The Tribune from San Luis Obispo, California • 14

San Luis Obispo County (Calif) TELEGRAM-TRIBUNE B-4 Wednesday December 7 1994 SLO County Cambria project excluded from CSD rule KSBY A group of Cambria citizens called Friends of the Ranchland said that the project would cause too much development too quickly unless supervisors included it in the district Supervisor Bud Laurent who represents the North Coast said he had serious misgivings about the ranch prqject but support changing the rules midstream The rules now include the ranch in the overall growth rate because the project is outside the district's eventual service boundary The county has not reached the growth rate limit since the law was created in 1989 just when the state's economy drooped For 1995 the proposed county growth rate would be 23 percent or 848 building permits So for in 1994 only 421 permits were issued Cambria is entitled to 79 of the overall permits but has a huge waiting list for water from the services district Ranch representatives said placing them at the end of the 1000 people on the waiting list would kill the prqject end plans of providing a school site and get the county sued The 400-acre ranch which stretches between Lodge Hill and Park Hill from the ocean through the center of town plans about 250 homes on the west side and a retirement community for seniors needing special health care The ranch representatives also wanted the elderly health care project exempted from the countywide growth control count -The supervisors wanted more information before deciding to grant an exemption and told their staff to report bade with a countywide examination of the issue One puzzling part of the changes said Brody is that KSBY is such a successful station Its newscasts consistently beat the competition KCOY in Santa Maria and KEYT in Santa Barbara in the market area from Carpinteria to San Miguel In the 6 pm slot KSBY news takes a 20 percent share of the audience compared with 13 percent for KEYT and 12 percent for KCOY Former employees say the dominance is not due just to the quality of the news broadcasts but to the fiizzy feelings" people like Massey Martel and meteorologist Sharon Graves hare developed with viewers over the rears One former employee said he go anywhere without being asked about Graves' recent pregnancy That shows how viewers build a sense of friendship with the people who bring the news into their living rooms you lose he said it will erode your position" Brody said that for outsiders to come in and assume they know what's best for viewers is a mistake He also noted that Pianim has a background in finance not journalism it will affect the journalistic quality of KSBY I don't know" Pianim said any turnover the station has had is normal for a small-market station particularly in San Luis Obispo where the wages are low and the cost of living is high He also emphasized that he knows the station has a loyal audience and won't make any drastic changes that the viewers will notice" he said viewers notice generally Ten apply for Cambria school board East-West Ranch owners won't have to wait on water list By Jerry Bunin Telegram-Tribune SAN LUIS OBISPO Tiny Cambria dominated a long hearing Tuesday on the countywide growth rate and resource management plan The supervisors ultimately rejected a proposal to include the controversial East-West Ranch project in the Cambria Community Service District's water service allocation plan Cambria school district officials supported the action because the ranch project includes a school site which would help relieve extreme overcrowding Cuesta plans groundbreaking SAN LUIS OBISPO Cuesta College planned to break ground today on a new $13 million classroom building Hie 8200-square-foot Allied Health Facility will house nursing and human development programs It includes classrooms and laboratories The $13 million comes from state bonds passed for community colleges in 1992-93 The state approved Cues-ta's budding plans and funding in March General contractor on the prqject will be JW Design and Construction Inc of San Luis Obispo A groundbreaking ceremony is planned at 4 pm today before the Board of Trustees meeting p- COUPON 1 Spiral or Regular Perms 1 I 50 OFF I EXPIRES 123194 San Luis Beauty College 12330 Los Osoi Valley Rd (In The bar Vattoy Cantai1) 543-3305 L(Suptiid Sludanl WwVCtauM Forming) I COUPON CAMBRIA Ten people have applied to fill three vacant seats on the Cambria Union Elementary School District board The seats were open in the Novem-' her elections but no one ran for them The district will hold a special meeting at 5 pm Friday in the Coast Union High School library to interview all 10 candidates and then vote to pick a new one Since there are only two incumbents left on the Cambria board county Board of Education trustee Paul Madonna was appointed as a temporary Cambria board member to help select the first new Cambria trustee Madonna will help make the first selection and then step down and the three-member board big enough to