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Sen. Harry Reid: Save California’s high-speed rail project

Written on 11 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

As concern grows over costs for a high-speed rail system in California, and amid talk of scrapping the project, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that abandoning the multi-million dollar venture would be “short sighted.” [San Francisco Chronicle] Speaking... (Continue reading)

Jim Patterson decides to go for three

Written on 11 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Jim Patterson announced his intentions Wednesday to break the so-called “5th District curse” and win a third term on the  San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors. [Tribune] Both David Blakely and Mike Ryan previously failed in their attempts at... (Continue reading)

Parents say investigation into train victim’s death is ‘sluggish’

Written on 10 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Parents of a Paso Robles man they believe was murdered said the city’s police investigation has been hampered by lack of resources and staff. [see the full report at KCCN.TV] Bryan Brady was just hours into his 21st year when... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter revoked

Written on 10 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Less than three months after Cal Poly’s Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity came under fire over a reported rape, the university has moved to revoke the San Luis Obispo chapter. [KEYT] A campus investigation was launched after a woman alleged she... (Continue reading)

Fresno’s Philip Levine becomes poet laureate

Written on 10 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs | One comment

Philip Levine of Fresno has been selected to be the nation’s next poet laureate. [The New York Times] Known for his poems about working-class Detroit, Levine is considered a voice that speaks to the conditions of ordinary working people. “I... (Continue reading)

Alleged kidnapper tells judge she’s CIA agent

Written on 10 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A woman accused of abducting a 4-year-old boy from an Atascadero homeless shelter told a judge during a video-conference arraignment Tuesday that she was “guilty with an explanation.” [The Tribune] Annette Hale, 52, spoke to Judge John Trice from County... (Continue reading)

Light brown apple moths found in Cayucos

Written on 10 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Two light brown apple moths were discovered in Cayucos in traps set in residential landscapes by San Luis Obispo County agriculture inspectors. [The Tribune] Additional traps have been set throughout the area to gauge the extent of the infestation. The... (Continue reading)

Fox News site gets 8,000 death threats

Written on 9 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 54 comments

More than 8,000 death threats were posted recently on the Fox News Facebook page after the communications director for American Atheists, Blair Scott, appeared on the network’s “America Live.” [All Facebook] Blair was discussing the group’s lawsuit to stop the... (Continue reading)

Facebook takes down California inmate accounts

Written on 9 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Inmates with unauthorized access to cell phones have been posting Facebook pages from inside California prisons, as well as trolling victims’ pages and harassing them, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. As a result, prison authorities have... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo triple stabbing victims named

Written on 8 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs | One comment

San Luis Obispo police have identified the victims of a triple stabbing on Sunday at a birthday party on Garcia Drive. Meanwhile, the attacker remains at large. Joseph Perez, 20, Raysean Ford, 23 and a 16-year-old boy suffered stab wounds in... (Continue reading)