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SLO homeless man dies from fire

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

A homeless man who had been staying along the creek that runs behind the Elk’s Lodge in San Luis Obispo, died Friday night after his tent caught on fire, possibly from a candle. [KSBY] A woman who was in the... (Continue reading)

Wasps to be released in Los Osos

Written on 8 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 11 comments

State agricultural officials are releasing hundreds of tiny wasps in Los Osos neighborhoods to try to control infestations of the light brown apple moth that damages fruit and other plants. “There is no risk to pets, humans or any other animals,”... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly professor gets Harvard grant

Written on 8 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Victor Valle, a professor in the Ethnic Studies Department at Cal Poly who was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team of reporters at the Los Angeles Times, has been named a fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study... (Continue reading)

TSA agent arrested for stealing from passengers

Written on 8 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Police arrested a TSA agent accused of stealing electronic devices from passengers and stuffing them down his pants before putting them up for sale online. [Broward/Palm Beach New Times] The Broward County Sheriff’s Office in Florida said 30-year-old Nelson Santiago... (Continue reading)

Central Coast higher education costs skyrocket

Written on 7 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

All but one of the San Luis Obispo County area public higher education campuses are on a new list produced by the U.S. Department of Education showing colleges and universities with the fastest-rising tuition and fees – and those campuses... (Continue reading)

Government plans large-scale marijuana raids in six California counties

Written on 7 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

Marijuana growers in the Mendocino National Forest will be the targets of the largest series of law enforcement raids ever conducted in Northern California. [California Watch] Later this summer, as illegal grow operations start winding up for the surge in... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police chief to retire

Written on 6 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deborah Linden announced Wednesday she plans to retire at the end of the year. Hired in 2003, Linden worked to stop Mardi Gras celebrations in the city. Linden also led the efforts to modify the... (Continue reading)

Hundreds of California’s state employees earn more than $240,000

Written on 6 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

More than 500 of California’s public service workers earned more than $240,000 before taxes in 2010, according to data released Tuesday by state Controller John Chiang. [San Francisco Chronicle] As legislators last year worked feverishly to reduce spending in the... (Continue reading)

Bill would require California schools to teach contributions of homosexuals

Written on 6 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 97 comments

California’s students may soon be instructed on the contributions of homosexuals if Gov. Jerry Brown signs a bill that lawmakers delivered to him on Tuesday. [Associated Press] The bill, SB48, adds lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people as well as... (Continue reading)

SLO City Council endorses parking permit fees

Written on 6 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Despite mounting frustrations over the issuance of residential parking permits, the San Luis Obispo City Council introduced an ordinance amendment Tuesday to establish fees for the permits. The council voted 4-0 (Mayor Jan Marx abstained because her home is in a... (Continue reading)