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Six Californias measure could appear on 2016 ballot

Written on 18 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

The campaign for an initiative to divide California into six separate states says it has collected enough signatures to place the measure on the 2016 ballot. [LA Times] In order to qualify for the ballot, the six Californias campaign must... (Continue reading)

Fire breaks out at Morro Bay Power Plant

Written on 18 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A fire broke out at Morro Bay Power Plant Thursday morning and burned some of the plant’s vents. [KSBY] The fire occurred shortly before 10:30 a.m. while workers at the plant were taking apart machinery, according to Morro Bay fire... (Continue reading)

Lompoc City Council loosens sex offender regulations

Written on 17 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

In response to a lawsuit filed by an Arroyo Grande man regarding Lompoc’s regulations about where sex offenders can visit and live, the Lompoc City Council voted Tuesday to suspend enforcing residential limits and to revise laws on where sex... (Continue reading)

Get your name on a brick at the SLO Skate Park

Written on 17 Jul, 2014 in Discovered, Featured | 3 comments

The City of San Luis Obispo has started construction on the new SLO Skate Park at Santa Rosa Park and a projected grand opening is scheduled for winter 2015, according to a press release. Community members and businesses interested in... (Continue reading)

SLO County property values reach all-time high

Written on 17 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

The total assessed property value in San Luis Obispo County has reached an all-time high of $43.6 billion. [Tribune] County property values are up 5.81 percent from 2013. The increases in home equity means property taxes will also increase for... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly radio station at risk after sexually explicit fundraiser

Written on 17 Jul, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 22 comments

By CCN STAFF KCPR FM, Cal Poly’s student-run radio station, could be sold away from the campus following a fundraising promotion in which two student DJs offered to sell photos of their genitals in return for cash donations. For $20... (Continue reading)

Lady Gaga appears in California PSA on water conservation

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

Several months after filling Hearst Castle’s 345,000-gallon Neptune Pool with water for a music video shoot, Lady Gaga is instructing Californians to practice water conservation. Early this year, a leak prompted workers at Hearst Castle to drain the Neptune pool.... (Continue reading)

Three dead in violent Stockton bank robbery

Written on 17 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A foiled bank robbery in Stockton left two robbers and one hostage dead and a third 19-year-old suspected robber in police custody. [KCRA] At about 2 p.m., the three Stockton residents entered the Bank of the West. When police arrived,... (Continue reading)

Is SLO prepared for possible loss of Measure Y money?

Written on 16 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council received a staff report Tuesday on a contingency plan for the loss of around $6.7 million in annual revenue from the city’s half-cent sales tax. The council responded to the report... (Continue reading)

Californians increase water usage amid drought

Written on 16 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Amid the worst drought to hit California in decades, Californians have increased their water usage. In January, Gov. Jerry Brown asked Californians to slash their water use by 20 percent. Nevertheless, a California Water Resources Board report shows a 1... (Continue reading)