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June, 2015

Is Oceano attempting to blackmail the sanitation district?

Written on 5 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER Einstein’s definition of insanity is, “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I don’t know who is insane; the Oceano Community Services District (OCSD) for using bully tactics to get their... (Continue reading)

Ted Cruz will speak in Nipomo

Written on 5 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 80 comments

U.S. Senator and Republican presidential candidate, Ted Cruz, will speak at the Edwards Barn in Nipomo on June 22. Cruz, a first-term senator from Texas, will speak from 9 to 10 a.m. The event is hosted by the San Luis... (Continue reading)

CHP plane chases car through North County

Written on 5 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A California Highway Patrol airplane chased a pair of burglary suspects through North County as they fled by car at speeds of more than 100 mph. Corona residents Derek Masaru Wolfe, 40, and Marissa Elena Mize, 23, led law enforcement... (Continue reading)

Assisted death bill passes California Senate

Written on 4 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

The California Senate voted 23-14 Thursday to approve a physician-assisted death bill that would allow some terminally ill patients to obtain medication to end their lives, in a vote that passed largely along the party line. If the measure gets... (Continue reading)

Rod Jarmin and Tammy Jordan’s trial starts Monday

Written on 4 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE Four years after they were arrested for seven counts of fraud and embezzlement, Real Property Lenders (RPL) of Paso Robles principals Rod Jarmin and Tammy Jordan’s trial will begin on Monday. In April 2014, Jarmin, 76, and... (Continue reading)

Harley-Davidson thumps California’s Franchise Tax Board

Written on 4 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

By STEW JENKINS A California appeals court ruled last week, in a lawsuit brought by the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company against the California Franchise Tax Board, that part of California’s statutory income tax scheme is unconstitutional because it discriminates against out... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly gifted with 450 acres in Arroyo Grande

Written on 4 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The owners of a 500-acre Arroyo Grande ranch are set to donate 450 acres of the property to Cal Poly. [Tribune] On Monday, Stuart and Jan Bartleson will sign over the deed to 450 acres of their family ranch located... (Continue reading)

SLO judge sides with Jerry Brown in parole dispute

Written on 4 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A San Luis Obispo Judge ruled that Governor Jerry Brown exercised legitimate authority when he overturned a decision to parole a 23-year-old San Luis Obispo man, who at 13 used a skateboard to beat an 87-year-old man to death. [Tribune]... (Continue reading)

Phillips 66 pipe bursts, spills oil near Santa Maria

Written on 4 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Two weeks following the oil spill near Refugio State Beach, a second Santa Barbara County crude pipe burst, this time causing a small spill near Santa Maria. [KEYT] Around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, a passerby reported seeing oil on a sidewalk... (Continue reading)

Criticize the mayor, get sued

Written on 3 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION By PETER SCHEER Inglewood CA doesn’t have much to commend it. To the various reasons not to live there–like high crime rates and bankrupt schools—the city government has added this threat: if you criticize the mayor or other officials,... (Continue reading)