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CMC guard guilty of smuggling

Written on 20 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A employee at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo County was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail for smuggling tobacco to prisoners. [Tribune] Kevin George Malone, 48, was found guilty of three bribery counts in accepting $20,000... (Continue reading)

Kids’ lunch money being misspent

Written on 20 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Southern California school district is under fire from state regulators for allegedly misspending $1.5 million in government funds intended for impoverished students’ free and reduced price lunches. Baldwin Park School District will be required to repay the funds, according... (Continue reading)

Illegal immigration targeted by trio

Written on 20 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 36 comments

Three conservative Republican activists are backing a two-pronged initiative proposal intended to stem illegal immigration in California. The proposal for Nov. 2012 would impose limits on financial assistance and Medi-Cal participation, and require the state’s law enforcement agencies to work... (Continue reading)

County waives $20,000 in fees to allow DeVaul to build at Sunny Acres

Written on 20 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

In the the latest chapter of the Sunny Acres controversy, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors agreed to waive more than $20,000 in fees to allow Dan De Vaul to build a new residence on his Los Osos... (Continue reading)

Mountain lion sighted in Pismo Beach

Written on 19 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The Pismo Beach Police department has confirmed a recent mountain lion sighting near Chumash Park. Police are warning the public to exercise caution in the park and surrounding areas. The following are guidelines regarding encounters with mountain lions: • Do... (Continue reading)

Man accused of Arroyo Grande home invasion

Written on 19 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Santa Maria man is accused of forcing himself into a rural Arroyo Grande home in mid-August and tying up two brothers before robbing them and pistol whipping one of the victims. Santa Maria police officers arrested Silas Nathaniel Kanady,... (Continue reading)

SLO Council votes to increase trash rates

Written on 19 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council voted to raise the rates for trash collection at Tuesday’s meeting. [KCOY] As of Nov. 1, customers can expect to see an across the board increase of 4.6 percent. For example, a homeowner who... (Continue reading)

Maldonado inflates campaign war chest

Written on 19 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Abel Maldonado, seeking to challenge Lois Capps in the 2012 congressional election, is being accused of shifting around campaign funds in order to inflate reported figures. [SacBee] The former California lieutenant governor, originally from Santa Maria, has dropped big money into... (Continue reading)

OccupyCalPoly moves on SLO county courthouse

Written on 18 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 54 comments

Members of a local spinoff of the “Occupy Wall Street” protest movement plan to set up camp indefinitely outside the San Luis Obispo County courthouse starting Wednesday. The announcement was posted on the Facebook page for “OccupyCalPoly.” “We will be... (Continue reading)

Sewage violations expensive for SLO

Written on 18 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 5 comments

San Luis Obispo city taxpayers will pick up the $57,130 tab for a series of sewage dumps into local creeks dating back to 2008. The city violated water quality laws, according to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board’s... (Continue reading)