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March, 2017

Local school districts banning cooperation with ICE

Written on 10 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

The Santa Maria-Bonita School District board adopted a resolution Wednesday aimed at shielding students from the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Santa Maria-Bonita is the latest of several local school districts, including San Luis Coastal, to do adopt... (Continue reading)

SLO judge rules against Phillips 66 motion to stop rail spur hearings

Written on 10 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

San Luis Obispo Judge Barry LaBarbera ruled against a legal appeal filed by Phillips 66 over the SLO County Planning Commission’s decision to reject the oil company’s Nipomo rail spur project. The court ruling paves the way for board of... (Continue reading)

Are SLO County youth overwhelmed with unhealthy choices?

Written on 9 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

San Luis Obispo County health officials are citing a statewide survey on marketing and the availability of tobacco, alcohol, condoms and certain foods as evidence county residents, and particularly youth, are overwhelmed with unhealthy choices at local stores they visit.... (Continue reading)

SLO police searching for suspects with counterfeit $100 bills

Written on 9 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a man and a woman who tried to spend counterfeit $100 bills at two separate downtown stores around the same time Thursday morning. Both suspects were caught on surveillance footage. At about 10:28... (Continue reading)

Hundreds show up in SLO for “Day Without a Woman”

Written on 9 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 55 comments

At least a couple hundred demonstrators gathered in downtown San Luis Obispo Wednesday to participate in “A Day Without a Woman.” Participants marched from Meadow Park to Mission Plaza, where they held a rally and a moment of silence. The... (Continue reading)

SLO Council votes to repeal rental inspection ordinance

Written on 9 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Faced with a looming special election, the San Luis Obispo City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to repeal the city’s controversial rental inspection ordinance. A second vote at an upcoming council meeting is necessary for the ordnance to formally be repealed.... (Continue reading)

University of California faculty accused of sexually pursuing students

Written on 9 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A document dump has revealed 113 cases of alleged sexual misconduct by employees across the University of California system over the last several years. Investigators substantiated claims against UC professors for conduct including lewd comments, unwanted propositions, inappropriate touching and... (Continue reading)

Surveillance footage captures men peering into cars in SLO

Written on 8 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for two suspected thieves who were caught on camera walking around a resident’s driveway on Monday. One of the suspects can be seen peering into vehicles with a flashlight. During the early morning hours,... (Continue reading)

Former coach gets probation for disputed act of child molestation

Written on 7 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A former Santa Maria youth basketball coach, who was accused of molesting a teenage girl over multiple years, received a five-year probation sentence and was set free from jail on Monday. The alleged victim in the case had recanted her... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly to offer entire class on Beyonce

Written on 7 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 56 comments

Starting in the upcoming spring quarter, Cal Poly, through its ethnic studies department, will offer an entire course on the pop star Beyonce. [Mustang News] The class will be called Beyonce: Race, Feminism and Politics. The instructor planning the class... (Continue reading)