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March, 2011

High speed chase ends in fatal crash

Written on 17 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

UPDATE: Jeffrey Douglas Filipponi, 32, of Santa Margarita died earlier today when he crashed his Acura while fleeing from police on the ramp from Highway 101 to Highway 58. Original story: A high speed chase that started in Pismo Beach... (Continue reading)

O’Connell to announce plans on Friday

Written on 16 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Former Superintendent of Public Instruction and Central Coast state Senator Jack O’Connell is expected to make an announcement Friday concerning his post-political career. Sources tell CalCoastNews that O’Connell and his wife Doree will relocate to Sacramento where they have kept... (Continue reading)

Tsunami in Kesennuma Japan 2011, first person video

Written on 16 Mar, 2011 in Screening Room | 2 comments

This is the scariest tsunami video we have seen yet [youtube 2uJN3Z1ryck 600 500] This was posted on YouTube by user Kanpaifr This footage filmed by some Japanese citizens on Friday March 11th, 2011.  It was broadcast on TV Asahi,... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district showdown set for Wednesday

Written on 16 Mar, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

A proposed investigation into accusations that the administrator of the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District (SSLOCSD) has been using his position to funnel monies to his private engineering company is on the district’s Wednesday board meeting agenda. Allegations of... (Continue reading)

Avila Beach Sea Life Center scavenger hunt, event photos

Written on 16 Mar, 2011 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

Hunting for two new additions, clown fish Oz and Lula, entertained children of all ages at Sundays’ Avila Beach Sea Life Center fundraiser. Family friendly activities included a city wide scavenger hunt, shark petting and a jelly fish light show.... (Continue reading)

County approves Los Osos sewer project

Written on 16 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

After decades of discussion, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to build a $189 million sewer project in Los Osos. State mandates require a sewer system because septic tanks are polluting the groundwater. Arguments over the... (Continue reading)

The U.S. is alone among western democracies in protecting “hate speech.” Chalk it up to a healthy fear of government censorship.

Written on 16 Mar, 2011 in Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION By PETER SCHEER – An inebriated John Galliano, sitting in a Paris bar, unleashes an anti-semitic rant (“I love Hitler”) that is captured on a cellphone camera and posted on the internet. Within days the Dior designer is not... (Continue reading)

Teixeira picks his first fight

Written on 14 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

UPDATE: Tuesday 9:16 a.m. San Luis Obispo County 4th District Supervisor Paul Teixeira asked that his proposal to replace the elected South County Advisory Council which represents the Nipomo area with an appointed advisory group be taken off the agenda... (Continue reading)

Are you prepared for a disaster?

Written on 14 Mar, 2011 in Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION By BOB NEUMANN Japan’s devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami makes one wonder if an event like this could happen here on the Central Coast. The 2003 San Simeon earthquake, a much smaller 6.5 magnitude Richter scale event, caused significant... (Continue reading)

Breathe easy — radiation rumors are false

Written on 14 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

The Internet has been ripe with a persistent rumor during the last 48 hours, complete with color graphs, suggesting that radiation from northern Japan’s damaged nuclear reactors would be reaching California during the next ten days. However, county public health... (Continue reading)