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May, 2013

Fat Cats Cafe files for bankruptcy

Written on 2 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Port San Luis restaurant Fat Cats Café has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but will remain open. [Tribune] The popular restaurant has less than $50,000 in assets and at least $300,000 in liabilities to its top 20 creditors, according to... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles High School grad saves women, children from fire

Written on 1 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Paso Robles High School alumni and manager at the Ravine Waterpark ran into a burning building last month to alert residents of a fire and help them get out. [NBC] On April 23, Steven Gifford was on his way... (Continue reading)

Privacy no big deal with Apple, AT&T, Verizon

Written on 1 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Personal information shared on the Internet can be obtained by government and law enforcement officials with varying degrees of ease, but Apple, AT&T and Verizon have received low marks for failing to protect individual privacy rights, according to a national... (Continue reading)

Valley fever outbreak strikes solar power plant workers

Written on 1 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Valley fever has struck 28 workers at two solar power construction sites in San Luis Obispo County. [LATimes] Staff from the California Department of Public Health, investigators from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health and San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Former coach convicted of felony battery with beer bottle

Written on 1 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury convicted former Cal Poly and Oakland Raiders coach Randy Hanson of felony battery, subjecting him to up to four years in prison. [Tribune] Hason, a Cal Poly assistant football coach at the time, struck a... (Continue reading)