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Website sues FBI for alleged spying

Written on 22 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

Has the FBI been spying on an online magazine? The editors of San Francisco-based Antiwar.com are suing the federal agency with the help of the ACLU to prove their assertion that government agents have had the website on their investigative... (Continue reading)

Former Supervisor Howard Mankins dies at 86

Written on 22 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Former San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Howard Mankins died Sunday at the age of 86, a few days after he suffered a stroke. [Tribune] Mankins served three terms as county supervisor from 1971 to 1983. He also served a term... (Continue reading)

Weyrich’s continuing money woes

Written on 22 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

David Weyrich, the owner of the Carlton Hotel in Atascadero, is working to keep the landmark hotel off the auction block. Weyrich owes San Luis Obispo County more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes on the hotel property. Without a payment... (Continue reading)

Fingerprints proposed for foreign travelers

Written on 21 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A plan to require foreigners to be fingerprinted when they depart the nation’s 10 busiest airports should be in place within two years, a Senate committee agreed Monday. (USA Today) The proposal by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) faces additional action... (Continue reading)

UC medical workers strike over proposed pension cuts

Written on 21 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

University of California medical workers began a two-day strike early Tuesday morning at hospitals across the state to protest proposed reductions to their pension plans. [KPCC] The UC employees union, a chapter of the American Federation of State, County and... (Continue reading)

SLO crash sends motorcyclist to the hospital

Written on 21 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A motorcyclist suffered trauma to his leg Monday after a driver crashed into his bike in San Luis Obispo, throwing him into another vehicle. San Luis Obispo resident Phillip Jones, 21, was riding his motorcycle westbound on Foothill Boulevard Monday... (Continue reading)

Ventura County Ponzi scheme perpetrators sentenced to federal prison

Written on 21 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Three Ventura residents were sentenced to federal prison on Monday – with one defendant being ordered to serve more than 17 years – for their roles in a Ponzi scheme that caused losses of more than $27 million. The three... (Continue reading)

Mustang seniors ignite sweep of Northridge on Senior Day

Written on 20 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Cal Poly second baseman Denver Chavez waited a long time during his senior year to enter a home run trot. On Senior Day, Chavez jogged around the bases after Northridge starter John Salas threw his second pitch of the game.... (Continue reading)

Drug testing for doctors proposed

Written on 20 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Proponents of mandated drug testing for California physicians plan to seek signatures this summer to qualify an initiative for the 2014 ballot. (San Jose Mercury News) The proposal is backed by Bob Pack, a former AOL and NetZero executive whose... (Continue reading)

KCLU to battle KCBX for market share

Written on 20 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

National Public Radio station KCLU announced it is expanding its reach to include northern Santa Barbara County and southern San Luis Obispo County beginning in mid-June. Both KCBX and KCLU are nonprofit public radio stations that carry programming from National... (Continue reading)