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Home My WebLink About03-17-2015 Public Comment Barishn injured in, roof, collapse I'Sto Fraftyps ey a s. early-morning partying at several PHOTOS TAKEN FROM SLOPQ, SLO FIRE DEPAF TMENT,:AND � G - V mpus houses 'ust south of Cal Poly arch 7 started with noise complaints ith a dramatic roof collapse that al news and sent 10 injured revelers itals. Le of the roof collapse, university end local leaders have promised ,estigations and examinations at and the partying culture that the injuries. ly, it's a question of whether Cal s want to be grownups or unruly said San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan unfortunate incident represents nob behavior.'" ipt. Chris Staley said his started receiving noise complaints )rs as early as 4:30 a.m. on March s were at the scene —the 300 block kvenue —when the roof of a garage :nd 30 people at 364 Hathway 3:21 a.m. Lt the videos of that roof collapse, I ow someone didn't die," Staley told With all the roofing material and it was just a recipe for disaster." le arrived on the scene at around ich time officers had dispersed Ld down that block of Hathway as emblies. Still, he said there were students milling around the area. we're trying to figure out the party organizers and hosts said. "We're hoping to file unruly 3Lrges against those individuals, to wrap up the investigation by TOP, PHOTO BY BRENNA SWANSTON; ABOVE, TRIBUNE PHOTOS BY LAURA DICKINSON Top, flames and smoke from a house fire on Patricia Avenue in San Luis Obispo could be seen by hikers on Bishop Peak on Sunday morning. Above left, a view of the damage to the garage as seen from Highland Street. Above right, burned contents of the garage were strewn in the driveway. rge earlymmorning fire displaces couple in SLO BY JULIA HICKEY jWck-,ey@thetribunenem.com ASan Luis Obispo couple unsuccessful. ly tried to use an extin- guisher and garden hose to fight a fire in their garage before it grew out of control Sunday morning. No suspicious or illegal activity is suspected to have caused the fire at 514 Patricia Drive, near 50 -foot flames destroy home's garage before firefighters could stop the blaze Highland Drive; however, 50 -foot flames and large plumes of smoke created a dramatic scene. "It was a pretty impres- sive sight;" San Lois Obis- po fire Battalion Chief Neal Berryman said. The fire was called in at 7:40 a.m. Firefighters SUBJECT OF HBO SHOW ARRESTED FOR MURDER were on scene within two minutes and were able to prevent flames from spreading from the garage, which was de- stroyed, to most of the rest of the house, Berry- man said. Total damages are up- wards of $150,000, and the cause of the fire is under investigation. Staining and small motor -work projects possibly could have con- tributed, Berryman said. No one was injured, but the couple living in the home has been displaced. They are receiving assis- tance from the Red Cross and looking for an apart- ment Berryman said. Cal Fire assisted in the incident. PASO TO BEGIN SEARCH FOR NEW Uff MANAGER At the next City Council BY RALPH VARTABEDIAN Los Angeles Times Harold Parichan built a reputation as a tough corpo- rate defense attorney when he represented Ford, Gen- eral Motors and gunmaker Sturm, Ruger against some of the biggest product de- fect allegations in history. After leaving his lucrative law practice, he'turned his attention to growing al- monds on about 2,400 acres in the Central Valley. And it's there that Parichan, 91, has a new opponent: the Califor- nia High -Speed Rail Author- ity. Tile agency wants some of his land, along with that of doctors, dentists and in- vestors who own Ce Valley farms that crops worth milliol dollars annually. When the state chc start construction o high -speed rail in the tral Valley; it was based ly on the theory that a: bling needed land wou easiest in the state's backbone. As it turn: some of the farmers resistant to accepting offers are proving i wealthy, highly educ professionals and inve — and formidable c nents in negotiations. See TRAIN, Back Pag( RACISM ON COLLEGE CAMPUSI Okla.- fratemiW's soy could bring big chant Students begin having difficult discussic about how race is addressed at universal BY NIGEL DUARA Los Angeles Tunes NORMAN, Okla. — Years ago, a University of Oklahoma fraternity held a series of "Mekong Delta parties," replete with cam- ouflage, fake machine guns, sandbags and stretchers. Vietnam veterans objected. Later, drunken fraternity members streaked across campus and urinated on a NETANYAHU WARNS HE MAY LOSE ELECTION Israel's prime minister tells tepee and shouted raci ithets during Native A can Week. A Native A can student fasted week in protest. In each instance, th ternities said they v take steps to ensure no of the sort would ha again. They said they sorry. University off See RACISM, Back Pa