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YOUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR HANDS
December 1 - 14, 2016
Yo u r B a y N e w s . c o m
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And they’re OFF! Hundreds of athletes of all ages took part in the recent Morro Bay Triathlon. Race results and more photos on Page 47. Photo by Neil Farrell
Statue Dedication Dec. 3 Page 3
Dinner And A Movie Page 44
Demolition Dust-up Dec. 6
Exciting Changes For The Tolosa Press
By Neil Farrell
By Neil Farrell
ec. 6 is the anticipated showdown between Fresno-area developers and a spunky group of Morro Bay residents over plans to demolish a former Navy jet fuel tank farm in North Morro Bay. That’s when the City Planning Commission is expected to again hear the application to demolish three steel tanks — two 5.5 million gallon fuel tanks and one 110,000-gallon firewater tank — from the approximately 10-acre property at 3300 Panorama Dr., in North Morro Bay. The former, “Estero Bay Defense Fuel Support Point,” facility was built by the Navy in the early 1960s, according to a background report from the City. It includes a 16-inch diameter underground loading line that stretches from the tank farm near the top of the hill down to the beach. Previously, there was also an underground loading line that stretched a half-mile offshore.
xciting changes are happening to help bring “Your Hometown Community Newspapers” further into the 21st Century. Tolosa Press Publisher, Bret Colhouer, is excited, as he and his partners — Dave Diaz and wife, Lani — make a bold move to change up their business model. Colhouer explained that what has for the past couple of years been three companies — Tolosa Press, Simply Clear Marketing, and 805 Loyal — under one roof, are being merged into one — Simply Clear Marketing & Media. Tolosa Press, which publishes three, bi-weekly newspapers — The Coast News, The SLO City News and The Bay News — and four magazines — Reveal, 101 Ways to Play, Inspired Health, and Living Lavishly — will no longer exist as an independent entity.
See Demolition, page 45
See Changes, page 46
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