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Parkinson’s Navy

Written on 1 Aug, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 124 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Sheriff Ian Parkinson told San Luis Obispo County Supervisors in April that he needed an extra half million dollars to buy and operate a 27-foot Defender Class response boat to tow drug smuggling boats,... (Continue reading)

California appellate court rules in favor of bullet train

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

The state of California can resume its work on a planned $68 billion bullet train following an appellate court decision Thursday that reversed an earlier ruling. [Mercury News] Last year, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kinney ruled that the state... (Continue reading)

Kashkari goes homeless in bid for governor’s mansion

Written on 1 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 34 comments

The former U.S. Treasury official who administered the federal government’s bank bailout program recently spent a week living as a homeless man in Fresno. [LA Times] Multimillionaire Laguna Beach resident Neel Kashkari is the Republican candidate for the California governorship.... (Continue reading)

California crippling drought deepens

Written on 1 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

California drought deepens with areas of exceptional drought going from 36 percent of the state last week to 58 percent of the state this week. The same week that California began handing at fines for wasting water, the state deemed... (Continue reading)

Police cruiser crashes during high-speed chase

Written on 31 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Atascadero police arrested a Creston man who led officers on a high-speed chase Monday that ended with a wrecked police cruiser. On Monday at about 2:50 a.m., two Atascadero police officers attempted to pull over a car for vehicle code... (Continue reading)

APCD ordered back into court over dust rule

Written on 31 Jul, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 35 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A California appellate court rejected an agreement Tuesday that could have settled the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District’s legal battle over its controversial Oceano Dunes dust rule. Adopted by the APCD board in 2011,... (Continue reading)

Atascadero residents trying to refill lake

Written on 31 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A group of concerned residents is attempting to refill the nearly dry Atascadero Lake. [Tribune] Friends of Atascadero Lake is proposing drilling a well at a home on the 8300 block of Portola Road and piping the water to the... (Continue reading)

Driver takes aim at downtown SLO law firm

Written on 30 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A speeding driver crashed through a white picket fence in downtown San Luis Obispo Monday and came to a stop on the lawn in front of a law firm. [KSBY] On Monday afternoon, a driver in a white car was... (Continue reading)

Cuesta places $275 million bond on ballot

Written on 30 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

The Cuesta College Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to place a $275 million bond measure on the November ballot. If 55 percent of voters approve of the initiative, San Luis Obispo County property owners will receive annual assessments of... (Continue reading)

Soldier run over by truck at Camp San Luis

Written on 30 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A truck crashed into a female National Guard soldier at Camp San Luis Obispo on Monday and then rolled over her lower body. The 31-year-old soldier suffered major injuries and was airlifted to a Fresno hospital for emergency surgery. Her... (Continue reading)