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June, 2012

Former Cal Poly coach Stevenson dead at 54

Written on 27 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Jon Stevenson, a former Cal Poly volleyball coach who left the campus after being accused of sexual harassment and unprofessional conduct, has died. He was 54. [Tribune] Stevenson, who lived in Pismo Beach, was found dead Sunday in Van Nuys.... (Continue reading)

Tribe losing permission to climb Morro Rock after news of reburials of unidentified remains

Written on 26 Jun, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 51 comments

By KAREN VELIE Two sets of human remains, thought to be Native American, have been buried atop Morro Rock by a Salinian Tribal Council member, Salinian tribal members say. Amid news of the reburials of the unidentified bones, discovered near... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles city government has real problems

Written on 26 Jun, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION By WALTER HEER Paso Robles’ city government has some real problems. This episode with the Chief of Police Lisa Solomon is just the conformation that there is much more wrong. I realized early on that Jim App operated very... (Continue reading)

Oceano attempting to muffle public comment

Written on 26 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

Oceano Community Services District Board members will vote Wednesday on whether to  limit public speaker comments to six minutes per meeting in what has been labeled an attempt to create orderly meetings. District attorney Molly Thurmond is also suggesting that... (Continue reading)

George R. Hearst Jr. dead at 84

Written on 26 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

George R. Hearst Jr. died Monday after falling ill at his Paso Robles home in June. Hearst, 84, was chairman of the board of the Hearst Corp., and died of complications of a stroke at Stanford University Medical Center in... (Continue reading)

Slain officer’s family files lawsuit

Written on 25 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

The family of the Santa Maria police officer shot while on duty has filed a suit against the city and the officer who shot Alberto Covarrubias Jr. [KCOY] When two officers attempted to arrest officer Alberto Covarrubias in January for... (Continue reading)

Wrong way driver busted

Written on 25 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A Nipomo man driving a Nissan Rogue was arrested Sunday after officers stopped him while traveling north on southbound Highway 101. California Highway Patrol officers stopped Ramon J. Ramos, 21, at 4:41 a.m. after he had driven from Santa Maria... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man charged with illegal pig butchering

Written on 22 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 58 comments

A Nipomo man is charged with illegally butchering pigs at his home on the 1400 block of Camino Caballo. Mariscal Amezcua, 62, is a facing five counts of violating the California Food and Agriculture Code. The former Santa Maria High... (Continue reading)

Tsunami debris reaching Central Coast?

Written on 22 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Central Coast residence are getting their first dose of tsunami debris with several items with Japanese lettering being found in the Cambria area. [Tribune] During the past two weeks, beach combers have come across a fishing or mooring float, a... (Continue reading)

Stop student loan rate hikes

Written on 22 Jun, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 47 comments

OPINION By LOIS CAPPS I wanted to give an update on an important issue that will affect many Central Coast residents and families if it’s not resolved soon. Without Congressional action student loan interest rates will double on July 1st.... (Continue reading)