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Man shot and killed near Paso Robles

Written on 14 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a shooting death that occurred in unincorporated Paso Robles late Friday night or early Saturday morning. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of shots fired at a home in the 400 block... (Continue reading)

Teen killed in fall at Pirates Cove

Written on 13 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

An 18-year-old man died after falling from a cliff Friday afternoon at Pirates Cove. Shortly after 2 p.m., witnesses saw the man walking along the cliff’s edge. After he fell, one person swam out and pulled the man to the... (Continue reading)

Is the Oceano dunes a Machine or other contrivance?

Written on 13 Mar, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 43 comments

OPINION BY KEVIN RICE If you answer “no” to the above question, you agree with Friends of Oceano Dunes. Three years of litigation challenging the Air Pollution Control District’s “dust rule” (Rule 1001) regulating Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area... (Continue reading)

Airline cuts flights from SLO airport in half

Written on 13 Mar, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

By KAREN VELIE The breadth of SkyWest Airlines’ changes at the San Luis Obispo Airport became a lot clearer this week with the airline cutting the number of flights coming into and out of the airport by more than half.... (Continue reading)

Has fire season hit the Central Coast?

Written on 13 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Three fires broke out on the Central Coast Thursday amid a stretch of unseasonably warm temperatures. [KEYT] An apartment fire in Santa Maria displaced 40 residents and injured three people, while a riverbed blaze in Ventura County burned more than... (Continue reading)

California embraces Common Core testing

Written on 13 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

The state of California is abandoning its school ranking system in favor of a scoring method that will align with Common Core standards. [OC Register] California has been implementing the Common Core State Standards Initiative since the beginning of the... (Continue reading)

Wal-Mart to build a store in Atascadero

Written on 13 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 44 comments

Wal-Mart announced Thursday that it will move forward with plans to build an 118,000 square-foot shopping center in northern Atascadero. After seven years of contentious debate, the project was approved by the Atascadero City Council in 2012. However, a group... (Continue reading)

SLO Film Festival celebrates local artists, event photos

Written on 12 Mar, 2015 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

Directors, actors and film lovers celebrated local film makers at a party at Piemonte’s Deli in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday. The 2015 San Luis Obispo Film Festival with over 100 new independent films and a party every night is... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay marine sanctuary denied

Written on 12 Mar, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

By KAREN VELIE The federal government denied a request by the Northern Chumash Tribal Council and members of the public to make a section of the Pacific Ocean between the Monterey Bay and Channel Islands a national marine sanctuary. In... (Continue reading)

SLO County criminology 101

Written on 12 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

In a court of law, what constitutes robbery or conspiracy or a hate crime? To help reporters accurately cover criminal court, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has sent media a criminal justice system glossary. It defines everything... (Continue reading)