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New Board of Supervisors takes form

Written on 7 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Following the swearing in of San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Debbie Arnold for her first term and Supervisor Adam Hill for his second, the board voted 3-1 to make Teixeira chair and Gibson vice chair. The vote sets up Gibson... (Continue reading)

Hit and run driver arrested

Written on 7 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

California Highway Patrol officers arrested a man on Saturday who crashed into the back of a San Luis Obispo police vehicle before fleeing the scene. On Dec. 31, shortly after Sgt. Jeff Booth entered the highway from the Prado Road... (Continue reading)

Quality of Life: The legislature may guarantee it of the poor too

Written on 7 Jan, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 35 comments

OPINION By STEW JENKINS The inalienable right to life and liberty. So simply stated in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, would be guaranteed to desperately impoverished Californians by proposed amendments to multiple statutes if... (Continue reading)

Achadjian to lead effort to change rape law

Written on 7 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Central Coast Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian plans to introduce a bill that would expand the definition of rape to include impersonating the victim’s boyfriend, fiancé or significant other. [LA Times] Last week, a California state appeals court overturned the rape conviction... (Continue reading)

Officers lodge two claims of retaliation against Arroyo Grande

Written on 7 Jan, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

An Arroyo Grande Police officer says the city has failed to follow due process in dealing with a claim of retaliation, and the police officers’ union also has lodged an accusation of retaliation. On Dec. 31, Michelle Cota filed a... (Continue reading)

Fire extinguished at student housing near Cal Poly

Written on 7 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo firefighters extinguished a fire Sunday at a student housing complex near Cal Poly. The “suspicious” fire started on top of a mattress in a vacant, locked bedroom at Stenner Glen apartments, the San Luis Obispo Fire Department... (Continue reading)

Oceano needs to put residents first

Written on 6 Jan, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION By Lin HILL As a property owner in the Oceano Community Services District water and sewer service area, it has come to my attention that the OCSD office was closed from close of business Friday, December 21, 2012 through... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man foils carjacking attempt

Written on 6 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A 22-year-old Santa Maria man fought back and was able to foil an attempted carjacking Saturday night. [Noozhawk] The unnamed 22-year-old was at Jones Street and College Avenue when he agreed to give a man and woman a ride, said... (Continue reading)

Islamic group practicing Jihad on San Francisco buses

Written on 6 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is advertising Jihad on the sides of San Francisco buses. [Huffington Post] CAIR is attempting to reclaim the meaning of the controversial term in its My Jihad campaign that uses billboards on city buses to... (Continue reading)

California homeless bill of rights proposed

Written on 5 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

A California lawmaker is pushing to add another category to the list of those protected from discrimination: homelessness. [SacramentoBee] The legislation titled the “Homeless Bill of Rights” by Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco is meant to keep communities... (Continue reading)