Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is floating a new idea to deal with overcrowded California prisons. The governor wants to build private facilities in Mexico to hold the estimated 20,000 undocumented immigrants currently in state prisons. [Ventura County Star] Under Schwarzenegger’s plan,... (Continue reading)
Arroyo Grande city councilman Ed Arnold is expected to attend his first city council meeting Tuesday night since being arrested and arraigned on felony charges. Arnold did not show up for a council meeting earlier this month. Arnold was arraigned... (Continue reading)
A bill is being introduced in Sacramento, intended to crack down on California ski resorts. [San Francisco Chronicle] Under the legislation introduced by Assemblyman Dave Jones (D-Sacramento), ski resorts will have to publish reports on how many people are killed... (Continue reading)
A new Field Poll finds that the majority of Californians believe the state is worse off now than when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took office in 2003. [Los Angeles Times] The survey reports that 59 percent of Californians believe the state... (Continue reading)
NBC News plans to air a segment on Sunday night’s edition of “Dateline,” covering the 2008 trial of a physician accused of improper organ harvesting at a San Luis Obispo hospital. Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, a San Francisco physician, was charged... (Continue reading)
Three major Santa Barbara environmental groups allegedly agreed to support a controversial offshore oil drilling project in 2008, in exchange for $100,000 and other benefits. [Associated Press] The confidential agreement involved Plains Exploration & Production and local environmental groups, including... (Continue reading)
The Jeep Comanche vehicle belonging to missing San Luis Obispo man George Carpenter was found Saturday morning. Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies, conducting an aerial search, spotted the vehicle outside the grounds of Fort Hunter Liggett. A ground search by law... (Continue reading)
As State Senator Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria) continues his quest to become California’s next lieutenant governor, he finds himself under attack on the issue of offshore oil drilling. [Los Angeles Times] The accusation comes from Assemblyman Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara)... (Continue reading)
The executive director of ECOSLO, a prominent Central Coast environmental group, is being charged with embezzlement. [New Times] Morgan Rafferty, who has served as executive director of ECOSLO since 2006, is alleged to have embezzled more than $33,000 as the... (Continue reading)
The dog of missing San Luis Obispo man George Carpenter has been found. Scooter was found alive, near Gorda, on Highway 1 in Monterey County. Law enforcement officials are now concentrating their search for Carpenter in that area, despite heavy... (Continue reading)