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Santa Maria robbers evade capture

Written on 1 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Two robberies took place in a span of about 15 minutes in Santa Maria Monday night, and police have yet to catch any suspects. [KSBY] Just before 10 p.m., two robbers wearing dark clothes and coverings over their faces robbed... (Continue reading)

SLO man receives three-year sentence for pimping teen girl

Written on 1 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

A 20-year-old San Luis Obispo man received a three-year prison sentence Tuesday for pimping a 16-year-old girl. [Tribune] San Luis Obispo police arrested Douglas James Stephens during a prostitution sting in May. Stephens accepted a plea deal in August and... (Continue reading)

Californians can seek gun restraining-orders

Written on 1 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 64 comments

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Tuesday that will allow family members to seek court orders temporarily prohibiting their relatives from possessing firearms. [Sacramento Bee] Democratic Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner authored the bill in response to a deadly... (Continue reading)

AG officer raises pale in comparison to Adams

Written on 30 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 24 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER In spite of City Manager Steve Adams attempt to characterize events surrounding his own bad judgment on July 3 by insinuating the police would benefit from “damaging my reputation.” In spite of being characterized as liars... (Continue reading)

Jim Hill on issues facing Arroyo Grande

Written on 30 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 23 comments

OPINION By JIM HILL Brown Act – California’s Ralph M. Brown Act, also known as the “open meetings act,” makes it illegal for a majority of the members of city councils, commissions or boards to converse on any topic under... (Continue reading)

Los Osos woman victim of suspected homicide

Written on 30 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By KAREN VELIE The body of a 27-year-old Los Osos woman was discovered in a Nevada desert on Thursday, she appears to be the victim of a homicide. Two men riding quads discovered the body of Margay Edwards in the... (Continue reading)

Water board lifts septic tank orders on 38 Los Osos homes

Written on 30 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Against the recommendation of its staff, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board has rescinded orders that required some Los Osos homeowners to spend thousands of dollars treating their septic tanks while waiting for the construction... (Continue reading)

California bans government display of Confederate flag

Written on 30 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 47 comments

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill into law that prohibits state government agencies from selling or displaying items containing the Confederate flag. [Mercury News] Democratic Assemblyman Isadore Hall of Compton authored the bill after his mother saw replica... (Continue reading)

Brown likely to sign statewide plastic bag ban

Written on 30 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 34 comments

California Govenor Jerry Brown is expected to sign into law the first statewide plastic bag ban in the U.S. [ABC News] Brown has until Tuesday to sign the bill, which would ban single-use plastic bags in large grocery stores beginning... (Continue reading)

My daughter’s health insurance company couldn’t care less

Written on 29 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 85 comments

OPINION By HILARY GRANT Looking back, it all began when my smart, beautiful and spirited teenage daughter was in first grade. Her teachers told me Katie could hear perfectly well, but darn it, she just didn’t listen. Treated as a... (Continue reading)