YOUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR HANDS
Volume 13
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December 1 - 14, 2016
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Support The Food Bank Page 12
Local kids, Kimberly, Shea, Sarah and Claire were fundraising for their upcoming Destination Imagination competition at the 35th Annual Central Coast Craft Fair on “Black Friday” where many local vendors offered unique gifts. Photo by Camas Frank with more on page 46.
Know CPR? Page 45
Exciting Changes Coming to The Tolosa Press
Cities, School and County Reach Diablo Deal
By Neil Farrell
By Camas Frank
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.
tentative agreement announced on Nov. 28 may ease the tension over the planned closure of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in 2025. Six San Luis Obispo–area cities including the City of SLO, along with the County itself, and San Luis Coastal Unified School District (SLCUSD) have reached an agreement with PG&E for a significant increase over the $49.5 million originally proposed to defray the economic impacts of the plant closure. According to the County, which served as lead agency in negotiations, “under the first part of the agreement between PG&E, the County and SLCUSD, a $75 million Essential Services Mitigation Fund will be created to offset the potential negative impacts to essential services provided to the community by the SLCUSD and the County.”
See Changes, page 10
See Diablo Deal, page 49
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