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Truck hits Cal Poly professor riding a bicycle

Written on 30 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A popular Cal Poly graphic communication professor suffered a broken pelvis after a pickup truck crashed into the bicycle he was riding to work. [Tribune] Associate professor Brian Lawler was biking to Cal Poly around 8 a.m. Monday when the... (Continue reading)

Where to go for happy hour

Written on 29 Jan, 2014 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | 4 comments

It turns out that a great sunset over the Pacific Ocean and culinary delicacies makes the Cliffs one of the best happy hour spots in San Luis Obispo County. If the most famous thing about the Cliffs Resort in Pismo... (Continue reading)

PRAAGS and PRO Water Equity don’t see future water banking

Written on 29 Jan, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 17 comments

OPINION By JERRY REAUGH Two North County groups are taking exception to claims made by a small group of property owners regarding formation of the Paso Robles Basin Water District (PRBWD). In what they describe as a careless and misleading... (Continue reading)

DA charges man connected to shooting of Cal Poly student

Written on 29 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against a man believed to have been involved in the shooting of a former Cal Poly football player. [KSBY] On November 21, 2013, Cal Poly student and former football... (Continue reading)

17 California communities could run out of water

Written on 29 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

As California’s drought intensifies, 17 communities in 10 counties across the state are in danger of running out of water within 60 to 120 days, state officials announced Tuesday. [MercuryNews] The 17 water districts are all in small rural communities... (Continue reading)

SLO Social Seen, downtown 1-23-14

Written on 28 Jan, 2014 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | 15 comments

Join CalCoastNews as we check out San Luis Obispo County’s best happy hour spots, the bar scene and best places to go for a crazy fun time. And what would crazy fun mean without taking a look at the SLO... (Continue reading)

Stephen Glass found unfit to practice law in California

Written on 28 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Former journalist Stephen Glass, who fabricated magazine articles for the New Republic and others in the 1990s, lost his bid to become a lawyer in California. [Washington Post] Less than a month after admitting an illegal immigrant to the California... (Continue reading)

Agricultural visionary Ernie Righetti dead at 97

Written on 28 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Ernie Righetti, the man who introduced avocados to the area, died Sunday night. He was 97. [Tribune] Righetti had been under hospice care. He died at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo. Righetti lived in the house... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County Jail inmate dies from H1N1 flu

Written on 28 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Correction: The inmate had been in the jail for three months. A San Luis Obispo County Jail inmate died Monday of the H1N1 flu virus. The SLO County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that 35-year-old Rudy Joseph Silva was transported to Sierra... (Continue reading)

Jim Erb announces candidacy for county tax collector

Written on 28 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Jim Erb, the sitting San Luis Obispo County Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector-Public Administrator, announced today he will run for the office he was appointed to lead at the end of 2012. “This office may have one of the world’s longest titles, but... (Continue reading)