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Central Coast is fungi heaven

Written on 31 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The nation’s second-biggest (legal) mushroom producing area can be found on the Central Coast. (San Francisco Chronicle) Only Pennsylvania, where mushroom farming was pioneered, puts to market the volume and variety of edible fungus that can be found in the... (Continue reading)

Wallace Group loses contract, gains others

Written on 31 Oct, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments

Spooked by a $1.1 million fine levied against a public entity due to mismanagement by the Wallace Group, agencies throughout the area are reevaluating relationships with the engineering firm and its owner, John Wallace. Oceano Community Services District Board members,... (Continue reading)

Supervisors request PG&E meet more conditions on seismic testing

Written on 31 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday to write a letter to the California Coastal Commission asking the agency to address several concerns relating to PG&E’s proposed seismic testing before approving the project. Members of the community... (Continue reading)

Vote yes on Proposition 38

Written on 30 Oct, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 35 comments

OPINION By MARK BUCHMAN Proposition 38 sends money directly to local schools and local folks get a say in how it is spent – plain and simple. Money cannot be hijacked by legislators. It cannot be used to increase salaries.... (Continue reading)

Local lawmakers on maverick list

Written on 30 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Two Republican state lawmakers from San Luis Obispo County are among the party’s most independent members, according to an analysis of voting records by the Sacramento Bee. Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian (33rd District) and Sen. Sam Blakeslee (15th District) were on... (Continue reading)

Opponent requests another Ashbaugh investigation

Written on 30 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

San Luis Obispo City Councilman John Ashbaugh is facing another accusation of financial misconduct in his bid for reelection. Ashbaugh, who received a $252 fine Friday for accepting a campaign contribution above the $200 limit, filed a campaign disclosure Thursday... (Continue reading)

California textbooks drop pro-plastic bag messages

Written on 30 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The California Environmental Protection Agency revised a controversial K-12 curriculum, removing some positive messages about plastic bags that an interest group lobbied to include. [California Watch] In August 2011, school officials rewrote part of a new environmental curriculum to include... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles criminalizing homelessness

Written on 29 Oct, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 37 comments

OPINION By JON TATRO My name is Jon Tatro and I have been a police officer with the city of Paso Robles for more than 25 years. I am the officer who reported PRPD for illegal ticket quotas. I currently... (Continue reading)

Online poker effort fails

Written on 29 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Infighting between diverse factions of an online poker advocates group has resulted in dissolution of the two-year lobbying effort mounted by the California Online Poker Association. [Sacramento Bee] The group has spent nearly $2 million in its heretofore failed quest... (Continue reading)

Higher water fees set for Paso Robles

Written on 29 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Paso Robles’ steadily rising water rates are set to spurt again. Under a “user pay” formula, the new increases, scheduled to begin Jan. 1, will apply only to higher uses of water, according to a statement issued by the city’s... (Continue reading)