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July, 2011

Woman assaulted and robbed at SLO motel

Written on 9 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Two men and a woman were arrested Friday for allegedly assaulting and robbing a woman who was staying at the Best Western Hotel in San Luis Obispo. At about 3:40 p.m., officers responded to a report of a robbery at... (Continue reading)

SLO homeless man dies from fire

Written on 9 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A homeless man who had been staying along the creek that runs behind the Elk’s Lodge in San Luis Obispo, died Friday night after his tent caught on fire, possibly from a candle. [KSBY] A woman who was in the... (Continue reading)

Wasps to be released in Los Osos

Written on 8 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 11 comments

State agricultural officials are releasing hundreds of tiny wasps in Los Osos neighborhoods to try to control infestations of the light brown apple moth that damages fruit and other plants. “There is no risk to pets, humans or any other animals,”... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly professor gets Harvard grant

Written on 8 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Victor Valle, a professor in the Ethnic Studies Department at Cal Poly who was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team of reporters at the Los Angeles Times, has been named a fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study... (Continue reading)

You can’t kill me, I’m a level 76

Written on 8 Jul, 2011 in Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION By ROGER FREBERG By now everyone knows that California’s stupid law prohibiting the sale of violent video games to children has been struck down by – no less than—the United States Supreme Court. In what many are claiming to... (Continue reading)

TSA agent arrested for stealing from passengers

Written on 8 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Police arrested a TSA agent accused of stealing electronic devices from passengers and stuffing them down his pants before putting them up for sale online. [Broward/Palm Beach New Times] The Broward County Sheriff’s Office in Florida said 30-year-old Nelson Santiago... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach attorney arrested for grand theft

Written on 8 Jul, 2011 in Uncovered SLO | 54 comments

UPDATE: The San Luis Obispo Police Department says investigators have possibly identified additional victims as a result of searches conducted Thursday at Attorney William Peter Terhune’s Pismo Beach office and home. Terhune is facing charges of embezzlement and excessive taking of... (Continue reading)

Central Coast higher education costs skyrocket

Written on 7 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

All but one of the San Luis Obispo County area public higher education campuses are on a new list produced by the U.S. Department of Education showing colleges and universities with the fastest-rising tuition and fees – and those campuses... (Continue reading)

Weekend spotlight: Drag shows, alligators and ice cream

Written on 7 Jul, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo County started summer off with its fair amount of “June gloom,” but July has brought the shining sun, a free concert by Taylor Dayne, a block party featuring a 300 pound ice cream sandwich and a wild... (Continue reading)

SLO County projects and redevelopment funds in jeopardy

Written on 7 Jul, 2011 in Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

Under two new state laws, San Luis Obispo County’s five redevelopment agencies stand to lose a combined $4.5 million within the next year alone and several projects may be in jeopardy—that is if the law prevails over looming legal challenges... (Continue reading)