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Fat Cats Cafe files for bankruptcy

Written on 2 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Port San Luis restaurant Fat Cats Café has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but will remain open. [Tribune] The popular restaurant has less than $50,000 in assets and at least $300,000 in liabilities to its top 20 creditors, according to... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles High School grad saves women, children from fire

Written on 1 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Paso Robles High School alumni and manager at the Ravine Waterpark ran into a burning building last month to alert residents of a fire and help them get out. [NBC] On April 23, Steven Gifford was on his way... (Continue reading)

Privacy no big deal with Apple, AT&T, Verizon

Written on 1 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Personal information shared on the Internet can be obtained by government and law enforcement officials with varying degrees of ease, but Apple, AT&T and Verizon have received low marks for failing to protect individual privacy rights, according to a national... (Continue reading)

Valley fever outbreak strikes solar power plant workers

Written on 1 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Valley fever has struck 28 workers at two solar power construction sites in San Luis Obispo County. [LATimes] Staff from the California Department of Public Health, investigators from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health and San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Former coach convicted of felony battery with beer bottle

Written on 1 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury convicted former Cal Poly and Oakland Raiders coach Randy Hanson of felony battery, subjecting him to up to four years in prison. [Tribune] Hason, a Cal Poly assistant football coach at the time, struck a... (Continue reading)

Sexual assault reported on Cal Poly campus

Written on 30 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A sexual assault occurred early Sunday morning in a Cal Poly residence hall, according to the University Police Department. [Mustang Daily] University police say a woman reported an assault Monday afternoon that occurred early Sunday in the Muir Residence Hall.... (Continue reading)

Bill amendment technique challenged

Written on 30 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A legislative practice that has outraged voters for years and allowed lawmakers to surreptitiously slip into statute a variety of controversial measures will be challenged by a new proposal in the state Assembly. (Sacramento Bee) The Capitol tradition known as... (Continue reading)

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)