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Kids’ products have high levels of lead at Target, Wal Mart

Written on 14 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

An Oakland-based environmental group is claiming that new lab tests show high levels of lead in children’s products being sold at Target and Wal Mart stores. [California Watch] The Center for Environmental Health found that kids’ chairs and bean bags,... (Continue reading)

Blakeslee moves to the middle

Written on 14 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Newly-elected Central Coast state senator Sam Blakeslee may be moving to the political middle. [Capitol Weekly] Last week, Blakesleee, who was considered more conservative in his Assembly days,  took the unusual step of hiring a Democrat as his press secretary.... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria teen’s murder caught on videotape

Written on 12 Oct, 2010 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 168 comments

A Pismo Beach gas station surveillance tape captured what appears to be the horrific beating of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers while two Pismo Beach police officers stand nearby, talking and drinking coffee. [KCCN.tv] On Sept. 26 at 3 a.m. at the... (Continue reading)

You owe $14,165 to pay for your city’s employees pensions

Written on 12 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A new study about the precarious nature of pension shortfalls is likely to take the debate up a few notches. [Business Insider] Researchers are warning that thanks to unrealistic expectations, cities and states have much bigger pension shortfalls than they’re willing... (Continue reading)

Parkinson takes on the Incredible Hulk (seriously)

Written on 11 Oct, 2010 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 34 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s candidate Ian Parkinson may avoid debates on KVEC, or interviews with our intrepid reporter Karen Velie, but no one declines an interview with the Incredible Hulk. Just when you thought that Parkinson couldn’t become any... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay and Cayucos waste water plant bidding process under fire

Written on 11 Oct, 2010 in Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE While city officials in Morro Bay battle over which of two contractors should design a multimillion dollar wastewater treatment upgrade, one of the contractors has decided to withdraw their proposal and the other is under fire for... (Continue reading)

Templeton man charged with child porn

Written on 11 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo Sheriff deputies arrested a Templeton resident Friday on five charges including lewd or lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14, incest, possessing material depicting a minor under the age of 14 engaging in or... (Continue reading)

Google developing self-driving cars

Written on 11 Oct, 2010 in Discovered | 5 comments

The future has arrived. It is coming by car. And apparently, according to experts, the car is driving itself. Google officials revealed Saturday that they are hard at work on road-testing cars driven, not by humans, but by artificial intelligence.... (Continue reading)

Egg Drop at Orcutt Academy High School, event photos

Written on 10 Oct, 2010 in Eye on the Coast | One comment

Over 80 excited students proffered their “egg-o-nauts” for 50-ft test drops from the Santa Maria Fire Department’s ladder truck.  Each of these creations sheltered a raw chicken egg in a custom-designed mantle.  Each had a maximum mass of 100 g... (Continue reading)

Schwarzenegger targets poor with budget cuts

Written on 9 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Just before he signed the new budget on Friday, Gov. Arnold Schwazenegger slashed nearly $1 billion in spending for welfare, child care, special education, and other programs. [LA Times] The governor slashed 23 line items from the $87.5-billion general fund... (Continue reading)