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UC Regents to consider another tuition hike

Written on 13 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

University of California regents are expected to consider a proposal Thursday that would raise student tuition by at least 8 percent—and as much as 16 percent. [San Francisco Chronicle] Basic tuition could top $22,000 in just four years, not including... (Continue reading)

Four face hate crime trial

Written on 13 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Burning a cross in the front yard of an Arroyo Grande family has earned a trial for four people accused of a hate crime, Superior Court Judge Jacquelyn Duffy ruled Monday. Duffy ruled Monday there was enough evidence to try... (Continue reading)

Central Coast residents owe millions in taxes

Written on 13 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

At least five Central Coast individuals may be targeted by a major legislative effort to penalize tax scofflaws by suspending professional or drivers’ licenses of the state’s worst offenders. Assemblyman Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) has pushed his bill to the... (Continue reading)

Coastal Cleanup scheduled for Saturday

Written on 12 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

More than 80,000 people are expected to participate statewide in the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day Sept. 17, hoping to cleanse beaches, lakes and waterways of humanity’s blight. The event has proven popular with San Luis Obispo County volunteers in... (Continue reading)

California Faculty Association questioning administrator salaries

Written on 12 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The California Faculty Association has launched a new online ad targeting pay packages for California State University executives – more backlash from the board of trustees’ decision in July to pay a new campus president $100,000 more than his predecessor... (Continue reading)

Green bills fared poorly in Sacramento

Written on 12 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

It’s been a bad year at the state capitol for environmental issues despite an ostensibly friendly administration, and it’s a trend being felt nationwide as the economy hemorrhages. [SanJoseMercuryNews] Representatives of many California environmental interest groups had hoped that Gov.... (Continue reading)

Transparency for Cal Poly Foundation

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

A bill aimed at opening the financial records of California’s institutions of higher education was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Jerry Brown. “It is a major move forward for transparency,” said Tim O’Keefe, retired Cal Poly faculty and current... (Continue reading)

Jackson’s family planned to help him flee a conviction

Written on 11 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Michael Jackson’s family planned to fly the singer out of the United States rather than see him jailed if he was convicted at his 2005 child abuse trial in Santa Maria, his brother Jermaine Jackson told the Times of London... (Continue reading)

SLOPD detective convinced woman was raped at fraternity party

Written on 10 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 78 comments

San Luis Obispo police detective Chad Pfarr said Cal Poly graduate Joseph Trupiano “absolutely” raped a woman at a fraternity party the night of May 7, despite the recent decision by the district attorney’s office not to file charges. The day... (Continue reading)

Campaign treasurer accused of fraud gets bail

Written on 10 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Kinde Durkee, the campaign treasurer for many California Democrats who is accused of taking campaign funds for her personal use, was slated to be released from jail on $200,000 bond on Friday. [LAWeekly] last week, FBI agents arrested Durkee for... (Continue reading)