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SLO council approves lower fees

Written on 24 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Developer fees for construction in the Margarita area have been reduced by nearly $2.3 million by the San Luis Obispo City Council in an effort to settle a disagreement and stimulate home building. The agreement was made with Rescal, a... (Continue reading)

Man dies in collision with Abel Maldonado’s wife

Written on 24 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Congressional candidate Abel Maldonado’s wife was the driver of a Cadillac Escalade that crashed into a Honda Accord killing a 30-year-old man on Monday in Santa Maria. Laura Maldonado, 45, and her teenage son were headed eastbound on Foxen Canyon... (Continue reading)

Shoplifter sues Paso Robles for police brutality

Written on 23 Jul, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 43 comments

By KAREN VELIE A woman caught shoplifting has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Paso Robles, an officer, and the current and former chiefs of police, claiming her civil rights were violated during a 2010 arrest. It is... (Continue reading)

School test answers go viral

Written on 23 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Test questions and answers posted online will delay release of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) results for two weeks, state education officials said. (San Jose Mercury News) The annual posting usually occurs in mid-August, but when Department of Education... (Continue reading)

Supervisors consider ordinance to jail their opponents

Written on 23 Jul, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION By STEW JENKINS Besides the obvious lack of wisdom inherent in criminalizing someone performing an emergency landing of their airplane or hot air balloon on county owned vacant land, if enacted the ordinance being considered by the Board of... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County accused of attempting to restrict free speech

Written on 23 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 51 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors are set to consider a draft ordinance on Tuesday that both conservative and liberal groups have dubbed an unconstitutional attempt by the county to squelch free speech and limit a... (Continue reading)

State parks hoarded $54 million, claimed budget shortfall

Written on 21 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 52 comments

The director of California’s state parks resigned and a deputy was fired Friday following the discovery the  department had stashed away nearly $54 million in surplus money while parks were threatened with closures because of budget cuts. While the under-reported... (Continue reading)

Photos of the Mid-State Fair annual cattle drive

Written on 20 Jul, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 4 comments

Tradition lived on in Paso Robles Wednesday as the annual cattle drive through city streets signaled the start of the California Mid-State Fair. A riderless horse was led along the route in memory of the late George Randolph Hearst Jr.,... (Continue reading)

Oceano district doesn’t get it

Written on 20 Jul, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?  If the Brown Act is not followed and no one is there to observe it, was... (Continue reading)

Fewer bail bonds mean more prisoners

Written on 20 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Fewer San Luis Obispo County arrestees are able to afford bail to get out of jail these days, causing grief for relatives and fiscal woes for local bail bond agents. One other result is an ongoing and... (Continue reading)