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Pismo Beach planning urgency pot ban

Written on 14 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

One week after California voters legalized marijuana, the city of Pismo Beach is considering an immediate ban on most business activity involving cannabis. Proposition 64, which passed with 56 percent of the vote, legalized the recreational use of marijuana for... (Continue reading)

Robbers hit Paso Robles liquor store

Written on 14 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Two masked men robbed a pair of clerks at gunpoint inside a Paso Robles liquor store Saturday night. The incident marked the fifth armed robbery in North County in a 15-day span. Shortly before 11 p.m.,two robbers entered Wayside Liquor... (Continue reading)

Burglars steal $2,500 in liquor from SLO store

Written on 13 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Burglars broke into BevMo! on Froom Ranch Way in San Luis Obispo on Sunday morning and stole $2,500 worth of liquor. This was the fifth burglary or robbery of a business in SLO during the past five days. At about... (Continue reading)

Anti-Trump protests continue in SLO and in the nation

Written on 13 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 44 comments

For the second time in several days, hundreds of protesters marched Saturday in San Luis Obispo to show their disapproval of Donald Trump. For the past four days, throughout the country people have protested the presidential election. At 3 p.m.,... (Continue reading)

Armed man robs Atascadero pizzeria

Written on 12 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

An armed man robbed Fatte’s Pizza in Atascadero on Thursday evening, the fourth armed robbery in the North County in the past two weeks. At about 9:45 p.m., a man wearing a mask and wielding a gun approached the cashier... (Continue reading)

Finding solace in Steinbeck during the time of Trump

Written on 11 Nov, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 38 comments

OPINION by STEPHEN COOPER In a jittery, newly authoritarian land of hatred and hurt, chastened criminal and social justice reformers and human rights advocates can find solace and sustenance in the words and works of the incomparable John Steinbeck, one... (Continue reading)

Shotgun discharges during SLO trailer park fight

Written on 11 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A fight between roommates at a San Luis Obispo mobile home park Wednesday evening resulted in a shotgun being fired into the ceiling and one of the men being arrested. At one point during the incident, both roommates were armed... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly declares support for ‘undocumented’ students

Written on 11 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

Amid uncertainty as to whether President-elect Donald Trump will dismantle an executive order that grants some illegal immigrants exemption from deportation, Cal Poly administrators declared their support for “undocumented” students who are attending the university. In 2012, President Barack Obama... (Continue reading)

Convicted cop killer denied parole

Written on 11 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Douglas Escobar, one of two notorious brothers who attempted to murder two California Highway Patrol officers in Paso Robles in 1988, was denied parole on Thursday, according to a press release. On March 6, 1989, Douglas Escobar was sentenced to... (Continue reading)

Mob beats Trump supporter, video

Written on 10 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

In a rather disturbing example of election tensions boiling over, video footage shows a mob of young black men in Chicago punching, stomping and kicking a middle-age white man whom they say voted for President-elect Donald Trump. While the mob... (Continue reading)