Teens stabbed during fight over stolen marijuana
A clash between two groups of teenagers over stolen marijuana products morphed into a chase through a pair of North County cities, culminating in a fight in which one juvenile stabbed two teens around the corner from the Paso Robles Police Department. In California, you must be at least 21-years-old...
NCAA sanctions Cal Poly for overpaying athletes for books
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The National Collegiate Athletic Association has penalized Cal Poly for providing student-athletes with excessive financial aid for textbook costs, a violation that has landed the university on probation and could possibly force it to vacate the records of its lone NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament appearance and a...
Calling out the SLO New Times Shredder
OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE This week, one of my friends told me that my name was in the April 11 issue of the SLO New Times and The Shredder again. Since I don’t read the New Times anymore, my friend read to me what it said. The Shredder tried...
Residents express outrage over planned pot grow near Creston
Creston residents expressed outcry at an advisory body hearing Wednesday night over a proposed marijuana grow and manufacturing operation that would be located near the North County community. [KSBY] Project plans call for a three-facility operation on a 4,000 square foot site at 6447 Webster Road. The location is about...
Paso Robles informant, who killed his dad in 2003, dies in prison
By DANIEL BLACKBURN Martin Mendoza, imprisoned since murdering his 67-year-old Paso Robes father in 2003, died March 30 in Mule Creek State Prison’s hospital, family members said this week. [Cal Coast Times] Mendoza had been suffering from an undisclosed illness, but was scheduled for release in June. He recently contacted...
Amid bankruptcy, PG&E promises millions to new CEO
Amid its bankruptcy, PG&E has hired a new chief executive officer who will receive a $2.5 million base salary, a $3 million signing bonus and an estimated $3.5 million a year in stock, the company stated in a filing with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). [Cal Coast Times] On...
Atascadero murders unsolved for decades, resolved by DNA
By KAREN VELIE Jane Morten Antunez was driving to her best friend’s home in Atascadero on Nov. 18, 1977, but she never arrived. Her friend soon discover why: Antunez was murdered and her body was left in the backseat of her car found near Santa Barbara Road. [Cal Coast Times]...
