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Jury: schools should seek more tax money

Written on 5 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 95 comments

Paso Robles schools are providing an example for other county districts, and it’s not a good one, according to a report by the San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury. Deeper budget cuts and more taxing talk is recommended by the... (Continue reading)

Small town judges more likely to be disciplined

Written on 5 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

California judges who work in smaller communities, are elected or who have been previously disciplined were more likely to be sanctioned for misconduct during the past two decades, according to figures from the California Commission on Judicial Performance. [CaliforniaWatch] California... (Continue reading)

Boy drowns in Santa Ynez swimming hole

Written on 5 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A holiday outing turned to tragedy Wednesday afternoon, as rescue personnel were unable to revive an 8-year-old boy who disappeared in a pool on the Santa Ynez River in the Los Padres National Forest. [Noozhawk] The boy, whose name and... (Continue reading)

Judge orders SLO police to stop ticketing homeless

Written on 4 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 37 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge granted a preliminary injunction barring police from ticketing homeless who sleep in their vehicles, in a ruling on Tuesday. In April, attorneys Saro Rizzo and Stew Jenkins filed a... (Continue reading)

Court bars Gearhart tax sale

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

An Ohio court barred the San Luis Obispo County tax collector from selling former North County developer Kelly Gearhart’s properties at auction during a hearing on Monday. As of June 6, Gearhart, his wife Tamara Gearhart, and several of their... (Continue reading)

Mammoth Lakes files bankruptcy

Written on 3 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The Town Council of Mammoth Lakes Town voted unanimously on Monday to approve a bankruptcy filing, less than a month after Stockton filed for bankruptcy protection. The council said it was the only option it had left after its largest... (Continue reading)

Atheists cry foul over Pismo Beach City Council’s Christian invocations

Written on 2 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 119 comments

Pismo Beach’s City Council may find itself in court if it continues to allow Christian laden invocations to lead its supposed secular meetings. Members of Atheists United of San Luis Obispo have repeatedly asked the Pismo Beach City Council to... (Continue reading)

Indestructible tomatoes explained

Written on 2 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Consumers have known for years that tomatoes from the grocer often taste bland, have bad texture, and can be as hard as baseballs. And while it is no mystery that the fruit was the result of scientific tinkering to create... (Continue reading)

Arnold was not Maldonado’s special guest

Written on 2 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Republican Congressional candidate Abel Maldonado was enticing supporters to attend a Friday fundraiser in Pismo Beach with the promise of a “special guest,” prompting his Democratic opponent, incumbent Rep. Lois Capps, to report the surprise guest was likely former California... (Continue reading)

Body found in ocean off Pismo Beach

Written on 2 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Two men paddle boarding in the pacific ocean near Pismo Beach discovered the body of a 34-year-old man floating in the water on Sunday at 11:20 a.m. Jonathan Blankeship of Pismo Beach is thought to have fallen off an ocean-side... (Continue reading)