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Upland mayor facing 145 years in federal prison

Written on 3 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The mayor of Upland was indicted for extortion, bribery and conspiracy on Wednesday for demanding $70,000 in bribes from two business owners in exchange for assisting them in obtaining business permits, according to a press release. John Victor Pomierski, 56,... (Continue reading)

Price Canyon Project approved by Pismo Beach

Written on 3 Mar, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

Pismo Beach City Council voted unanimously to move ahead on the first stage of annexing land designated for a proposed Price Canyon development at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. City officials voted 5-0 to approve a memorandum of agreement that also... (Continue reading)

Federal action against Santa Lucia Bank

Written on 2 Mar, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

Santa Lucia Bank received an enforcement action by federal regulators telling its board of directors to improve oversight of the bank’s management staff and operations, according to a written agreement signed late last year. Bank officials agreed to correct all violations... (Continue reading)

Patterson calls for suspension of Smart Meters

Written on 1 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

County supervisor Jim Patterson wants PG&E to temporarily suspend installation of wireless Smart Meters in San Luis Obispo County until specific issues are addressed. [Tribune] Patterson, 5th District supervisor, will ask fellow board members next week to send a letter... (Continue reading)

Price Canyon project likely to be reduced

Written on 1 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 33 comments

At tonight’s Pismo Beach City Council meeting, it is likely that the proposal to build a community in the hills above Pismo Beach along Price Canyon Road will be reduced to a 950 acre project. The former proposal included approximately... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo leads the nation in prostate removal

Written on 1 Mar, 2011 in Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

San Luis Obispo doctors are pushing radical prostatectomys at a rate nearly three times the national average, according to a recently released health report. Researchers from the Dartmouth Atlas Project and the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making found that male... (Continue reading)

Screen legend Jane Russell dies in Santa Maria

Written on 28 Feb, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Jane Russell, 89, who became one of the biggest and most controversial movie stars of the 1940’s and 50’s, in part due to her revealing cleavage, died Monday at her home in Santa Maria. Russell, a former pin-up girl, was... (Continue reading)

Will Republicans lose state budget battle?

Written on 28 Feb, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

As the budget debate continues in Sacramento, some political analysts are continuing to question the current Republican strategy of blocking proposed tax hikes, while not offering fiscal solutions of their own. [LA Times] Recently, 30 of the 42 Republican state... (Continue reading)

Weather forecast for Monday February 28

Written on 28 Feb, 2011 in Weather | No comments

SEA SWELL: Today's 3- to 4-foot northwesterly (310-degree deep-water) swell (with a 9- to 14-second period will continue at this height and period along our coastline through Tuesday. Increasing southerly winds will generate 7- to 9-foot southerly (195-degree shallow-water) seas on Wednesday,... (Continue reading)

Sheriff’s deputies dump homeless man in Gorda?

Written on 28 Feb, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 33 comments

Store clerks watched as San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's deputies rolled into the remote Highway 1 community of Gorda, located on the southern border of Monterey County, to drop off a homeless man in front of the Gorda Store last... (Continue reading)