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May, 2015

Diablo Canyon nuclear plant must be shut down

Written on 15 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 45 comments

OPINION By FRIENDS OF THE EARTH Despite repeated assertions by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. that the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is safe from earthquakes, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered PG&E to provide more proof. Friends of the... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly faculty protest campus pay gap

Written on 15 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

About 200 Cal Poly faculty members, as well as some student sympathizers, marched outside the administration building Thursday to protest the pay discrepancy between administrators and teachers. [Tribune] The university faculty union organized the protest, which reached high decibel levels... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man killed in crash on Highway 101

Written on 15 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A 26-year-old Nipomo man died Thursday following a truck crash on Highway 101 in Shell Beach. Shortly after 6 p.m., Alex James Robinson was driving southbound in a flatbed truck carrying contracting tools. Robinson made a turning movement toward the... (Continue reading)

SLO police catch man who followed tipsy woman home

Written on 15 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

San Luis Obispo police have arrested a 29-year-old Santa Maria man, who they say walked an intoxicated woman into her home last month. Around 2:30 a.m. on April 18, Derek Ryan Roden was waiting outside a home in the 900... (Continue reading)

Should the Five Cities Fire Authority be abolished?

Written on 14 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 37 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE There is a sense of smoke in the air in Arroyo Grande. The smoke suggests that there may be a fire burning at the Board of the Five Cities Fire Authority (FCFA) that meets on Friday,... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly cuts ties with fraternity targeted in robbery

Written on 14 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

Cal Poly officials have cut ties with the fraternity targeted by members of the university’s football team who allegedly tried to hold up the frat house for drugs and cash. [Mustang News] The university announced Wednesday that it is disaffiliating... (Continue reading)

Los Angeles undersheriff charged with conspiracy

Written on 14 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The second in command at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and a captain in charge of internal criminal investigations at the LASD were indicted Wednesday on obstruction of justice charges for allegedly directing efforts to quash a federal investigation... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man avoids prison time for rape of disabled teen

Written on 14 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

A Los Osos man has taken a plea deal that will allow him to spend just one year in jail for sexually penetrating a developmentally disabled 16-year-old girl. [Tribune] Steve Linzmeier, 57, pleaded no contest Tuesday to child molestation, sexual... (Continue reading)

Chuck Liddell files lawsuit over investment to Kelly Gearhart

Written on 14 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

A lawsuit filed by former mixed martial arts champion Chuck Liddell against Cuesta and Stewart Title for the companies alleged participation in a money laundering scheme by former North County developer Kelly Gearhart goes to trial on Thursday. Liddell claims... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly faculty to picket over administrator pay

Written on 13 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Cal Poly faculty members will picket outside the administration building on campus Thursday to protest overspending on administrators and lack of spending on the university’s other employees. [Tribune] The university faculty union says it will deliver a petition to Cal... (Continue reading)