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Politics surrounds Maldonado’s nomination

Written on 30 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | 5 comments

State Sen. Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria), the governor’s pick to be California’s next lieutenant governor, is seen as being a key player in the 2010 budget fight in Sacramento. [Capitol Weekly] Key Democrats want to address the state’s $6 billion... (Continue reading)

Rush rushed to hospital

Written on 30 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | 12 comments

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been hospitalized in Hawaii after complaining of chest pains. The 58-year-old Limbaugh was taken by ambulance to the Queens Medical Center in Honolulu Wednesday afternoon. Hospital sources are telling the media that... (Continue reading)

GPS device designed for illegal immigrants

Written on 30 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | 3 comments

A new cell phone device, developed by two professors at the University of California San Diego, is being offered to help illegal immigrants crossing the desert into the U.S. find water and also hear encouraging poetry.  [San Francisco Chronicle] The... (Continue reading)

State to cut mammograms for low-income women

Written on 30 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | 6 comments

Sacramento intends to cut $10 million to Every Woman Counts, a cancer-screening program for low-income women. [Newsweek] The California Department of Public Health decided earlier this month to save money by raising the minimum age for free mammograms from 40... (Continue reading)

Movie review: Sherlock Holmes

Written on 29 Dec, 2009 in Discovered | 4 comments

BY ADI JONES The new ‘Sherlock Holmes’ is a truly modern adaptation that derives very little from the original master sleuth. Robert Downey, Jr. plays a sharp-minded, genuinely clever, Holmes who dabbles in boxing and alcohol with equal gusto. Jude Law... (Continue reading)

Sheriff deputy accused of shaking down Roman Catholic priest

Written on 29 Dec, 2009 in Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

A San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s deputy has filed a civil claim seeking an unspecified amount of money against a Roman Catholic priest whom he said emotionally traumatized him during an undercover sting operation. Claiming personal injuries, Sheriff's Deputy John Franklin filed... (Continue reading)

Dunes activists plan new campaign

Written on 29 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | No comments

Citizens for a Vehicle Free Nipomo Dunes (CVFND) plan to mount a door-to-door campaign across the Nipomo Mesa in January. CVFND spokesperson Dr. Nell Langford said that volunteers will be urging residents to attend the next county Health Commission meeting,... (Continue reading)

Second H1N1 death in SLO County

Written on 29 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | No comments

An elderly San Luis Obispo County man has become the second victim of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus in San Luis Obispo County. The county Public Health department issued a statement Tuesday morning saying that the man died last week... (Continue reading)

The climate change hoax

Written on 29 Dec, 2009 in Opinion | 18 comments

By MATT KOKKONEN Global warming is probably one of the most contentious issues currently. Al Gore’s film, “An Inconvenient Truth,” documents his belief that humans are the cause of this warming and of an impending catastrophe on the planet. Therefore,... (Continue reading)

Meet the “Million dollar tortoises”

Written on 29 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | 3 comments

A northern California energy company will pay $25 million to relocate 25 threatened desert tortoises who live on the site of a proposed massive  solar power plant in rural San Bernadino County. The move by Oakland-based BrightSource Energy, as reported... (Continue reading)