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Cal Poly staff and teachers to get pay raises

Written on 11 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

Cal Poly administrators announced Friday that the university has committed $2.5 million to staff and teacher pay increases over a four-year period. [Tribune] The announcement was made after the California State University faculty union released a report detailing the struggles... (Continue reading)

SLO prosecutors lose paid time off after whistleblower complaint

Written on 10 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office is halting a longstanding practice in which prosecutors receive paid time off in exchange for taking on around-the-clock shifts in which they work on-call to assist law enforcement officers. The practice dates... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara supervisor enters congressional race

Written on 10 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Democratic Santa Barbara County Supervisor Salud Carbajal announced Thursday that he will enter the race to replace retiring Congresswoman Lois Capps. Capps announced Wednesday that she will retire when her current term expires at the end of 2016. Later Wednesday,... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man reportedly admits he’s a child molester

Written on 10 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Los Osos man accused of raping a developmentally disabled girl told detectives, “I’m a child molester,” a police report states. [Tribune] Steve Linzmeier, 57, told sheriff’s detectives that he had gone skinny-dipping with the 16-year-old girl and that he... (Continue reading)

Hammer wielding man evades deputies

Written on 10 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Deputies were searching Thursday night for a man wielding a hammer who escaped into a creek near the Santa Margarita Park. [KSBY] At 7:19 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a disturbance on the... (Continue reading)

Are Cuesta College students serial cheaters?

Written on 9 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A Cuesta College history teacher recently caught 67 of his 250 students cheating on exams. [New Times] Dr. Anthony Koeninger noticed that students across his six classes had performed unusually well on the first few quizzes of this semester’s “History... (Continue reading)

Field of candidates taking shape in race to replace Capps

Written on 9 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 39 comments

Three candidates have announced their intention to run in the congressional race to fill a seat that Rep. Lois Capps announced she would vacate at the end of her current term. Capps released a video Wednesday in which she says... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar strike likely avoided

Written on 9 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

The Lucia Mar Unified School District has reached a tentative agreement with its teachers’ union that may settle a heated contract dispute. District officials and the Lucia Mar Teachers’ Association have clashed for months, and union members voted late last... (Continue reading)

Lois Capps announces retirement

Written on 8 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 85 comments

Democratic Rep. Lois Capps, who has represented the Central Coast in Congress since 1998, released a video statement Wednesday announcing that this will be her final term in the House of Representatives and that she will retire at the conclusion... (Continue reading)

Where does California stand in property tax rankings?

Written on 8 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

California has the 17th lowest property taxes among all 50 U.S. states, according to a report compiled by consumer financial website WalletHub. [LA Times] The average property tax paid by California real estate owners in 2015 is $1,431. Hawaii has... (Continue reading)