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Abel Maldonado dividing point among Republicans

Written on 28 Jun, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

OPINION By STEVE BARTOWSKI The Republican Party has a long history of bloodying each other in heated contests and coming together supporting its nominees. In the days before Proposition 14 created the “top-two” primary system, party voters would determine the... (Continue reading)

Chief’s charges against Paso Robles officer dismissed

Written on 28 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

Charges levied against a Paso Robles police officer for allegedly accessing DMV records by former chief of police Lisa Solomon-Chitty were dismissed earlier this month. Prosecutors asked San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge John Trice to dismiss the four... (Continue reading)

Fourth Arroyo Grande cross burner sentenced to jail

Written on 28 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The fourth defendant accused of committing a hate crime against a black teen in Arroyo Grande last year was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday. San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Jacquelyn Duffy sentenced Jeremiah Leo “Smurf” Hernandez,... (Continue reading)

Atascadero Walmart approved

Written on 27 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 54 comments

By KAREN VELIE Following more than two hours of public comment, the Atascadero City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve the construction of a Walmart and another shopping center dubbed the Annex near the intersection of El Camino Real... (Continue reading)

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)