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	<title>Cal Coast News &#187; Uncovered SLO</title>
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		<title>California seniors may have nowhere to go</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/california-seniors-may-have-nowhere-to-go/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/california-seniors-may-have-nowhere-to-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed eliminating Medi-Cal funding for adult day health programs and senior advocates across California are concerned. [Contra Costa Times]
The proposed cuts, which would save $104 million annually, are part of Sacramento&#8217;s attempts to address the state&#8217;s $20 billion budget deficit. The idea is subject to approval by the Legislature, but relatives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are nonprofit hospitals profiting?</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/are-nonprofit-hospitals-profiting/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/are-nonprofit-hospitals-profiting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Vista Medical Center]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In these tough economic times, French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, which was losing money a few years ago, is now raking in more than $6 million a year in profits, according to a CalCoastNews analysis of data from the Office of Statewide Health Planning.

At the same time, the data shows that about 75 percent of indigent and Medi-Cal patients in San Luis Obispo County are seen at two local for-profit hospitals, Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo and Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton.]]></description>
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		<title>Firm angling for Los Osos project fails the smell test in New Orleans</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/firm-angling-for-los-osos-project-fails-the-smell-test-in-new-orleans/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/firm-angling-for-los-osos-project-fails-the-smell-test-in-new-orleans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Osos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slo County]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The engineering firm on track to be San Luis Obispo County&#8217;s choice to oversee the multi-million-dollar Los Osos wastewater project is the subject of a new scathing report by the inspector general of New Orleans. [Times-Picayune]
The 28-page report claims that MWH Americas, Inc. has overbilled the city of New Orleans repeatedly, while their critical post-Katrina [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
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		<title>School secretary arrested for assaulting niece’s romantic rival</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/school-secretary-arrested-for-assaulting-niece%e2%80%99s-romantic-rival/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/school-secretary-arrested-for-assaulting-niece%e2%80%99s-romantic-rival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arrest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Miguel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slo County Sheriff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A San Miguel school secretary and two of her family members have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a pregnant teen in front of the victim’s two-year-old son, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department said.

All three defendants in the case, stemming from an incident last September, have pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor counts of battery and force and violence against 18-year-old Julia Savage.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Federal action against Heritage Oaks Bank</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/federal-action-against-heritage-oaks-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/federal-action-against-heritage-oaks-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Federal regulators have banned the parent company of Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bank from paying dividends or incurring debt as part of a written agreement the company and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco signed on Monday.

As part of Monday’s action, federal regulators have ordered officials of Heritage Oaks Bancorp orders to come up with a plan within 60 days to maintain sufficient capital while taking into account allowances for problematic loans. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ashburn admits to being gay</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/ashburn-admits-to-being-gay/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/ashburn-admits-to-being-gay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Republican state Senator Roy Ashburn admitted on a Bakersfield talk radio show Monday morning that he is gay. [Huffington Post]
On the Inga Barks talk show, Ashburn said, &#8220;I&#8217;m gay. Those are the words that have been difficult for me for so long.&#8221;
Ashburn expects to return to his Senate office in Sacramento later today.
He was arrested [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arroyo Grande teacher takes students to nude beach</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/arroyo-grande-teacher-takes-students-to-nude-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/03/arroyo-grande-teacher-takes-students-to-nude-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arroyo Grande]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Arroyo Grande High School photography teacher allegedly took four students on an unapproved field trip to a local nude beach, and now some parents are upset.

“I think it was bizarre,” said one parent who asked to remain unnamed because of her daughter's discomfort with the situation. “It was not appropriate.”]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>201</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Cal Poly ignoring endowments?</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/ignoring-endowments/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/ignoring-endowments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cal Poly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At a time when the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo is mired in as much as a $1-million operating budget deficit, the popular college, which attracts more than its share of generous donations, is under fire for the way it handles some of that money.

Donations in the millions are very important to Cal Poly administrators because these hefty gifts can help cover dwindling state support for higher education in the midst of the declining economy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>On call contracts: physician convenience trumps patient care?</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/on-call-contracts-physician-convenience-trumps-patient-care/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/on-call-contracts-physician-convenience-trumps-patient-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Luis Obispo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Based on a dozen interviews and other material, CalCoastNews has learned that numerous local physicians are threatening patient care in San Luis Obispo County by not showing for emergencies even though they’re paid to be “on call” at local medical facilities.

Some see this as part of a scheme to shut down one of the two major hospitals in San Luis Obispo.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Police take 30 hours to respond to 911 call</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/police-take-30-hours-to-respond-to-911-call/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/police-take-30-hours-to-respond-to-911-call/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atascadero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Feb. 11, the owner of K-Jon’s Fine Jewelers called 911 requesting law enforcement's help with a man who was harassing a female customer. Atascadero Police failed to respond.

Shortly after 10 a.m., a man reeking of alcohol approached the female customer outside the jewelry store. He said he was a felon and he wanted money.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>97</slash:comments>
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		<title>Capleton concert canceled over hate lyrics</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/capleton-concert-canceled-over-hate-lyrics/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/capleton-concert-canceled-over-hate-lyrics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Luis Obispo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Capleton’s concert at Downtown Brewing Company on Feb. 17 has been canceled. The club's management and the show's promoter, Numbskull Productions, said in an e-mail on Feb. 14 to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast (GALA) that they were canceling because of information provided by concerned citizens.

