preparation for planting grapes, workers removed hundreds of oak trees from a rural Paso Robles property managed by Justin Vineyards. After receiving numerous complaints from neighbors, county officials issued a stop-work order. [Tribune] The property, located at 750 Sleepy... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach in the top 10 for pollution

Written on 28 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Pismo Beach is ranked number 10 in the most polluted beaches in California, according to the annual Heal the Bay report. each year, Heal the Bay analysts take water samples from 456 California beaches and test for bacterial pollution. High... (Continue reading)

Templeton tap water turns brown

Written on 24 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The tap water turned brown in some Templeton homes Sunday evening. Community Service District officials say a firefighting exercise stirred up sediment at the bottom of a pipeline, causing the discoloration. Yet, that posed no health risk, according to the... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district hires full time administrator

Written on 12 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board voted last week to increase a 10-hour a week administrator position to 40 hours a week at a cost of $12,500 a month. For the past seven months, John Clemons served... (Continue reading)

SLO airport suspected of polluting wells

Written on 30 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Twelve wells near the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport contain levels of a chemical that exceed state limits. The chemical was previously used by the aircraft industry, and regulators suspect the airport property is the source of the pollution.... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district employee speaks out

Written on 6 Feb, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 43 comments

Opinion by Scott Mascolo I am the first of two people to be terminated by former administrator John Wallace from the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District for standing up for what we believed was the right thing to... (Continue reading)

Cancer causing chemicals found in Los Osos water

Written on 19 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Los Osos Community Services District officials sent a notice out this week warning residents that the levels of Hexavalent Chromium in the drinking water were found to be above the drinking water standard. Hexavalent Chromium is the same chemical found... (Continue reading)