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CSU raises tuition 9% amid student protests

Written on 17 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

California State University trustees voted to raise tuition by 9 percent on Wednesday, while outside the system’s Long Beach headquarters CSU police violently clashed with protesters. [SanFranciscoChronicle] Police used pepper spray on student protesters. In the end, a glass entry... (Continue reading)

Transient attempts to burn Virgin Mary statue

Written on 16 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A transient allegedly attempted to burn a statue of the Virgin Mary at the San Luis Obispo Mission shortly after morning mass on Tuesday. Surveillance video shows Daniel Pettigrew, 24, trying to start a fire at the base of the... (Continue reading)

Gangsters getting military training

Written on 15 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

Federal officials are documenting a growing presence of gang members in the U.S. military, even while state financial support for local gang-busting and narcotics interdiction evaporates. The proliferation of organized criminal elements with military-trained members should raise red flags for law... (Continue reading)

Three arrested for mailbox thefts

Written on 15 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Police officers arrested three Bakersfield residents on Monday for allegedly breaking into and taking mail from outdoor mailboxes at two post offices in San Luis Obispo. [Tribune] Responding to a 911 call, police stopped a vehicle near the post office... (Continue reading)

New future for local taxation?

Written on 14 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Scattered electoral successes last week by locally-initiated revenue measures may be signaling a willingness by California voters to tax themselves — if they hear the right justifications. [SanFranciscoChronicle] Public agencies in varying jurisdictions across California, including counties, cities and school... (Continue reading)

Developers using environmental laws to fight the competition

Written on 14 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

To stop a competitor from building a project near a southern California university, a student housing firm used the state’s environmental quality laws as an effective cheap weapon of destruction. [LATimes] Conquest Student Housing has 17 buildings rented to USC... (Continue reading)

Man held hostage and assaulted in California Valley

Written on 12 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Two men allegedly held a man hostage for several days while they assaulted him with a hammer and stabbed him with a fork at the victim’s home on the 13000 block of Camarillo Road in California Valley, according to a... (Continue reading)

Court rules counties and cities can ban pot shops

Written on 12 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

In a decision that could impact several San Luis Obispo County medical marijuana dispensary applicants, a California appellate court ruled Wednesday that cities and counties can pass laws banning medical marijuana dispensaries. [LATimes] The decision by the 4th District Court... (Continue reading)

Rural residents to pay higher fire fee

Written on 11 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

Rural homeowners in San Luis Obispo County will be helping the state pay for fire prevention and protection with a $150 fee approved this week by a state board stacked with new appointees of Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown has said... (Continue reading)

Teixeira continues battle with Nipomo advisory council

Written on 11 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Paul Teixeira has refused to give funding to the South County Advisory Council because he claims the money can be better spent on more severe problems. [SLONewTimes] This is not Teixeira’s first battle with the... (Continue reading)