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SLO County CHW hospitals split from the Catholic Church

Written on 24 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Catholic Healthcare West, which operates two hospitals in San Luis Obispo County, changed its name on Monday to Dignity Health and cut its affiliation with the Catholic Church. [SacramentoBee] The change is not expected to impact patient care or employees... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles couple facing sentencing in slave labor case

Written on 24 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Federal prosecutors have asked the court to sentence a Paso Robles couple to prison for harboring Filipino nationals who were smuggled into the United States to work under sub-standard conditions at the couple’s elder care facilities. Maximino Morales, 45, and... (Continue reading)

Ouch! The pain gap widens

Written on 24 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Women feel the pain more than men — or so a new Stanford study suggests. Asked to score the level of their pain resulting from a cross-section of 250 human ailments, women reported more severe pain than did men, by... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County’s unemployment rate drops again

Written on 23 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

For the fifth straight month, the jobless rate in San Luis Obispo County continued to fall increasing optimism of a prolonged economic recovery. The county unemployment rate fell from 10.5 percent in July to 8.8 percent in December, according to... (Continue reading)

Lompoc guard pleads guilty to inmate sex

Written on 23 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A former correctional officer at the Lompoc’s Federal Correctional Complex pleaded guilty last week to a charge of having unlawful sexual relations with a male inmate. Renee Noelle Gutierrez, 42, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a felony charge... (Continue reading)

Paul Brown’s car broken into, again

Written on 21 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

During a Thursday night string of car burglaries in San Luis Obispo, a thief broke out former City Councilman Paul Brown’s car window and pilfered a few items. Police said seven cars were burglarized including four in the Oceanaire Drive... (Continue reading)

Attempted rape in San Luis Obispo

Written on 21 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Police are looking for three men accused of attempting to rape a teenager walking on a path that connects California Boulevard with Mustang Village in San Luis Obispo. The 19-year-old told police three men attacked her from behind and forced... (Continue reading)

Man stabbed multiple times in downtown San Luis Obispo

Written on 20 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 57 comments

An Atascadero man is in fair condition after being stabbed multiple times near the Art Center in downtown San Luis Obispo. Shortly after 1 a.m. today, dispatchers sent officers to the 1000 block of Broad Street to check out reports... (Continue reading)

In-home care back in budget

Written on 20 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A budget-mandated reduction of in-home care for 372,000 elderly and disabled Californians was blocked Thursday by a federal judge. [SF Chronicle] Gov. Jerry Brown’s current budget would slash 20 percent from a program called In-Home Supportive Services if revenue projections... (Continue reading)

Six more medical marijuana cases dismissed

Written on 20 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

After more than a year of courtroom hearings, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s office told the court it could not move ahead with its cases against six of the dozen arrested in 2010 for selling medical marijuana. [SLONewTimes]... (Continue reading)