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Fremont Theater to reopen on Valentine’s Day

Written on 12 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The historic Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo will reopen on Valentine’s Day after being closed for two weeks. The theater’s owners Rob Rossi and John King said they have signed a one year contract for the use of the... (Continue reading)

California Democrats seek legislative control over ballot measures

Written on 11 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 44 comments

California Democrats hope to use their new supermajority to give the legislature more control over the initiative process. [Sac Bee] Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg plans to reveal initiative reform proposals this month, which may include removing the two-thirds... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district calls special meeting for Wallace review

Written on 11 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Amid a $1.1 million fine levied against the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District due to mismanagement by the Wallace Group, the district board has set a special meeting for Monday to reevaluate its relationship with the district’s chief... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student dies on campus

Written on 11 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A Cal Poly student died early Sunday morning outside his residence hall on campus. [Tribune] Second-year biology major Brandon Huang stopped breathing around 11:56 p.m. Saturday outside Poly Canyon Village. University police performed CPR on Huang, 20, but they did... (Continue reading)

E. coli infection spike blamed on plastic bag ban

Written on 10 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 83 comments

In San Francisco, the first major city to pass a plastic bag ban, emergency rooms have seen a spike in E. coli infections and a 46 percent increase in deaths from foodborne illness in the three months after the bag... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach house catches on fire

Written on 9 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A fire occurred at a Grover Beach house Friday night at the corner of Brighton Ave. and North 4th St. The fire began around 10:20 p.m., according to the Five Cities Fire Authority. There were no injuries. More than twenty... (Continue reading)

California lawmakers propose mandatory gun insurance

Written on 8 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 55 comments

Two California assemblymen have introduced a bill that would require gun owners to purchase liability insurance covering potential damage caused by the weapons. [LA Times] Democrats Jimmy Gomez of Echo Park and Phil Ting of San Francisco introduced AB 231... (Continue reading)

Man defrauds two SLO banks with coin swapping scheme

Written on 8 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A 48-year-old man defrauded Santa Barbara Bank Trust and Bank of America in San Luis Obispo this week by claiming rolls of pennies contained dimes and exchanging them for cash. On Tuesday, Carl Bellenir entered the Santa Barbara Bank and... (Continue reading)

SLO Housing Authority bans tobacco

Written on 7 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo has banned tobacco inside all residences it leases. [Tribune] The Housing Authority implemented the new policy on January 1 to protect residents from health problems created by tobacco exposure. Tenants must now agree... (Continue reading)

SLO skeletal remains identified

Written on 7 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A DNA match has identified the skeletal remains of a man found in a San Luis Obispo creek as a 51-year-old Texas transient. The Texas Department of Justice identified William Grant Grable II as the man, whose remains a lessee... (Continue reading)