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Alan Arkin coming to SLO Film Festival

Written on 29 Jan, 2010 in Discovered | One comment

Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin will receive this year’s King Vidor Award at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. The actor comes to town Saturday, March 20, to accept the honor at the Fremont Theater. Arkin is best known for... (Continue reading)

Manson family member may be paroled to Grover Beach

Written on 28 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 3 comments

Bruce Davis, a member of the infamous Manson family, and currently an inmate at CMC, was recommended for parole on Thursday. [ABC News] Davis, 67, has been in prison since 1972 for his involvement in the murders of Gary Hinman... (Continue reading)

Author J.D. Salinger dies at 91

Written on 28 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

Reclusive author J.D. Salinger, once thought to be the most important American writer to emerge since World War II, died Wednesday at his New Hampshire home at the age of 91. [New York Times] Salinger died of natural causes at... (Continue reading)

Certainly not California

Written on 28 Jan, 2010 in Opinion | 9 comments

BY GREG KUDLICK It just amazes me that nobody in power, nobody in the “know,” actually understands what is going on. This is an enormous economic shift, one of the largest in our history, maybe the largest. I don’t say this... (Continue reading)

Poll: Californians believe state headed in wrong direction

Written on 28 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 4 comments

The majority of California adults now believe the state is heading in the wrong direction, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California. [Associated Press] Poll results find that 74 percent believe things in California... (Continue reading)

Are patients dying while hospitals battle over profits?

Written on 28 Jan, 2010 in Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

While San Luis Obispo County hospitals are devoting major marketing dollars to the battle over who is in the best position to treat trauma cases, people with major life-threatening injuries may not be getting the critical care they need, when... (Continue reading)

AG’s Zac Efron makes all the right moves

Written on 27 Jan, 2010 in Discovered | 2 comments

Arroyo Grande native-turned-Hollywood-star Zac Efron is ready for his Hollywood close-up with a pair of new movie projects, designed to shake up his Disney-fied teen idol image. [Deadline Hollywood] Efron has just inked a deal with Universal Pictures to star... (Continue reading)

Here comes the sun (for awhile)

Written on 27 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

PG&E weatherman John Lindsey says the rain storm originally expected to come our way on Thursday and Friday will now largely bypass the Central Coast, except for a few scattered showers Friday evening. Expect mostly clear, dry, days until the... (Continue reading)

EPA to investigate birth defects in Kettleman City

Written on 26 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to investigate a cluster of facial birth defects and other health issues among migrant farm workers in Kettleman City. [Los Angeles Times]. Residents of the town, a popular stop-off for drivers between the... (Continue reading)

Is Sheriff Hedges missing in action?

Written on 26 Jan, 2010 in Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

Is San Luis Obispo County Sheriff-Coroner Pat Hedges actively running the sheriff's department, or is he allowing a temporary employee to cover his repeated absences? Following the retirement of Undersheriff Steve Bolts on Jan. 1, Hedges declined to hire a permanent... (Continue reading)