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IRS files lien against Maldonado for $100,000

Written on 24 Jul, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

The Internal Revenue Service filed a lien against property owned by Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado and his family earlier this year, claiming the Santa Maria Republican owes the federal government more than $100,000 in taxes. [LA Times] It is the... (Continue reading)

Oxnard considers becoming “Oxnard Shores”

Written on 24 Jul, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 8 comments

Grover City became Grover Beach a few years back and the tourists responded. Now Oxnard is officially considering a name change to . . . Oxnard Shores. [Pacific Coast Business Times] The Oxnard Convention and Business Bureau hired an outside... (Continue reading)

Media asks: Where’s Sam Blakeslee?

Written on 24 Jul, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

The League of Women Voters is scheduled to host a debate Monday night at Cuesta College. All four candidates in the special state Senate election have been invited to participate. So far, only three are confirmed: Democrat John Laird, Independent... (Continue reading)

Spotlight: What’s happening this weekend

Written on 23 Jul, 2010 in Discovered | One comment

By LETICIA RODRIGUEZ The month of July may be coming to an end, but the many events on the Central Coast show no sign of slowing down. Take yourself back to the day of knights and ladies-in-waiting on Friday with... (Continue reading)

How did your favorite local radio station do?

Written on 23 Jul, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

The new ratings for Central Coast radio stations were announced this week and two local stations slugged it out for the top spot in overall listenership. [StationRatings.com] County favorite KKJG (“The Jug”) was in first place once again, but found... (Continue reading)

Unemployment benefits to continue through November

Written on 23 Jul, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

The California Employment Development Department announced Thursday that it would immediately begin processing retroactive benefits for more than 400,000 residents, following President Obama’s signing of an unemployment benefits extension bill. [Los Angeles Times] The House voted 272 to 152 early... (Continue reading)

County whooping cough cases second highest in state

Written on 22 Jul, 2010 in Daily Briefs | One comment

With 258 cases of whooping cough, San Luis Obispo County is ranked in the top two for the number of pertussis cases in the state, according to the California Department of Public Health. Six infants have died in California of... (Continue reading)

Is there fair justice?

Written on 22 Jul, 2010 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 19 comments

He was convicted of felony manslaughter and drug possession, but he never spent a day in jail. In fact, he was permitted to leave the country to vacation in Europe while on unsupervised probation. Rubin family members are upset that Alex... (Continue reading)

One in three California teens can’t find a job

Written on 21 Jul, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Consider it a new form of teenage angst: 34.5 percent of young workers in California were out of a job in June. [California Watch] Teens in California are having a tougher time than other teens around the country, where unemployment... (Continue reading)

Catherine Ryan Hyde offers fiction workshop

Written on 21 Jul, 2010 in Discovered | One comment

Here’s an interesting way to help save the local environment, while also learning to become a bestselling fiction writer. Cambria novelist Catherine Ryan Hyde, who knows a thing or two about writing novels that sell (“Pay It Forward,” “Love in... (Continue reading)