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Randy Quaid’s Santa Barbara extradition denied

Written on 17 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 11 comments

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney's office announced Friday that actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi Quaid will not be extradited from their residence in Canada back to California to face felony and misdemeanor charges. [TorontoSun] The Quaids have repeatedly... (Continue reading)

Monkees get high and dry on sixties nostalgia

Written on 17 Jul, 2011 in Discovered | 24 comments

By COLIN JONES We all live in the past to an extent but some groups like the 1960s TV band sensation the Monkees take it to the extreme. Their recent gig at the Chumash Casino proved that baby boomer nostalgia... (Continue reading)

Questions of safety at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

Written on 17 Jul, 2011 in Featured, Screening Room | 6 comments

After the devastating tsunami damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, seismologists in the United States are focusing on a potentially dangerous fault system near the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California. State Sen. Sam Blakeslee, R-San... (Continue reading)

Cuesta College delays pay cuts for top administrators

Written on 16 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The Cuesta College Board of Trustees voted last week to delay voluntary pay cuts for interim College President Gil Stork and the college’s three vice presidents – amounting to about $36,390. [Tribune] In May, the college’s board of trustees approved... (Continue reading)

Forgive Dan De Vaul

Written on 16 Jul, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION By WILLIAM SEARCY By the standards of the world’s housing, what Dan De Vaul is offering his sober living and previously homeless clients is quite remarkable in its amenities– wood framed, sturdy, ventilated, lockable, electrified,  finished and basically furnished... (Continue reading)

Conservative group asks for referendum on gay, lesbian text requirement

Written on 16 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 110 comments

A conservative organization based in Sacramento filed documents Friday to begin a voter referendum regarding the recent passage of a bill requiring schools to teach the contributions of gay, lesbian, transgendered and bisexual individuals. [SFGate.com] Paulo Sibaja of the Capitol... (Continue reading)

14 arrested in North County gang sweep

Written on 16 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo County law enforcement officers arrested 14 people during a parole, probation and gang compliance sweep of the North County on Thursday. “We employed a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary approach to the operation.” said Incident Commander Brian Hascall, of the... (Continue reading)

Kristin Smart story to go national on Monday

Written on 16 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The case of Kristin Smart, the Cal Poly student missing for the last 15 years, gets national exposure Monday night, thanks to a television show on the Lifetime Channel. Smart’s story will be the subject of next week’s episode of... (Continue reading)

California law requires schools to teach LGBT history

Written on 15 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

Public schools in California will be required to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans starting Jan. 1 after Gov. Jerry Brown  signed a controversial bill on Thursday. [SFGate] Social sciences curriculum textbooks now must... (Continue reading)

California sweet potatoes get a late start

Written on 15 Jul, 2011 in Discovered | One comment

Sweet potato lovers, take heart! Your little, nutrient-rich tubers are doing just fine. After a slow start because of unusually wet weather, the crop, which thrives in warm, tropical climates, has begun to flourish again. [Merced Sun-Star] Unseasonably wet weather... (Continue reading)