http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9498/arroyo-grande-hates-on-charterbashing-bill/ 05/17/2013: In a continued bid to transform Arroyo Grande into a charter city, the City Council sent a stern letter on May 14 to Gov. Jerry Brown and key members of the California Senate and Assembly. The letter ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/cover/9507/flash-in--the-barrel/ 05/15/2013: It's beer fest time, for better or for worse. In anticipation of every festival season, the travel and lifestyle media begin regurgitating features about the growth of the craft brewing industry. ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9509/some-whistled-along-as-classic-rock-piped-through-the-radio-/ 05/15/2013: The task of the day: digging a trench for a French drain separating the Santa Margarita Community Center's basketball and tennis courts from a hillside leading up to the Community Church, and filling ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9508/towers-of-power/ 05/15/2013: From about 300 feet in the air, the two workers strapped in atop a newly placed steel tower on a hilltop alongside Highway 101 looked completely at ease and unfazed by the fact that they were about ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9504/cougars-and-mustangs/ 05/15/2013: We are rapidly approaching the end of both Cuesta College and Cal Poly's spring sessions. Hope you're all doing the best you can to stay afloat! Don't let yourself get too distracted before it's too ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9503/youve-got-male-and-female-and-/ 05/15/2013: Who do you think you are?" #img7562 Nick Bilich asks the question from across a small table at Blackhorse Espresso in downtown SLO. He's not posing it in a "you suggested that we meet at a coffee ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9502/lawsuit-forces-nipomo-csds-financial-hand/ 05/15/2013: Perhaps everything was legit as far as the April-approved Nipomo water pipeline financing proposal was concerned, but when faced with a lawsuit, the Nipomo Community Services District decided to go ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9501/gocong-misses-out-on-a-comeback/ 05/15/2013: Former Cal Poly defensive standout Chris Gocong's attempted return to professional football lasted only three days. The 29-year-old linebacker appeared in Philadelphia on May 10 for the first day of ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9500/lawsuit-forces-nipomo-csds-financial-hand/ 05/15/2013: Perhaps everything was legit as far as the April-approved Nipomo water pipeline financing proposal was concerned, but when faced with a lawsuit, the Nipomo Community Services District decided to go ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9499/slo-county-objects-to-a-proposed-recording-tax/ 05/15/2013: The SLO County Board of Supervisors voted May 14 to oppose a bill in state Senate committee that would fund new low-income housing programs with a $75 tax on recording real estate instruments. County ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9497/double-the-drilling-proposed-in-price-canyon/ 05/15/2013: The owners of the oil field between Pismo Beach and Edna Valley want to add 350 new oil wells and ramp up full-capacity production by almost double—from 5,000 to 9,000 barrels per day. Though ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9496/deputies-make-an-arrest-at-topaz/ 05/15/2013: A subcontractor working at Topaz Solar Farm was arrested in late April after other employees reported seeing him with a firearm and a "bag of dope," according to sources from the Sheriff's Department ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500 http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/9495/moriarty-makes-slo-court-appearance/ 05/15/2013: The former Grover Beach financial consultant accused of pilfering some $22 million from his clients made his first two appearances in SLO County Superior Court. Al Moriarty, 80, was extradited from ... 2013-05-23T00:26:58-0500