Whooping cough is still slowly spreading in San Luis Obispo County, according to figures just released by the county health agency. As of Aug. 4, San Luis Obispo County’s whooping cough count has reached 276 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases. Eleven of those cases involve infants younger than 1 year old, two of whom were […]
ROBERT A. McDONALD
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Taxi company sues SLO County
Beach Cities Taxi is suing San Luis Obispo County for $500,000 in damages for canceling a permit that allows it to take customers to the San Luis Obispo County regional airport. The company alleges their permit was improperly terminated. The taxi company’s permit was pulled a year ago when, according to Richard Howell, general manager […]
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Suspected cockfighting ring busted; 123 fighting cocks likely to be euthanized
Who says there’s nothing to do in unincorporated Arroyo Grande on a Sunday morning? Police raided an alleged cockfighting tournament south of Arroyo Grande on the Nipomo Mesa on Jan. 31, sending more than 300 participants fleeing into the adjoining countryside. San Luis Obispo sheriff deputies, Arroyo Grande police, and California Highway Patrol officers moved […]
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The California exodus
County CEOs are retiring at an alarming rate�
Running a county seems like it would be one of the best jobs around. If you’re one of the lucky 58 Californians who have this job, you get to run vast chunks of the state, control millions of dollars, and operate a multitude of helpful government programs. You’re at the top of your profession and […]
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SLORTA gives up on $900,000 green dream and goes back to diesels
The hybrid vehicle movement had finally come to public transportation on the Central Coast. At least that’s the way it was advertised when the San Luis Obispo Regional Transportation Authority (SLORTA), the consortium that operates more than 40 buses on routes between San Simeon and Santa Maria, bought two hybrid-electric buses a few years ago […]
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Public to pay for power line mistakes
Customers’ money would cover fires caused by utility companiesCustomers’ money would cover fires caused by utility companies
As September came to an end, a portion of the hills surrounding Vandenberg Air Force Base ignited into flames and burned into October—for about six days—charring more than 600 acres. The blaze began, officials later announced, because of sparks from crossed power lines. Unlike past local fires, the Pine Canyon flare-up claimed no victims, […]