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More Cambria Scarecrow Festival, event photos

Written on 5 Nov, 2012 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

During the month of October, more than 200 of the most artistic, creative and lively scarecrows line the streets of Cambria in an event sponsored by the Cambria Historical Society. Find local events as at CalCoastNews’ Event Calendar. If you would... (Continue reading)

Robber assaults SLO residents with baseball bat

Written on 5 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A 32-year-old San Luis Obispo woman who was caught burglarizing a unit at the Sagrado Corazon Townhomes on Casa Street beat two residents with a baseball bat on Sunday. At about 9 a.m., the residents awoke to find Sandra Lee... (Continue reading)

California GOP lodges complaint against Lois Capps

Written on 5 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The chairman of the California Republican Party filed an ethics complaint against Congresswoman Lois Capps that requests an investigation into whether she violated House rules by renting a room to a staff member and failing to report it on financial... (Continue reading)

SLO woman stabbed while protecting son

Written on 4 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A San Luis Obispo woman who tried to stop a man who was allegedly assaulting her son with a knife was stabbed in the hand early Sunday morning. Jose Garcia, 27, and Milton Flores, 30, were arguing over a civil... (Continue reading)

SLO political cartoon videos

Written on 3 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Screening Room | 15 comments

Mysterious cartoonist SLO Shank’s two latest videos portray discussions between San Luis Obispo mayoral candidates Jan Marx and Steve Barasch  and city attorney Christine Dietrick and Councilman John Ashbaugh. SLO Shank regularly posts his videos on YouTube.... (Continue reading)

Political sign thief caught on video

Written on 3 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 68 comments

For weeks, signs promoting council candidates Kevin Rice and Dan Carpenter and mayoral candidate Steve Barasch have been disappearing from yards around the city of San Luis Obispo. Earlier today, a local man captured a video of a woman attempting... (Continue reading)

Coastal Commission staff recommends denial of PG&E seismic testing

Written on 3 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE California Coastal Commission staff recommended on Friday that the board vote to deny PG&E’s seismic testing permit application and object to its consistency certification, according to a staff report. Renewal of Diablo Canyon’s nuclear power plant’s operating... (Continue reading)

House deemed uninhabitable, child taken from parents

Written on 3 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

While serving a warrant at a home in Grover Beach, deputies discovered a 2-year-old living in deplorable conditions and placed the child with child protective services. The house on the 100 block of Park View Avenue has been deemed uninhabitable... (Continue reading)

State GOP chair quitting

Written on 2 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Tom Del Beccaro will not seek another term as chairman of the California Republican Party, he announced this week in an email. (Sacramento Bee) Elected in 2010, Del Beccaro said, “It is time for me to pause from party politics.”... (Continue reading)

GMO prop drops in poll as spending against soars

Written on 2 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

As food and biotechnology giants spend millions of dollars battling Proposition 37, support for the mandatory genetically modified food measure is sinking. [California Watch] An October 25 poll by the Los Angles Times and the USC Dornsife College of Letters,... (Continue reading)