An ordinance to ban plastic bags in grocery stores and retail stores larger than 10,000 square feet in San Luis Obispo County will be voted on at a public hearing today. If passed, all stores that fit inside the guidelines of the ordinance will be required to eliminate plastic bags before Oct. 1. This gives […]
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Police aim to curb train track trespassing
Students cross the Union Pacific Railroad train tracks parallel to California Boulevard going to and from Cal Poly on a daily basis, walking right by signs that state the area is private property, and trespassers are violating the law. According to students, though, seldom do police do anything about it. On Tuesday morning this changed. […]
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San Luis Obispo county requests extended state of emergency
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors declared an extended state of emergency on Tuesday because of flooding damage that occurred in Oceano Dec. 19. A rainstorm during that week brought 7.1 inches of rain to Oceano and caused hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage water from South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation […]
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Rain, rain go away: Storms cause state of emergency in SLO county
San Luis Obispo County announced a local emergency on Dec. 18 due to extreme weather damages which occurred during the rainstorms throughout the area.
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There’s a new sheriff in town
Ian Parkinson won the November 2 election over former Pismo Beach police chief Joe Cortez with nearly 55 percent of the vote, according to the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder’s website.
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Mental health campaign launched in SLO
A documentary aimed at changing the perception of mental illnesses in San Luis Obispo County was released Feb. 4 at the Supervisor’s Chambers at the County Government Center.
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The number of homeless rises in San Luis Obispo County
According to the 2009 Homeless Enumeration Report performed by the Homeless Services Coordinating Council (HSCC), on any given day in San Luis Obispo county 3,829 people are homeless. The homeless shelters are brimming with newcomers while county officials work together to build a new homeless campus in hopes to solve this increase of roughly 1,500 homeless people since the 2006 count of 2,408.
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SLO bear hunt decision postponed
Wildlife advocates in San Luis Obispo celebrated yesterday after learning that black bears would not be hunted in the county—at least this year. The Fish and Game Commission unanimously decided to postpone any changes to the state’s bear hunting regulations.