Mom and Medi-Cal
By GORDON MULLIN (Editor’s note: This is the first edition of a column by San Luis Obispo financial planner Gordon Mullin called A Penny Saved) $95,136.88 That’s the sum that my deceased...
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Author: jfriedman
SLO APCD board approves annual fees on state parks
The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) board approved nearly $50,000 of annual fees Thursday to be levied upon the California Department of Parks and Recreation as part of a controversial effort to...
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Paso Robles gas station robber caught in Santa Maria
Santa Maria police arrested a man Thursday who is accused of robbing a Paso Robles gas station on Monday. Following the robbery of the Shell gas station on 24th Street on Monday, Paso Robles police...
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Resilient Communities and our Supervisors
OPINION By TOM DAWSON On June 21, 2013, the Central Coast Resilient Communities Symposium was held in Santa Barbara. Local officials, key government staff and selected business and non-profit...
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California county pursuing secession from the state
The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to pursue secession from the state of California. [Huffington Post] To the pleasure of a crowd of more than 100 people fed up with California’s...
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Pismo Beach council staves off city election on Spanish Springs
The Pismo Beach City Council staved off a referendum election on the proposed Spanish Spring project by voting unanimously Tuesday to repeal general plan amendments it adopted in June. City Clerk...
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Share SLO social ambassador fired
The Rosetta Marketing Group has fired San Luis Obispo’s first social media ambassador, Bentley Murdock. [KSBY] Rosetta hired Murdock six months ago to promote San Luis Obispo by attending events and...
Read MoreBed bugs back again at SLO homeless shelter
Bed bugs have again returned to the Maxine Lewis Memorial Homeless Shelter, forcing the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) to close part of the facility. A dog trained to sniff bed bugs found an adult bug...
Read MoreSanta Barbara police officer shoots suspect
A Santa Barbara police officer shot and killed a man wielding a six-inch knife Sunday night. [Independent] The man holding the knife approached the police officer around 11:30 p.m. Sunday near the corner of Victoria and De La...
Read MoreCAPSLO in line to receive homeless parking monopoly
BY KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council is slated to vote Tuesday on an ordinance that will require private property owners who allow homeless individuals to sleep in their vehicles overnight to bring...
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Appellate court upholds California foie gras ban
A federal appellate court upheld California’s ban on the sale of foie gras last week. [LA Times] Foie gras is fatty liver produced by the force-feeding of birds, typically ducks or geese. California...
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California’s oldest resident dies at 114
The oldest person in California and the fifth oldest person in the world died last week at the age of 114. [Union Tribune] Soledad Mexia died August 29 in a Chula Vista Care facility, 17 days after...
Read MoreMan hit by train in Pismo Beach identified
Pismo Beach police have identified a 22-year-old man hit by a train Tuesday as Mark Manuele of Pismo Beach. Manuele suffered non-life threatening injuries from the collision and received treatment at Sierra Vista Regional...
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Trio of gang members arrested for Paso Robles crime spree
Paso Robles police detectives arrested three believed gang members for a series of crimes between the evenings of August 22 and August 24. During that span, victims reported three incidents which...
Read MoreCentral Coast Bandit pleads not guilty
A 50-year-old Watsonville woman suspected to be the Central Coast Bandit pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all of the charges she faces, despite telling KSBY that she was indeed the bank robber. [KSBY] Cristina Fernandez Padilla...
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