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Opponent requests another Ashbaugh investigation

Written on 30 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

San Luis Obispo City Councilman John Ashbaugh is facing another accusation of financial misconduct in his bid for reelection. Ashbaugh, who received a $252 fine Friday for accepting a campaign contribution above the $200 limit, filed a campaign disclosure Thursday... (Continue reading)

California textbooks drop pro-plastic bag messages

Written on 30 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The California Environmental Protection Agency revised a controversial K-12 curriculum, removing some positive messages about plastic bags that an interest group lobbied to include. [California Watch] In August 2011, school officials rewrote part of a new environmental curriculum to include... (Continue reading)

Online poker effort fails

Written on 29 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Infighting between diverse factions of an online poker advocates group has resulted in dissolution of the two-year lobbying effort mounted by the California Online Poker Association. [Sacramento Bee] The group has spent nearly $2 million in its heretofore failed quest... (Continue reading)

Higher water fees set for Paso Robles

Written on 29 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Paso Robles’ steadily rising water rates are set to spurt again. Under a “user pay” formula, the new increases, scheduled to begin Jan. 1, will apply only to higher uses of water, according to a statement issued by the city’s... (Continue reading)

4.2 earthquake strikes the Central Coast

Written on 29 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred Sunday five miles northwest of Pinnacles and 13 miles northeast of Soledad on California’s Central Coast. [LATimes] The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the temblor occurred at 9:25 p.m. on the San Andreas Fault in... (Continue reading)

Salinas boy kills dog by hanging

Written on 29 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A 12-year-old Salinas boy allegedly hung and killed his terrier-mix dog on Friday. [TheCalifornian] Police said he told them he was angry at the 12-pound dog and wanted to see it die. Shortly after 4 p.m., a 911 caller hung... (Continue reading)

Investigative journalist arrested in Greece

Written on 28 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The Greek police arrested and then quickly released the owner of a respected investigative magazine on Sunday morning hours after he published a list of more than 2,000 suspected tax cheats who were said to have accounts at a bank... (Continue reading)

Officer and suspect shot in Paso Robles

Written on 27 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

Article and photos by DANIEL BLACKBURN A high-speed, early-morning car chase in Paso Robles ended Saturday in a fusillade of bullets, leaving a California Highway Patrol officer and a suspected parolee hospitalized with gunshot wounds. At about 5:50 a.m., a... (Continue reading)

City attorney fines Ashbaugh for campaign misconduct

Written on 27 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

San Luis Obpispo City Attorney Christine Dietrick fined Councilman John Ashbaugh $252 Friday for accepting an illegal campaign contribution from County Supervisor Adam Hill. Ashbaugh admitted to receiving two bottles of wine from Hill in addition to a $200 check,... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles woman strikes driver in road-rage incident

Written on 27 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

California Highway Patrol officers arrested a Paso Robles woman and her 19-year-old son following a road rage incident that became violent. [Tribune] Irene Martinez, 39, was headed south on Highway 101 when she cut off Randall Griffin as both drivers... (Continue reading)