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Governor predicts tax will set example

Written on 13 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

More states will follow California’s lead in raising taxes for the wealthy, Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Candy Crowley. (Sacramento Bee) Voters approved Brown’s Prop. 30 by a wide margin last week. It... (Continue reading)

DMV bureaucracy restricting voters

Written on 12 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Many Californians believed they had registered to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles only to find themselves ineligible to cast a ballot on or before Election Day. [California Watch] Since its adoption in 1995, the federal “motor voter” law,... (Continue reading)

GOP fading rapidly in state

Written on 12 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 59 comments

Eventual fate of the national Republican Party may be mirrored by what has been happening in California. (San Francisco Chronicle) The state’s GOP is shrinking like cheap cotton in hot water, as Democrats have put a lock on almost every... (Continue reading)

State may shrink parole violator list

Written on 10 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Some California parole violators may soon be able to stop looking over their shoulder. State corrections officials are contemplating a program which would ignore thousands of warrants now outstanding on people who have somehow violated terms of their parole. (San... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles lender facing five years in jail

Written on 10 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Former Paso Robles lender Linda Ann Kennedy of 21st Century Financial in Paso Robles plead no contest on Tuesday to four felony counts related to fraudulent lending practices. Kennedy, 49, allegedly swindled more than 1,000 investors out of millions in... (Continue reading)

Baseball bat robber claims to be rape victim

Written on 9 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A San Luis Obispo woman suspected of burglarizing a townhouse Sunday and beating residents with a baseball bat claims to have actually been raped at the residence she is accused of robbing [KCOY]. The family of 32-year-old Sandra Lee Welsh... (Continue reading)

Heritage Ranch stabbing suspect turns himself in

Written on 9 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A man suspected of stabbing a Heritage Ranch resident following an argument last week turned himself in Wednesday evening. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Billy Benjamin Hernandez, 40, for attempted murder after he turned himself in at the... (Continue reading)

Machete wielding burglar arrested

Written on 9 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Atascadero Police arrested a man suspected of donning camouflage clothing and carrying a machete while he burglarized a home in Templeton on Nov. 2. Following up on reports of the machete wielding man in Templeton, deputies responded and discovered a... (Continue reading)

Man shot in the back in SLO

Written on 9 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Police are looking for a suspect who shot a man in the back at Santa Rosa Park in San Luis Obispo shortly after midnight on Thursday. Emergency personnel responded to calls of screaming in the park, discovered the victim and... (Continue reading)

Dems have Assembly super-majority

Written on 8 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

A “super-majority” favoring Democrats in the California legislature may be just around the corner, a final decision awaiting late counting of outstanding ballots in two close races. (San Jose Mercury News) Such a one-party rule advantage hasn’t occurred in this... (Continue reading)