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August, 2013

Another Atascadero bank robbery

Written on 9 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Atascadero Police are searching for a man who robbed the Coast Hills Federal Credit Union on Thursday shortly after 4 p.m. and his male getaway driver. Thursday’s robbery is the fifth in Atascadero and the ninth in San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Auto burglaries skyrocket in SLO County

Written on 9 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

In Arroyo Grande and the five cities area thefts from vehicles tripled in July prompting police to ask residents to lock their cars. More than 60 percent of the recent burglaries were from unlocked cars. In August, Arroyo Grande police... (Continue reading)

Weedbusters scrub Paso, Pozo hills

Written on 8 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 47 comments

Sheriff’s officials said Thursday they have removed more than 10,000 marijuana plants from hilly areas near Paso Robles and Pozo, the result of discoveries by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force. Officials estimated the value of the... (Continue reading)

Climate change impacting California, says EPA report

Written on 8 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

Climate change is “an immediate and growing threat” affecting California water supplies, farming, forests, wildlife and public health, according to a report issued Thursday by the California Environmental Protection Agency. [Mercury News] Fifty-one scientists combined to author the 258-page report,... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar receives $1.7 million to implement Common Core

Written on 8 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

The Lucia mar School District has received approximately $1.7 million in one-time funds to implement new teaching standards called Common Core. [KCOY] The Common Core State Standards Initiative will align California’s math, science, history and language arts K-12 curricula with... (Continue reading)

Field of dreams fades in Santa Maria

Written on 8 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An independent baseball scout and agent from Morro Bay now says he won’t be helping bring a professional baseball team to Santa Maria because city officials there have not been cooperative. (Santa Maria Times) Jim Hayes had been part of... (Continue reading)

Former SLO police officer sues city

Written on 8 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

A former San Luis Obispo police officer who was fired after he pled guilty to misdemeanor charges of bringing misbranded Mexican prescription drugs into the United States, filed suit against the city on July 31. [NewTimes] Former patrol officer Dan... (Continue reading)

Police seek murder attempt suspect

Written on 7 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Atascadero police have widened a search for one man and arrested another in the alleged attempted murder of a person who showed up at Twin Cities hospital with multiple stab wounds. According to Sgt. Gregg Meyer, the department’s public information... (Continue reading)

Supervisors direct staff to craft Paso groundwater ordinance

Written on 7 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will consider adopting an emergency ordinance on August 27 that would restrict development and water usage in the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin. On Tuesday, the supervisors voted 4-0 to direct staff to... (Continue reading)

Water crisis dividing friends, neighbors

Written on 7 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 87 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Ken Currell gazed forlornly at vegetation surrounding the five-acre ranch he and his wife, Lynn, operate on the southeastern edge of Paso Robles, and responded to a visitor’s comments about the property’s beauty: “It was,” he said.... (Continue reading)