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Did Ferrara throw Adams under the bus

Written on 3 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 50 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE To protect his reputation, did Arroyo Grande Mayor Tony Ferrara throw City Manager Steve Adams under the bus? The Adams indiscretion occurred on July 3. A record of the event was prepared by five police officers... (Continue reading)

Keep taxpayers’ monies at home

Written on 3 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION By JIM GRIFFIN We are constantly told we don’t have enough money as a society to pay for various social programs, fix the roads, fund schools, rebuild infrastructure, etc. And yet when it comes to a new war or... (Continue reading)

Are Cal Poly boys behaving badly?

Written on 3 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Cal Poly officials have sanctioned a popular fraternity following the surfacing of allegations that a sexual assault took place at a Halloween party hosted by the fraternity Friday night. The alleged sexual assault has landed Pi Kappa Alpha on suspension... (Continue reading)

Warm ocean temperatures attract different species

Written on 3 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Higher than usual ocean temperatures off the coast of California have attracted a menagerie of warm-water creatures that typically live in more tropical areas such as the Hawaiian and Galapagos Islands. [Mercury News] In mid-October, ocean temperatures off the Central... (Continue reading)

Alleged SLO torturer heading to trial

Written on 3 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A trial is set for a San Luis Obispo man accused of torturing his girlfriend and attempting to kill her. [KEYT] In September, 33-year-old Timothy Hayes allegedly bound the woman, 27, with tape, and assaulted her with a knife, scissors,... (Continue reading)

Pilots in Virgin Galactic crash were Cal Poly alums

Written on 3 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The two men piloting a test spaceflight that crashed in the Mojave Desert on Friday are Cal Poly alums who graduated from the university’s aerospace engineering program. [KSBY] Michael Alsbury, 39, and Peter Siebold, 43, were flying the Virgin Galactic... (Continue reading)

Democratic party losing members in SLO County

Written on 2 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 48 comments

The number of voters in San Luis Obispo County registered Democratic has fallen over the past six years while Republicans hold their own and Independents increase in numbers. [Tribune] Between 2008 and 2014, the number of Democrats in the county... (Continue reading)

Alleged sexual assault at Cal Poly fraternity

Written on 2 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Cal Poly officials alerted students in an email on Saturday about an alleged sexual assault at a fraternity party on Friday. The victim was attending a party hosted by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at 740 W. Foothill Boulevard in... (Continue reading)

Fatal Crash victim identified as Paso Robles man

Written on 2 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The California Highway Patrol identified the man killed Halloween night in a crash on Highway 101 just north of the Cuesta Grade as Ronald Lee Holstine, 44, of Paso Robles. Shortly before 6 p.m., the street sweeping truck Holstien was... (Continue reading)

Does character matter Lois Capps?

Written on 1 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 44 comments

OPINION By MATT DIES If it is true that a crisis does not build character and only reveals it, the accident that took the life of my daughter, Mallory, revealed an appalling lack of character on the part of congressional... (Continue reading)