have a legal quorum will then choose two new trustees to fill out the board Applying for the three seats on the Continued from B-l Libby's idea as But Libby said he was fired According to his agreement with KSBY he could not say why he was fired only that it did happen In just the past month nearly a dozen people hare been forced out or fired One week ago two producers were demoted and one was fired outright More changes lie ahead The station recently announced that Tony Cipolla would begin co-anchoring the pm news with Lynn Diehl But the biggest change a rumor that's ricocheting around the city like a pinball has Martel's duties being cut The speculation focuses on a switch in April when contract is up for renewal Pianim said that was ridiculous would be said Pianim one of our biggest Others in the industiy agree An executive at KEYT expecting Martel's departure was already predicting a slide in KSBVs dominance in the local news ratings He was licking his chops at the prospect of Martel stepping aside and taking his legions of mostly elderly fans with him think if Mattel leaves you'll see a certain amount of viewers tune Brody a psychologist said he was told he was being let go because the station is going in a new direction Brody said he has since been hired by KCOY in Santa Maria and will appear Tuesdays and Thursdays Brody said that of all the changes made by Murdoch and Pianim he and the rest of the staff were most disturbed to see Libby fired them to fire him was a stupid decision" said Brody think it says something about the new owners To me it says out of touch with the community" Mechanic Continued from B-l she said "A lot of things are really pretty easy once you learn how to do it And it can save you money once you get out on your own Like changing your oil is really Girls and people in general be better off knowing something about their car Some people even know how to check the she said The best way to learn she said is taking an auto shop class And then apart your own car to see how everything goes together and how it works And read up on Villa says Dinsmoor is a great auto mechanic But then so was her brother She's ony one of the eight students Bordonaro Continued from B-l of his election and partly because the upgrades should have been done long ago is ironic that the regulators are the last to be said Bordonaro who ran his campaign as a probusiness Sacramento outsider I was elected or not this work was king he added Bordonaro said parking provisions were made at the Capitol bathrooms were brought up to federal access standards and a ramp was installed to allow the newest assemblyman to get onto the Assembly floor has been very Bordonaro said of his first day on the job offices were all set up for Bordonaro said he is now looking forward to some very long days as the Assembly prepares for a new term Twin Cities Community Hospital presents Medicine KVEC Radio 920 AM Friday 4-5 pm MONTH OF GIVING December 9 Holidays Family and Friends December 16 The Gift of Giving December 30 Today's Rx for a Happier Healthier Life: Reflections With your host Alexander Castellanos MD Most of the five-hour discussion which was scheduled for about an hour ended without resolution The staff is supposed to return soon with more information on what resources such as roads and water supply need immediate attention and which are already getting it The supervisors also deadlocked over setting the growth rate for next year with David Blakely and Laurent backing the 23 percent and Ruth Brackett and Harry Ovitt opposing it Evetyn Delany chairwoman of the board was absent due to an illness Brackett and Ovitt said the limits were unnecessary because permanent changes in the economy made it highly unlikejy the county would ever grow as rapidty as it did in the late 1980s The supervisors are supposed to reconsider the issue Jan 24 1995 board are the following Cambrians-Ann Elliot Warren Gay Stephen James Harrison Antoinette Mertens Ann Picker Russ Read Gregoiy Vlastelica Ruth Weinstein William Wimberly and Rollie Younger The board member selection is the onty business scheduled for the Friday meeting The new Cambria school board will meet for the first time Dec 15 in the Coast Union High School Libraiy Paso Robles 1204 Spring Street Mcmlvr l-'DIC THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A FAMILIAR FACE AT YOUR RANK David Eddy covers business His column normally appears Saturday This is his last column for two weeks while he is on vacation he's coaching right now to score high on the March exam and place high in the state competition MBHS almost always makes it to the California finals Teams of two students representing each school that qualifies have to fix a bugged car in a certain amount of time The team with the best written exam score and best time in the finals goes on to Washington DC in June for the national competition travel and hotels paid by Ford Motor Co and the American Automobile Association Winners 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