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Avila Beach to host 2013 Amgen Tour

Written on 28 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The Amgen tour, the largest cycling race in the United States, will include Avila Beach as a host city in 2013. On May 16, the fifth stage of the week-long race will begin in Santa Barbara and finish in Avila... (Continue reading)

Salinan tribal justice

Written on 28 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

Salinan tribal justice OPINION By JOSE FREEMAN and GREGG CASTRO This is to comment on an article published in Cal Coast News by Karen Velie on June 26, 2012. The article was entitled Tribe Losing Permission to Climb Morro Rock... (Continue reading)

Re-thinking ginkgo

Written on 28 Nov, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 5 comments

By GARY FORESMAN Much confusion exists regarding the efficacy, or lack thereof, of ginkgo for the enhancement of memory. Recently a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial assessed the utility of a standardized ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) in the treatment of... (Continue reading)

Man throws tirade in downtown SLO salon

Written on 28 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A San Luis Obispo man entered a downtown salon Tuesday evening and threw products, chairs and display items all around the business. Police first received a call about Samuel Dabill, 33, around 9 p.m. when witnesses reported seeing a man... (Continue reading)

Suspected smugglers beach panga boat near San Simeon

Written on 28 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies discovered a panga boat early Tuesday morning beached north of Piedras Blancas lighthouse outside of San Simeon. Around 4:15 a.m. deputies noticed an open gate to a field off Highway 1 and north of... (Continue reading)

California a not-so-golden state

Written on 28 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A pair of extensive studies unveiled this week suggest that California doesn’t compare well to the rest of the nation in “fundamental” well-being in analysis of economic, fiscal, educational, and personal factors. The primary report was prepared by Harvard University’s... (Continue reading)

Oceano manager refuses to disclose phone records

Written on 27 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 42 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER Oceano Community Services District General Manager Tom Geaslen entered into a contract with the OCSD last April. The contract included his $126,000 salary through the end of the year, mileage reimbursement and health benefits and a... (Continue reading)

School funds may stymie reform

Written on 27 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Approval by California voters of Proposition 30, the school finance measure, may have thrown a monkey-wrench into public education reform, some advocates of change are asserting. But teachers’ union representatives disagree. (San Jose Mercury News) The $6 billion injection may... (Continue reading)

Mother, father and son drown trying to rescue dog

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

A Northern California mother and father and their 16-year-old son all drowned over the weekend while trying to save their dog from strong ocean waves. [LA Times] The family dog ran into the ocean to fetch a stick Saturday at... (Continue reading)

CHP officer’s DUI case headed to trial

Written on 27 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

A California Highway Patrol officer who crashed his 2004 Ford Explorer in Arroyo Grande while allegedly under the influence of drugs may be headed to trial. [Noozhawk] Michael Mallory, 37, who was acting as the public information officer for the... (Continue reading)