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Get The Tribune headlines here

The Tribune newspaper of San Luis Obispo is a pretty crappy paper, but it’s all we’ve got here for daily news. Learn how to read it for free.

Check out the Keith Byrd Team SLO Real Estate Blog

There is an interesting blog on San Luis Obispo County real estate, put together by some local Realtors from Century 21 Hometown Realty. It’s the Keith Byrd Team San Luis Obispo Real Estate Blog

San Luis Obispo is Second Least Affordable Market under 500,000 People

According to the First Quarter 2008 National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) released last month, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is the second least affordable market among metro areas smaller than 500,000 people.

How to Opt Out of Charter’s Internet Spying Program

San Luis Obispo has been selected as a test market for a new Charter Communications advertiser program that will employ technology that tracks and keeps records of everything their internet customers do on the internet.

Craigslist Prostitution is Alive and Well in SLO, but so are the Busts

San Luis Obispo Prostitution advertisements on Craigslist are plentiful. But men, if you dare to answer them — and I don’t suggest you do — be aware of entrapment busts too.

The Silly, Silly Tribune on American Idol

The Tribune was out with its Bouquets and Brickbats, giving all of us a bouquet for “hanging in there” with American Idol this season. Poor Tribune, their favorite the Aussie is gone and they are all upset.

SLO Socialists and Marxists:
Here’s a hero of yours attacking Big Oil

One of the heroes of many Marxists and socialists in San Luis Obispo, the ever-moronic congresswoman Maxine Waters, is shown in this video attacking Big Oil.

Burglars Hitting Hikers’ Cars at Trailheads

A Heads Up to San Luis Obispo county hikers. Apparently, burglars are targeting the cars of hikers when they park them at trailheads.

Avila Lighthouse Suites: What the Hell is that Thing in the View?

As I walk along the boardwalk past the new Avila Lighthouse Suites hotel, I can’t help but think, What Were They Thinking! What is that tall wooden structure in the center, the thing that looks kind of like a fancy lifeguard tower? What the hell is it doing there?

Humans Starting to Stand Up to Elephant Seals

The untouchable, ever-growing Elephant Seal population at San Luis Obispo County’s seal rookery at Piedras Blancas is starting to anger locals.