Big Laugh Comedy Show, event photos
Those in the know consider the Big Laugh Comedy to be one of local entertainments best kept secrets. The shows producer and local comedian Lizette Mizelle brought a group of outrageous and fabulous...
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Chuck and Annie reunited
Annie the dog, whose plight ignited a community-wide debate, was returned to her original owner Chuck Hoage of Nipomo on Monday. A statement released Monday afternoon by Dr. Eric Anderson, head of...
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Double-decker bus controversy arrives in San Luis Obispo
Updated Aug. 31. to include the price of the bus and statements by Tim Bochum, deputy director of public works.
Amid budget cuts and plans to raise the cost of bus service for the elderly and disabled, San Luis Obispo city officials announced a ribbon cutting ceremony to promote the addition of a new double-decker bus the city purchased for $850,000.
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Undersheriff Steve Bolts plans to step down
San Luis Obispo County Undersheriff Steve Bolts announced Friday he plans to leave the department next month in an email memo to select sheriff employees.
In June, Atascadero Police arrested Bolts for suspicion of drunk driving. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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Zorro’s Cantina fundraiser for Kinsley Wong
When it comes to charitable acts for a neighbor, Zorro’s Café and Cantina in Pismo Beach went all on Friday. The restaurant owners donated a portion of every meal sold to benefit their neighbor...
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$133 million jackpot winning ticket purchased in Morro Bay
The unknown winner of last night’s $133 million California lotto jackpot purchased the winning ticket at Bottle Liquor on Main Street in Morro Bay. [KSBY] The sole winner has not yet laid claim to...
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Fire Chief John Callahan’s memorial service, photos
Almost a thousand people paid their respects to San Luis Obispo Fire Chief John Callahan at his memorial service Friday morning. The chief’s casket was transported in a horse-drawn 1906 Seagrave...
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Spotlight: What’s happening this weekend
By LETICIA RODRIGUEZ Continue to embrace the great weather the Central Coast has been experiencing this weekend by heading out to see some great music acts and a few sporting events. So slather on...
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A California judge ruled that California State University at Stanislaus’ refusal to disclose the amount it paid Sarah Palin for a speech violated the California’s Public Record Act. [CourthouseNews] CSU Stanislaus paid Palin...
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This week’s dumbest criminal
This week’s dumbest criminal award goes to a couple of thieves who left their clothes and a sex video of themselves at a home they allegedly burglarized in Elma, Wash. on Monday. [Seattlepi] The...
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California law seeking to ‘cure’ gays under scrutiny
Legislation to eliminate a 60-year-old law requiring the state to ‘cure” gays and lesbians has been sent to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. [MercuryNews] The long-ignored provision in the Welfare and...
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Homeless ordered to vacate Sunny Acres
A San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge denied Dan de Vaul’s request to reconsider his previous ruling that the homeless have to vacate Sunny Acres because the buildings and facilities on the...
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Solar energy plant granted approval
California regulators gave final approval for construction of the first large-scale solar energy plant to be approved in two decades. [NewYorkTimes] After more than two-years of environmental...
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Students mourn loss of 3rd-grader as details emerge about driver in deadly big-rig crash
Just a few yards from the door third-grader Jaciel Tellez passed through on the first day of school Monday, Franklin School Principal Casie Killgore briefed the media Wednesday on how the campus is handling the news of his death. [Noozhawk]
Eight-year-old Jaciel died Tuesday morning, along with his parents — Leon Leonel, 23, and Lorena Guadalupe-Tellez Pacheco, whose age was unknown — when a big-rig truck plowed into their house at 4119 State St., near the Hope Ranch Inn.
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Opponents battle over Prado Road extension
The fight over the proposed extension of Prado Road that would connect South Higuera Street to Broad Street on the south end of San Luis Obispo, which will be on the Nov. 2 general election ballot, is heating up.
The proposal, Measure H on the San Luis Obispo city ballot, would halt the extension project to connect Prado Road with south Broad Street.
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