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Paso Robles High School journalists earn national recognition

Written on 30 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A hotbed for journalism is developing in the North County. Paso Robles High School’s new magazine, the Crimson, earned its sixth consecutive top-10 finish for the National Scholastic Press Association’s (NSPA) best of show award at the National High School... (Continue reading)

Legislature considering increase to California minimum wage

Written on 29 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 42 comments

Democratic Assemblyman Luis Alejo is attempting to raise California’s minimum wage by $1.25 over the next three years. [LA Times] Alejo, of Watsonville, is the sponsor of Assembly Bill 10, which could create the first raise in the state’s minimum... (Continue reading)

Search for missing Solvang pilot still delayed

Written on 29 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A search for a missing Solvang pilot whose single-engine airplane apparently crashed near Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome will be resumed in June, park officials said. [Santa Maria Times] Nicol Wilson’s 1966 Mooney M20F disappeared from radar Dec. 17 after... (Continue reading)

8-year-old California girl stabbed to death

Written on 29 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

An attacker stabbed an 8-year-old girl to death inside her home in the Sierra Nevada foothills Saturday. [USA Today] Leila Fowler, of Valley Springs, California, died in a local hospital after her 12-year-old brother found her stabbed inside their Calaveras... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach man killed in Templeton car crash

Written on 27 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A Grover Beach man died Friday night in a single vehicle crash in the Templeton area, the California Highway Patrol said. Shortly before 11 p.m., the 33-year-old man was speeding in a Mercedes on Lynch Canyon Drive east of Oak... (Continue reading)

Teen robbed and assaulted in San Luis Obispo

Written on 27 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

San Luis Obispo police are looking for a man who robbed and assaulted a 17-year-old male walking through the parking lot across from Big Sky Café on Broad Street at about 10:45 p.m. on Friday, police said. The suspect approached... (Continue reading)

Ex-coach claims Oakland Raiders incident spurred beer bottle fight

Written on 26 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A former Cal Poly football coach on trial for assault says that he defended himself against a rabid Oakland raiders fan during an August 2012 fight outside a Pismo Beach bar. [Tribune] Randy Hanson, a Cal Poly defensive backs coach... (Continue reading)

Couple arrested for allegedly assaulting children with sticks

Written on 26 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

Lompoc police arrested a man and his girlfriend for allegedly assaulting three children with a wooden stick last month. [KCOY] Ramon Garcia Jr., 28, and Veronica Sanchez, 30, were allegedly hitting two boys and one girl with a stick near... (Continue reading)

Internet tax bill advances in Senate

Written on 26 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Purchases made over the Internet may soon be taxed after the U.S. Senate closed debate on the issue Friday and prepared to vote on the issue upon return from a week-long vacation. (San Jose Mercury News) The bill’s easy passage... (Continue reading)

Colby Jack’s Café and Bakery shutting its doors

Written on 26 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

After less than two years at the Atascadero Carlton Hotel, Colby Jack’s Café & Bakery is shutting its doors, the third restaurant to fail at the location in the past four years. Previously, Shockley’s closed after a year at the... (Continue reading)