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Schwarzenegger: Build prisons in Mexico

Written on 26 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 12 comments

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is floating a new idea to deal with overcrowded California prisons. The governor wants to build private facilities in Mexico to hold the estimated 20,000 undocumented immigrants currently in state prisons. [Ventura County Star] Under Schwarzenegger’s plan,... (Continue reading)

Arnold expected at tonight’s AG council meeting

Written on 26 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | One comment

Arroyo Grande city councilman Ed Arnold is expected to attend his first city council meeting Tuesday night since being arrested and arraigned on felony charges. Arnold did not show up for a council meeting earlier this month. Arnold was arraigned... (Continue reading)

Cracking down on California ski resorts

Written on 25 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 3 comments

A bill is being introduced in Sacramento, intended to crack down on California ski resorts. [San Francisco Chronicle] Under the legislation introduced by Assemblyman Dave Jones (D-Sacramento), ski resorts will have to publish reports on how many people are killed... (Continue reading)

Top two sheriff officials double and triple dipping

Written on 24 Jan, 2010 in Uncovered SLO | 40 comments

Though highly unusual, the methods San Luis Obispo County’s two top sheriff officials have adopted to double and even triple their incomes are entirely legal. In an interesting twist, San Luis Obispo County Under Sheriff Steve Bolts is taking home between... (Continue reading)

Remembering “Mean Mike” Veron

Written on 24 Jan, 2010 in Discovered | 2 comments

BY DAVID CONGALTON It’s January again, so inevitably I start thinking about “Mean Mike” Veron. He died from cancer just around this time back in 1998. Hard to believe it’s been 12 years–it seems like only yesterday that Mike was... (Continue reading)

Poll: Schwarzenegger leaves state in worse shape

Written on 24 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 4 comments

A new Field Poll finds that the majority of Californians believe the state is worse off now than when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took office in 2003. [Los Angeles Times] The survey reports that 59 percent of Californians believe the state... (Continue reading)

NBC “Dateline” covers local organ donor trial tonight

Written on 24 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

NBC News plans to air a segment on Sunday night’s edition of “Dateline,” covering the 2008 trial of a physician accused of improper organ harvesting at a San Luis Obispo hospital. Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, a San Francisco physician, was charged... (Continue reading)

Cheech and Chong on Fox News

Written on 24 Jan, 2010 in Screening Room | 2 comments

A Fox host defends Republicans’ right to smoke pot (bonus videos below). “Even Republicans should be able to get stoned, according to  Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson. While interviewing Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, Fox News’ Gretchen Carlson found herself... (Continue reading)

Oil company, environmental groups in secret deal

Written on 24 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 7 comments

Three major Santa Barbara environmental groups allegedly agreed to support a controversial offshore oil drilling project in 2008, in exchange for $100,000 and other benefits. [Associated Press] The confidential agreement involved Plains Exploration & Production and local environmental groups, including... (Continue reading)

George Carpenter’s vehicle found

Written on 23 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | One comment

The Jeep Comanche vehicle belonging to missing San Luis Obispo man George Carpenter was found Saturday morning. Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies, conducting an aerial search, spotted the vehicle outside the grounds of Fort Hunter Liggett. A ground search by law... (Continue reading)