SLO LIFE Feb/Mar 2018

| BRIEFS
“Her name is Joan.”
The Central Coast Aquarium announced
that it had a new, temporary, eight-armed
resident: Joan, a giant Pacific octopus with
approximately 2,000 suction cups, which
was accidentally caught by a fisherman and
will be released back to the ocean after its
rehabilitation.
100%
Hearst Castle announced that
its Visitor Center was becoming
completely sun-powered with the
addition of a solar shade structure over
its parking lot. With 1,812 solar units,
their cost per kwh will drop from 15 to
20 cents to a flat 11 cents per kwh.
“…I believe that
real journalists
can make a
difference.”
Sandra Duerr, in her goodbye letter to
readers, after serving as the San Luis Obispo
Tribune’s editor for the past 19 years.
“There is so much bad
blood—too much. Too
much mistrust, and
quite frankly, even raw
hatred on this board.”
Adam Hill expressed at a recent County
Board of Supervisors meeting, where Hill,
who represents District 3, was passed over
once again for the chairmanship role. John
Peschong, by a 3-2 vote, with Hill and
Bruce Gibson opposed, was once again
elected chairman. A week later, Peschong
announced that the Board would be
holding fewer public meetings by half, two
per month instead of four.
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65,607
The number of applications Cal Poly
received for attendance beginning next fall,
setting a new record for the university.
“…there is no
other applicable
charge as
manslaughter
does not apply
as it requires
additional
elements that
there is not
evidence to
support.”
Dan Dow, District Attorney of San Luis
Obispo County, on his personal Facebook
page commenting on the Grover Beach
dog mauling case which resulted in the
death of David Fear, who was protecting
his neighbor, Betty Long. The defendant,
who is the dog owner and a former Grover
Beach police officer, is now arguing that
the DA should be removed from the case
based on his social media musings.
$8,000,000
The amount of revenue that San Luis
Coastal Unified School District will lose
annually when the Diablo Canyon nuclear
power plant closes in 2025.
#BISHOPMELON
The intrepid bandit strikes again
confounding city officials who discovered
the watermelon slice-shaped rock, which
had been stripped and cleaned previously
by four park rangers, to be painted once
again. Now considered Public Enemy #1
by the City of San Luis Obispo, hikers on
the Bishop Peak Trail are urged to exhibit
extreme caution in guarding against the clear
and present possibility of whimsy and flights
of fancy during their walks.
$1.4 million
The amount of tax revenue that County
Auditor-Controller Jim Erb expects to collect
from cannabis sales during the first year of the
program. He explained further that the size of
the market was still unknown, but estimated
that it had the potential to reach as much as
$28 million annually.
“Deport Nazis,
not Dreamers.”
A sign spotted at the “Voices of
Resistance Rally” organized by the
Women’s March San Luis Obispo, where
thousands of local protesters showed up
at Mission Plaza to demonstrate their
opposition to the Trump Administration.
4:23 a.m.
The time that Liz Anderson was awakened
one December morning at her Perfumo
Creek Estates home in San Luis Obispo
by two mountain lions “pouncing at the
door with full force,” which her video
surveillance camera caught on tape. SLO LIFE