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Cal Poly pounds UCLA in game 2

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Both of Cal Poly’s big boppers hit three run home runs, and freshman pitcher Slater Lee threw a complete game shutout in his first collegiate road start as the Mustangs beat UCLA 8-0 Saturday. Junior right fielder... (Continue reading)

Mustangs stumble in UCLA series opener

By JOSH FRIEDMAN UCLA hitters squared up Cal Poly ace Matt Imhof, Mustang right fielder Nick Torres made two errors on one play and Poly batters only mustered five hits in a 5-2 loss to the Bruins Friday night. Imhof,... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach councilman appointed to California Coastal Commission

Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Pismo Beach City Councilman Erik Howell to the California Coastal Commission, Brown announced Friday. Brown selected Howell from five applicants who reside in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Applicants for the seat are... (Continue reading)

An evening at Cal Poly with the Temptations

By ERICA EVANS Seeing the Temptations, or as they like to call themselves, The Temps, at the Christopher Cohan Center on Cal Poly’s campus couldn’t have been more perfect. When the Temptations took the stage on Valentine’s Day, Otis Williams... (Continue reading)

Who are you kidding Mr. Reaugh?

OPINION By LARRY MCGOURTY I read Mr. Reaugh’s latest “advertorial” for a water district with some bemusement. How a small band of elitists and a grass root organization so out of touch that its own membership is in open rebellion... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man arrested for vandalism and arson

A 22-year-old Paso Robles man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a Playa del Rey gas storage facility and causing a gas leak on Monday. [ABC7] Shortly after midnight, James Viramontez Cogley allegedly entered the SoCal Gas storage facility... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria teacher accused of sexual relationship with student

Santa Maria police arrested a 53-year-old Pioneer Valley High School teacher Thursday for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old female student. [KSBY] Brian Hook, a social science teacher and the varsity girls basketball coach, is accused of having a sexual... (Continue reading)

California legislator calls for return to bilingual educations

California State Senator Ricardo Lara proposed a ballot measure Thursday that would reverse the state’s ban on multilingual education in public schools. [LA Times] Sixteen years ago, California voters approved Proposition 227, which requires public schools to instruct students in... (Continue reading)

Steve Sinton sets the record straight

OPINION By STEVE SINTON One would think that something as expensive as litigation would be founded on sound principles, rather than false accusations against your neighbors and fellow landowners. Neither PRAAGS nor Pro Water Equity have ever suggested or supported... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay pays $20,000 to settle taser case

Morro Bay agreed to pay $20,000 to a man who police officers pepper sprayed and repeatedly tasered during an arrest at the Fuel Dock Saloon in 2012. [NewTimes] Officers initially charged Brian Lopez Martinez, 23, with public intoxication, resisting arrest,... (Continue reading)