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Central Coast activists plan a “Day Without a Woman” events

Written on 5 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 58 comments

Central Coast activists are planning a general strike on March 8 as part of the “Day Without a Woman” demonstrations. Proponents are asking women to take a day off from work, school and shopping. If required to work, promoters are... (Continue reading)

SLO County supervisors weigh in on CEQA reform

Written on 5 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Late last month, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors considered the Planning Priorities Report as prepared by the Planning and Building Department that outlined what the department felt those priorities should be. That... (Continue reading)

Man shot and killed at Orcutt saloon

Written on 4 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a man at Elmer’s bar in Old Town Orcutt early Saturday morning. At about 1:30 a.m., deputies responded to a report of a man with a... (Continue reading)

Nipomo CSD cuts ties with Michael Seitz

Written on 3 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The Nipomo Community Services District has cut ties with its longtime legal counsel Shipsey & Seitz and has hired a new firm to provide legal services. Shipley and Seitz provided legal counsel services to the Nipomo CSD for more than... (Continue reading)

Prowling SLO porno watcher peering into girls’ bedrooms

Written on 3 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo police are search for a man who is allegedly shining flashlights into women’s bedrooms while standing outside watching pornography. Shortly before 4 a.m. on Thursday, a woman awoke to sounds outside her bedroom window. When the woman... (Continue reading)

Social Security numbers released in SLO County data breach

Written on 3 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder’s Office released 12 individuals’ Social Security numbers to two private title companies. Ten of the 12 individuals whose Social Security numbers were released are SLO County residents. [Tribune] Clerk-recorder’s office officials say the Social... (Continue reading)

Hit-and-run suspects beat up Santa Barbara sheriff’s deputy

Written on 3 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Two men who were allegedly involved in a DUI hit-and-run beat up a Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputy who tried to arrest them early Wednesday morning. The suspects sent the deputy to the emergency room with head and back injuries,... (Continue reading)

Our awful sacred civic duty

Written on 2 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION by MICHAEL F. BROWN The Democratic Party’s alternative left regressive movement is suffering Tea Party envy. Democrats, the mainstream media, self- styled Hollywood pundits, academics, and legacy baby “smart set” sophisticates from West Hampton Beach to Westwood demonize Tea... (Continue reading)

Undocumented children are part of our nation and need your support

Written on 2 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 55 comments

OPINION by ANDREA DEVITT In 2011, Jerry Brown signed the Dream Act, which made California the first state in our nation to allow undocumented students to apply for and receive state-administered college financial aid. This was groundbreaking legislation. Sadly, the applications... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district joins Arroyo Grande in misconduct investigation

Written on 2 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

By KAREN VELIE The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District voted 2-0 on Wednesday to pay half the cost for an investigation into allegations of misconduct raised by a resident of Arroyo Grande against Mayor Jim Hill. Earlier this... (Continue reading)