Capleton is watching his United States tour crumble as groups against hate have put pressure on venues which planned to host the Reggae singer who advocates for the murder of gay people.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Scandal plagued school superintendent replaced</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/scandal-plagued-school-superintendent-replaced/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/scandal-plagued-school-superintendent-replaced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Miguel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Superintendent Dean Smith has been replaced, at least temporarily, following a school board meeting, in which San Miguel Joint Union School District board members reviewed the results of an investigation that delved into issues about Smith’s relationship with a teenage girl and his job performance.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gay and Lesbian Alliance to protest “hate” singer</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/gay-and-lesbian-alliance-to-protest-hate-singer-2/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/gay-and-lesbian-alliance-to-protest-hate-singer-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spork</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast (GALA) plans to protest the appearance of a Raggae singer known as “Capleton” because of his violent hate lyrics toward gays.

Capleton is scheduled to play at the San Luis Obispo Downtown Brewing Company on Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. GALA is asking for the community to come together and help them picket the event.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dalidio accused of funding farmers’ association</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/dalidio-accused-of-funding-farmers%e2%80%99-association/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/dalidio-accused-of-funding-farmers%e2%80%99-association/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalidio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slo Chamber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An e-mail distributed by the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce incorrectly claims that rancher Ernie Dalidi funded a recent controversial San Luis Obispo County Farmers’ Market Association’s advertising campaign. This has created a political firestorm over who is behind these rumors. 

On Feb. 3, the chamber sent out an issue of the "e-Insider" - an online source of controversial news – to all of its members stating that Dalidio’s financial support of the farmers’ association had helped “drum up” vocal support for the nonprofit organization of family farmers.

“Insiders report that the television spots and full-page print ads that ran in the week leading 
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cardiology monopoly: a lucrative game</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/cardiology-monopoly-a-lucrative-game/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/cardiology-monopoly-a-lucrative-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Luis Obispo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Second in a series: Profit share versus patient care on the Central Coast


On Jan. 20, Barbara Williams, a retired civilian Army nurse who was born and raised on the Central Coast, went to French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo complaining of chest pains, and was subsequently sent home. Two days later, she again suffered chest pains.

On this occasion, she went to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, also in San Luis Obispo, and was diagnosed as having had a heart attack.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>103</slash:comments>
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		<title>Superintendent skips class to spend time with teenage girlfriend</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/superintendent-skips-class-to-spend-time-with-teenage-girlfriend/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/superintendent-skips-class-to-spend-time-with-teenage-girlfriend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Miguel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, taxpayers paid for the San Miguel Joint Union School District superintendent to attend a symposium in Monterey. However, Supt. Dean Smith apparently skipped some of the meetings to spend time with a teenager with whom he is allegedly having an affair.

Smith, a former pastor, recently left his wife of more than 30 years for “Anne” (not her real name), a young woman he began “mentoring” while she was in the sixth grade.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are patients dying while hospitals battle over profits?</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/are-patients-dying-while-hospitals-battle-over-profits/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/are-patients-dying-while-hospitals-battle-over-profits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncovered SLO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arroyo Grande]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospital's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Luis Obispo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While San Luis Obispo County hospitals are devoting major marketing dollars to the battle over who is in the best position to treat trauma cases, people with major life-threatening injuries may not be getting the critical care they need, when they need it.

In most cases, patients transported by ambulance in SLO County are routed to the nearest hospital emergency room. Currently that includes trauma patients, and CalCoastNews has learned that, at least in some cases, delivering these severely injured patients to the nearest hospital has resulted in delays of critical treatment of anywhere from 90 minutes to up to 19 hours.
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		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Sheriff Hedges missing in action?</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/is-sheriff-hedges-missing-in-action/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/is-sheriff-hedges-missing-in-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is San Luis Obispo County Sheriff-Coroner Pat Hedges actively running the sheriff's department, or is he allowing a temporary employee to cover his repeated absences?

Following the retirement of Undersheriff Steve Bolts on Jan. 1, Hedges declined to hire a permanent replacement, instead creating a temporary undersheriff position and hiring Bolts back as an hourly employee. 
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Top two sheriff officials double and triple dipping</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/two-top-sheriff-officials-double-and-triple-dipping/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/two-top-sheriff-officials-double-and-triple-dipping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though highly unusual, the methods San Luis Obispo County’s two top sheriff officials have adopted to double and even triple their incomes are entirely legal.

In an interesting twist, San Luis Obispo County Under Sheriff Steve Bolts is taking home between $640,000 and $772,000 this year in retirement benefits and an hourly salary, while his boss, Sheriff Pat Hedges, takes home $340,000, according to calculations based on dates provided by Bolts.

“I can see people saying this is double or triple-dipping,” Bolts said. “But this is the pension plan and I am not hiding anything. All of that money is mine anyhow.”
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		<title>Weyrich living high while employees and brides-to-be suffer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Insufficient Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paso Robles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While North County businessman David Weyrich has insufficient funds in his accounts to cover payroll checks and has refused to return wedding reservation deposits, he continues to live high on the hog, CalCoastNews has learned.

Employees of Weyrich’s Villa Toscana have informed couples who had made reservations for their 2010 weddings that their deposits of up to $10,000 – in some cases – won’t be returned.

The luxury bed and breakfast spot in Paso Robles, the couples have been told, is to be closed, sources told CalCoastNews.
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