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California unemployment checks delayed

Written on 20 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Thousands of Californians did not receive their unemployment checks this week while the state struggles to upgrade its 30-year-old payroll system. On Tuesday, the Employment Development Department announced that about 50,000 unemployed Californians did not receive their unemployment checks. A... (Continue reading)

Hard money lender sentenced to five years

Written on 20 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Heritage Lending’s former president Candy Wells was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison for fraudulent practices in the offer and sale of securities. Wells plead no contest in August to five counts of securities fraud. After listening to... (Continue reading)

Three citizens ejected from SLO County Board of Supervisors’ meeting

Written on 19 Sep, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 112 comments

San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson tossed three speakers out of Tuesday’s board meeting following an argument that ensued after community members asked for information about a pledge Gibson and a fellow  supervisor signed. Speaking during public comment, several... (Continue reading)

The minimum wage charade

Written on 19 Sep, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 50 comments

OPINION by GORDON MULLIN Both chambers of the California state legislature recently passed the largest increase in the minimum wage in decades and the Governor promises to sign the bill. The claim by supporters is that the raise will make... (Continue reading)

Court upholds California’s low carbon fuel standards

Written on 19 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

A federal appellate court ruled Wednesday that California regulators can impose low carbon fuel standards on wholesalers and refineries in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [LA Times] AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, requires producers, refiners and importers... (Continue reading)

Jail inmate arrested for Oceano murder

Written on 19 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives arrested an Oceano man Wednesday for the June murder of a Nipomo resident. Joseph Adrian Munoz, 36, had been in San Luis Obispo County Jail since June 23 for a probation violation. Since his... (Continue reading)

Shooting of Santa Maria suspect deemed justified

Written on 19 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s office ruled an officer involved shooting last year in Santa Maria was justified. [KCOY] On Aug. 12, 2013, Santa Maria police shot and killed a man who led them on a high-speed chase through... (Continue reading)

SLO council passes plan to rezone manufacturing area

Written on 18 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A plan to redesign a neighborhood of southern San Luis Obispo that has divided the city council for months passed Tuesday night by a 3-2 vote. The South Broad Street Area Plan, which first appeared before the council in March,... (Continue reading)

Fly with an eagle

Written on 18 Sep, 2013 in Discovered, Featured, Screening Room | 5 comments

A brave YouTube user attached a camera on an eagle to provide a bird’s-eye view of Chamonix, France.... (Continue reading)

Hallucinogen found in Spooner’s Cove drowning victim’s system

Written on 18 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A Cal Poly student who drowned while swimming at Spooner’s Cove in June had alcohol, marijuana and a psychedelic drug in his system. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Coroner’s office determined 21-year-old Stefan James Wagner’s death was the result... (Continue reading)