Blakeslee’s bid for the governor’s office?
Sam Blakeslee said he was putting political aspirations aside and planned to work at a nonprofit focused on promoting common-sense solutions to big policy problems vexing Sacramento. [LATimes]...
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Author: Karen Velie
SLO homeless win big in ticketing battle
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo City Council agreed Thursday to dismiss all tickets given this year to homeless residents for sleeping in their vehicles. In April, attorneys Saro Rizzo and Stew...
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Paso Robles man allegedly kidnapped 12-year-old girl
Police arrested a 41-year-old Paso Robles man on Saturday for allegedly kidnapping and molesting a 12-year-old Saint Helena girl. The girl’s mother reported her daughter missing From Saint...
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OCSD misses election deadline
OPINION By JULIE TACKER In January 2011, five Oceano residents, concerned about the Oceano Community Services District Board’s consideration of selling water to local developers or other cities,...
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Children’s Traveling Closet grand opening, event photos
The Central Coast Children’s Resource Network unveiled its new traveling children’s closet on Aug. 3 in San Luis Obispo. The non-profit visits homeless shelters, boys and girls clubs and...
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Adam Hill’s chief aide departing
San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill’s administrative assistant Susan Devine is stepping down amid swirling allegations that the supervisor exploited government resources promoting his...
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Council schedules special meeting to discuss homeless litigation
San Luis Obispo City Council scheduled a special meeting for Thursday to discuss whether to approve a settlement agreement regarding litigation about the city’s treatment of its homeless...
Read MoreTempleton accident victims identified
Officials identified the two San Luis Obispo County residents who died in a two-car collision in Templeton on Saturday. Shirline Miller, 62, of Paso Robles was driving westbound on Highway 46 near Vineyard Drive at a high rate...
Read MoreMyers murder suspect was sodomized
One of the men awaiting trial for the brutal murder of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers said another defendant raped him before the murder, sources told CalCoastNews. Following the torture murder of Myers, Cody Miller, 20, of Fresno...
Read MoreBomb threat shuts down Santa Maria police station
A suspicious metal box left at the Santa Maria police station has resulted in the evacuation of buildings in the area and the shutting of streets around the department, Corporal Alfredo Ruiz said. Department staff requested...
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Setting the record strait – DANA responds
OPINION By ALAN and HELEN DAURIO We are the Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos (DANA) Board Co-Presidents. We are writing in response to the opinion column put forth by the Northern Chumash Tribal Council...
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Paso Robles man charged with murder and kidnapping
A Paso Robles man has been charged with two homicides and the kidnapping of his 16-year-old girlfriend Eunice Serrato. Deputies booked Juan Manuel Salazar into the Monterey County Jail for allegedly...
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Gasoline prices could escalate because of refinery fire
A fire that started Monday evening at the Chevron Corp.’s 250,000 barrel a day refinery in Richmond, California could result in a swift increase in gasoline prices in the western United...
Read MoreFormer Upland mayor sentenced for taking bribes
The former mayor of Upland was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for his conviction on a federal bribery charge stemming from a $5,000 payment he accepted in exchange for helping a business obtain a conditional use...
Read MoreOceano board members’ illicit raise under fire
By KAREN VELIE Oceano Community Services District Board members are slated Wednesday to revisit their approval of an illegal raise that they voted to give themselves in July. On July 11, board president Matt Guerrero called the...
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