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Atascadero levies new bed tax

Written on 11 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Atascadero city officials are hoping for a boost in tourism after approving a new tax assessment on hotel patrons, with accruing funds earmarked specifically for marketing and promotion. (The Tribune) The two-percent tariff will become part of hotel bills starting... (Continue reading)

Man pleads to attempted murder with an American flag

Written on 11 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A San Luis Obispo man who attempted to murder a 90-year-old woman with an American flag pleaded no contest Wednesday to attempted murder. [Tribune] Under the plea agreement, Brennen Fulfer, 26, will receive a 13-year sentence. According to court testimony,... (Continue reading)

SLO council plans slight increase in CAPSLO funding

Written on 10 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 37 comments

San Luis Obispo’s city council plans to slightly increase its funding to Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) for the upcoming fiscal year, despite recent reports of the nonprofit mismanaging accounts and donations belonging to the homeless. At... (Continue reading)

Lawmakers seek nursing cut relief

Written on 10 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A bipartisan group of Sacramento lawmakers has mounted a campaign to give hospital-based skilled nursing services a financial break in the wake of cuts to Medi-Cal budgets. (Sacramento Bee) Three prominent Republicans, including Assembly Minority Leader Connie Conway of Tulare,... (Continue reading)

Los Osos sewer costs escalating

Written on 10 Apr, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 92 comments

By KAREN VELIE The cost to construct a sewer system in Los Osos is slated to run over its $173 million budget because of pay raises, extended contracts and under estimated workloads. On Feb. 24, San Luis Obispo County’s Public... (Continue reading)

Yes to play new Vina Robles venue in July

Written on 10 Apr, 2013 in Discovered, Featured | 4 comments

By COLIN JONES Venerable prog-rock titans Yes will play the new, outdoor Vina Robles Amphitheatre in Paso Robles on Saturday, July 6, CalCoastNews has learned. According to the band’s website, tickets for the show will go on sale on May... (Continue reading)

Search suspended for missing Vandenberg airman

Written on 10 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The Coast Guard suspended its search for a Vandenberg airman who went missing Sunday while diving east of Key Biscayne in Florida. [CBS Miami] Major Jeffrey Vincent, 39, is a reservist from the 9th Space Operations Squadron at Vandenberg Air... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student death likely accidental

Written on 10 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Sheriff’s officials in Santa Barbara County said Tuesday that Cal Poly student Giselle Ayala, 18, most likely died last weekend from falling off a cliff along the oceanfront community where she’d gone for a spring break party. [PressDemocrat] Sheriff’s spokeswoman... (Continue reading)

Cuesta summer sessions bloom again

Written on 9 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Cuesta College officials are anticipating full classes for summer sessions, a harbinger of better times ahead in most of the state’s two-year colleges in the wake of new Prop. 30 funding. It’s the first hint of positive movement for California’s... (Continue reading)

Season of the Beast, chapter 2

Written on 9 Apr, 2013 in Featured, Literary Corner | No comments

(Editors note: Season of the Beast is chilling tale of a gripping evil that blossoms in an unfortunate autumn for the residents of a small Wisconsin college town. Ray Bradbury said it scared him. You have been warned. Chapter 3... (Continue reading)