October, 2010

Pirates Paradise, event photos

I hope you didn’t miss out on the party of the year that happened last Friday night at the Avila Beach Golf Resort. The San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum’s yearly fundraiser was hopping with great music, a real six foot... (Continue reading)

Thunder alert through Tuesday morning

PG&E weatherman John Lindsey issued a thunderstorm warning Monday night that is expected to last through Tuesday morning. Lindsey advised Central Coast residents to expect scattered thunderstorms and rain showers through Tuesday morning. The thunderstorms may be accompanied by brief heavy rain... (Continue reading)

Quaid fails to show in Santa Barbara court

A Santa Barbara judge issued arrest warrants Monday for actor Randy Quaid and his wife after they failed to show up at a court hearing stemming from their arrests last month on suspicion of illegally squatting at a Montecito home... (Continue reading)

Bar association investigates prosecutorial misconduct

The California State Bar Association is reviewing the records of 130 prosecutors statewide accused of misconduct, and will consider disciplinary action. [Mercury News] The report by Northern California Innocence Project at the Santa Clara University School of Law found that... (Continue reading)

Brown and Whitman’s top contributors

There has been a lot of debate about the cash being spent on California’s gubernatorial race, but who is actually taking out their checkbooks [CaliforniaWatch] So far Republican candidate Meg Whitman has spent $140 million, more than any other U.S.... (Continue reading)

Good Neighbor Program launch, event photos

Volunteers and charity directors came together at the launching of the Good Neighbor Program at the Vets Hall in San Luis Obipso on Oct. 6. The program matches volunteers with seniors and adults with disabilities who need critical support to... (Continue reading)

Four Flying Samaritans killed in Baja plane crash

Four members of the San Luis Obispo County chapter of Flying Samaritans, a medical volunteer group, were killed Friday afternoon when their private plane crashed about 90 miles south of Tijuana. [Tribune] The team was en route to San Quintin,... (Continue reading)

Two people struck and killed by jilted driver

An Oceano man killed two people in Pismo Beach in an attempt to harm himself in front of a restaurant his former girlfriend was working in, at about 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, sources said. Jerardo Iriarte, 19, of Oceano drove... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande criticized for lack of flood control

Over the past thirty years, the City of Arroyo Grande has failed to protect homes and the Arroyo Grande Creek from flooding and erosion problems that the city has been paid by developers to correct. Currently, the city and a developer... (Continue reading)

Nasdaq threatens Pacific Capital Bancorp with delisting

The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission said that Pacific Capital Bancorp, the parent company of First Bank of San Luis Obispo, has to get their stock price above $1, or potentially be delisted from the Nasdaq stock market. [PacificCoastBusinessTimes] Pacific... (Continue reading)