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At risk teen reported missing

Written on 18 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

King City police are asking the public’s help in finding a 13-year-old girl reported missing on Wednesday. Daniela Rodriguez has a history of depression and suicide attempts. A missing persons advisory is in effect for Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly sputters to football finish

Written on 16 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Cal Poly football team fell behind 35-3 on the Moriarty Enterprises scoreboard Saturday afternoon and lost 35-22 in its lone opportunity left to prove worthy of a playoff berth. The Mustangs dropped its final home game... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles robber beats store clerk

Written on 16 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Paso Robles police arrested a man for allegedly stealing beer and then beating a Smart and Final clerk in the head with brass knuckles on Thursday. Shortly before 7 p.m., the store clerk spotted two Paso Robles men attempting to... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man hit by car

Written on 15 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A Morro Bay bicyclist was hospitalized with major injuries Thursday night after he was hit by a car on Highway 1. [KSBY] Shortly after 6 p.m., Garry Kolb, 72, entered the 13th Street off-ramp in Morro Bay. Steven McGregor, 37,... (Continue reading)

Power plant closure costing Morro Bay, APCD

Written on 15 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

The city of Morro Bay and the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District will lose more than $1 million in combined annual income upon the closure of the Morro Bay Power Plant. [Tribune] Officials with energy company Dynegy,... (Continue reading)

It’s a fee: California cap and trade passes legal challenge

Written on 15 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

California’s one-year-old system of auctioning off the right to emit carbon survived a pair of legal challenges this week. [SacramentoBee] Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley rejected lawsuits filed over California’s cap and trade law, AB 32, by the California... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay pays city attorney to walk away

Written on 14 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 58 comments

The city of Morro Bay will pay City Attorney Rob Schultz $163,235 to resign from his position. Mayor Jamie Irons had been pushing to fire Schultz since September, but Tuesday the city council agreed to a severance package for Schultz... (Continue reading)

Home Goods to replace SLO Office Max

Written on 14 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Home Goods, a discount chain store that sells items for the home, is slated to replace the OfficeMax store in Irish Hills Plaza off Los Osos Valley Road. The remodeled Home Goods location is slated to open next spring. In... (Continue reading)

Cambria man sentenced to 27 years to life

Written on 14 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A mentally ill Cambria man who stabbed his brother in the head with a screwdriver was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison on Wednesday. A jury found Brandon Henslee, 23, guilty of murdering his brother Tyler Hanks, 20,... (Continue reading)

NRC fails to apply standard earthquake protocols to Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant

Written on 13 Nov, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

STATEMENT By UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is not holding the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California to the same standards it requires of every other nuclear facility to address potential earthquake hazards, according to a report... (Continue reading)