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May, 2011

Santa Lucia Bank facing regulatory deadlines

Written on 19 May, 2011 in Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

Santa Lucia Bank has been ordered to increase its shareholder equity by $12 million in less than three months in a state enforcement action -- a challenge in the face of plummeting stock prices. The Atascadero based bank’s stock prices have... (Continue reading)

Measles in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 18 May, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The San Luis Obispo County Public Health department reported on Tuesday that measles has been confirmed in a resident who recently returned from a trip to France, a country which has battled a measles epidemic during the past two years.... (Continue reading)

SLO voters to decide on binding arbitration

Written on 18 May, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo City Council voted Tuesday in favor of a mail in election on binding arbitration and a charter that requires voter approval to make changes in retirement benefits. Facing a $4.4 million shortfall in the 2011-2012 fiscal year,... (Continue reading)

Night of A Million Meals, event photos

Written on 18 May, 2011 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

The fourth annual Night of a Million Meals raised funds for the Senior Nutrition program’s efforts to provide hot meals for home-bound and congregate seniors throughout San Luis Obispo County. This year’s event at Embassy Suites shaped up to be... (Continue reading)

Education call to arms

Written on 18 May, 2011 in Opinion | 27 comments

OPINION By WALTER REIL A growing number of news services are reporting on the dire and desperate conditions that our nation’s schools are facing in providing high-quality and continuously-advancing, state-of-the-art education. America’s schools and their students, our children, are losing... (Continue reading)

Nipomo woman arrested for tax and loan fraud

Written on 17 May, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Nipomo woman was arrested Monday on charges she orchestrated a tax scheme involving stolen identities, as well as a loan fraud scheme in which she allegedly submitted false income tax returns that overstated her income in an effort to... (Continue reading)

Marx’s own emails belie prior claims

Written on 17 May, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 56 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx, by her own admission in a series of emails, was a key player in an illegal campaign aimed at torpedoing a development project proposed by rancher Ernie Dalidio... (Continue reading)

Maria terminates Arnold after learning of love child

Written on 17 May, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

Former California First Lady Maria Shriver left her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger last January after the former governor admitted fathering a child more than a decade ago with a longtime member of their household staff. [LA Times] Shriver moved out of... (Continue reading)

Third student rape reported to Cal Poly

Written on 16 May, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 18 comments

A third woman in a matter of days reported she was raped, in a trio of unrelated cases alarming the Cal Poly community. The University Police Department said a woman reported she was raped in her room at the school’s Poly... (Continue reading)

SLO police union’s binding arbitration challenge denied

Written on 16 May, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

San Luis Obispo Police Officers’ Association’s request for a temporary restraining order against the city in order to stop the public from voting on binding arbitration and a charter that requires voter approval to make changes in retirement benefits was... (Continue reading)