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Justice Scalia loved the Constitution exclusively

Written on 13 Feb, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 16 comments

OPINION by ILAN FUNKE-BILU I will miss Justice Scalia and so will my clients. Many see him as an originalist guided by conservative, law and order principles. I disagree and I have so advised my clients. Justice Scalia loved the... (Continue reading)

Original KISS guitarist coming to the Ranch in San Miguel

Written on 13 Feb, 2016 in Discovered, Featured | 5 comments

By Colin Jones Founding member and former KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley, currently a successful solo artist, will headline a rare central coast performance at the Ranch in San Miguel on Friday, March 4. Frehley, who took on the “Space Ace”... (Continue reading)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79

Written on 13 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 34 comments

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of what appears to be natural causes Saturday at a resort in Texas, according to a federal report. Nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan, Scalia was the... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man facing federal conspiracy charges

Written on 13 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A federal judge at a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles denied bail Friday for a Los Osos man who participated in the armed occupation of a wildlife refuge in Oregon. Neil Wampler is to be extradited to Oregon to... (Continue reading)

2 injured in CVS armed robbery

Written on 13 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Ventura police are searching for two men involved in a brutal armed robbery of a CVS store on Friday that sent two employees to the hospital. Both employees were in stable condition on Friday. At about 3:25 a.m., two mask... (Continue reading)

California Coastal Commission episode reignites fight

Written on 12 Feb, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION by STEVEN T. JONES I was struck by two things this week while witnessing the firing of the director of the California Coastal Commission: Dr. Charles Lester’s ouster should outrage all Californians who care about protecting our coast, and... (Continue reading)

Planning commission rejects Laetitia Winery development

Written on 12 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Months after indicating it would approve the project, the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission voted Thursday to reject a proposed housing development at the Laetitia Vineyard and Winery in rural Arroyo Grande. Planning commissioners denied the project on a... (Continue reading)

FBI arrests Los Osos man who joined Oregon occupation

Written on 12 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

The FBI arrested Los Osos resident Neil Wampler during a sweep in which federal agents rounded up protesters who participated in the armed occupation of a wildlife refuge in Oregon. FBI agents arrested Wampler at his home Wednesday night. [Tribune]... (Continue reading)

Car crashes into Morro Bay house

Written on 12 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A person went to the hospital Thursday after a vehicle crashed into a house on Main Street in Morro Bay. In mid-afternoon, a woman suffered minor injuries after crashing her car into a home on the 1800 block of Main... (Continue reading)

Man stabbed during argument over sunglasses

Written on 11 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

One man is in the hospital with three stab wounds and another is in jail following a violent dispute over a pair of sunglasses outside the Sportsman in Santa Barbara on Wednesday. Shortly after noon, while people ate their lunches... (Continue reading)