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Baldwin for Cuesta College

Written on 19 Oct, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

OPINION By MARILYNE CLEEVES The Cuesta College Board has consistently approved construction for more campus facilities and buy-out contracts from unsatisfactory administrators. In order to pay the loans for these approvals, the administration is proposing cuts to programs, employee compensation,... (Continue reading)

Mortgage assist funds reallocated

Written on 19 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Millions of dollars from a settlement pool intended to help California homeowner victims of mortgage abuses has been diverted to the state’s general fund by Gov. Jerry Brown to help balance his budget. (San Francisco Chronicle) California is one of... (Continue reading)

SLO cops rough up homeless man waiting for a sandwich

Written on 19 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 68 comments

Following a complaint from a worker at the Maxine Lewis Homeless Shelter, San Luis Obispo Police threw a mentally challenged man, who was not resisting arrest, to the ground before taking him into custody. Chris Grace, a local homeless woman... (Continue reading)

Two guns and two kids taken in cocaine bust

Written on 19 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force arrested a Grover Beach man Thursday who had 200 grams of cocaine inside his home. Officers searched the home of Abel Olivo, 30, on Atlantic City Avenue and found the cocaine, valued at about $7,000,... (Continue reading)

Capps failed to disclose more income

Written on 19 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

Congresswoman Lois Capps faces new charges from Republican challenger Abel Maldonado over failure to report personal income [Noozhawk]. Legislative Resource Center records show that Capps did not disclose two pensions as income, totaling more than $500,000 for her first eight... (Continue reading)

What is a GMO?

Written on 19 Oct, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 12 comments

By GARY FORESMAN, MD The GMO controversy can only be understood from a systems approach, and a few definitions are needed so we can all understand what we are talking about. Genomics is simply the study of all chromosomal contents... (Continue reading)

Mason finally free as DA won’t retry case

Written on 18 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 43 comments

The District Attorney’s office announced Thursday that it will not retry San Luis Obispo firefighter John Ryan Mason who allegedly assaulted a man in a bar bathroom last year [Tribune]. Mason’s felony assault trial ended last month with a hung... (Continue reading)

Lawsuit targets CSU Prop. 30 campaign

Written on 18 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Is there a concerted but perhaps illegal effort afoot to urge California university students to vote for Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative, Proposition 30, using tax dollars? (Sacramento Bee) Howard Jarvis’ Taxpayers Association thinks so. The Sacramento-based group announced today... (Continue reading)

Dracula Spectacula, event photos

Written on 18 Oct, 2012 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

The San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum is known for its fun themed fundraisers, and this year’s event topped them all. Dracula Spectacula drew more than 200 vampires and their victims to the Officer’s Club at Camp San Luis Obispo for... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles candidates perform at political forum

Written on 18 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 49 comments

Six candidates for Paso Robles City Council participated in a lively forum Wednesday evening in the Grand Ballroom of the Paso Robles Inn. Change Paso Robles Now (CPRN2012) hosted the forum and former congresswoman Andrea Seastrand moderated, which included candidates... (Continue reading)