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May, 2015

Are immigrants to blame for California’s drought?

Written on 26 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 52 comments

A statewide media campaign pinning blame for California’s drought on immigrants has kicked off a debate on whether state immigration laws have an affect on water shortages. [LA Times] Santa Barbara-based Californians for Population Stabilization has long called for tougher... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay named one of America’s top beach towns

Written on 25 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

Morro Bay is one America’s 14 best small beach towns, according to the online travel publication Thrillist. “The best place to stop along the Pacific Coast Highway? Morro Bay, where you can take in Morro Rock (aka America’s Gibraltar) or... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police tase drunk driver on the run

Written on 25 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Paso Robles man reportedly driving under the influence of alcohol crashed his gold Cadillac Escalade into a street sign and a tree on Thursday and fled by foot before an officer used a Taser to end to the chase.... (Continue reading)

Coast Guard busts 3 smugglers off San Simeon

Written on 24 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

U.S. Coast Guard crews disrupted an apparent drug smuggling operation off San Simeon on Tuesday, according to a press release. During a routine patrol, a Coast Guard aircrew spotted a suspicious panga-type vessel about 30 miles from the shore. While... (Continue reading)

SLO Symphony will no longer work with the board

Written on 24 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

In response to the San Luis Obispo Symphony’s Board of Directors firing longtime director Michael Nowak, the symphony’s musicians said in a press release on Saturday that they can no longer work with the current board. “We, the musicians of... (Continue reading)

Multiple hit-and-run accidents in Santa Maria

Written on 24 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Santa Maria police arrested two people involved in a series of hit-and-run accidents that left multiple people injured on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. On Saturday, Santa Maria police arrested a 21-year-old woman after she was allegedly involved in two... (Continue reading)

SLO City Council, a bizarre reality show

Written on 24 May, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 79 comments

By KAREN VELIE It was supposed to be a workshop about the San Luis Obispo City Council working together with an acceptable level of decorum. It turned into an eight-hour session with curses, yelling, threats to walk out and fist... (Continue reading)

How do we create a post-fossil fuel society?

Written on 23 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 48 comments

Opinion by Fielding Graduate University President Katrina Rogers, PhD The oil spill the occurred off 20 miles north of Santa Barbara on May 19 raises once again the specter of an increasingly polluted world. With all of us so dependent on fossil... (Continue reading)

We will get Maestro Nowak back

Written on 23 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION By NANCY DAHL Is the San Luis Obispo Symphony Board so out of touch with the musical world that they learned nothing from the situation in Minnesota over the last three years? The Minnesota Orchestra Board would not settle a... (Continue reading)

Mission Prep sued for football injury, bullying

Written on 23 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A former Mission Prep football player is suing the high school over an incident during a 2013 practice that allegedly left him with a concussion and brainstem stroke, as well as a series of nasty text messages from students. [Tribune]... (Continue reading)