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Do Los Angeles school police need grenade launchers?

Written on 17 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Los Angeles Unified School District police are sitting on a cache of military equipment that includes a tank and grenade launchers. [CBS LA] Like police departments across the country, the Los Angeles school police received their combat equipment from the... (Continue reading)

Recent Pismo Beach councilman dies

Written on 17 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Former Pismo Beach councilman Ted Ehring died earlier this month at the age of 84. [Tribune] Ehring, an air force veteran and former oil and gas company executive, served on the Pismo Beach council from 2006 to 2012. He died... (Continue reading)

Governor inks local water bill

Written on 17 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Expressing concern over California’s future water supplies, Gov. Jerry Brown Tuesday signed legislation to create a structure for formation of a “hybrid” district to manage the Paso Robles basin, as well as a package of bills aimed at regulating basins... (Continue reading)

Clearing up misinformation about Cambria’s water supply

Written on 16 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 47 comments

OPINION By AMANDA RICE I am a regular reader of Cal Coast News, a Cambrian and a current elected board member of Cambria CSD. And I respect the role of journalism as the fourth branch of government. A strong, free... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly football players plead not guilty to robbery charges

Written on 16 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Four Cal Poly football players accused of involvement in an August robbery of a fraternity house pleaded not guilty to a host of charges Monday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court. [Tribune] Last month, San Luis Obispo police arrested five... (Continue reading)

California drivers to face fines for coming close to bicyclists

Written on 16 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 88 comments

Motorists in California must now stay three feet away from bicyclists when passing them on the road or risk receiving traffic tickets. A new state law takes effect Tuesday, which allows officers to cite those who do not obey the... (Continue reading)

Avila Beach partygoers protest Forever Never Land

Written on 16 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Upset partygoers are taking to social media and threatening a lawsuit over a 21-and-up festival in Avila Beach over the weekend that did not deliver what it promised. Forever Never Land, a weekend-long music festival with booze-filled activities occurred as... (Continue reading)

California nudists accused of stealing public water

Written on 15 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

Rangers for a Northern California open space district raided a nudist colony Thursday, accusing the residents of stealing water from a district waterfall. [Mercury News] Amid the current drought, the Lupin Lodge nudist camp, located near Los Gatos, has endured... (Continue reading)

Cambria’s $15 million toilet to tap emergency water project

Written on 15 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

OPINION By EUGENE BLANCK Did you ever wonder why your due process rights were usurped by the Cambria CSD (CCSD) when you were not asked whether you preferred “toilet-to-tap” water for $15 million or 300 acre-feet of fresh well water... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande council teetering over tree removal policy

Written on 15 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

While reluctant to do so, the Arroyo Grand City Council may amend city policy in order to make the process of removing problematic oak trees more manageable. This is after the council denied an ill man the ability to remove... (Continue reading)