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What is stress reduction?

Written on 13 Mar, 2013 in Discovered, Featured | 5 comments

By GARY E FORESMAN MD (Editor’s note: This is part two in a five-part series on stress management.) In Part I of the series I gave a very physiologic perspective to the definition of stress. Of course, everyone’s own subjective... (Continue reading)

Art After Dark, event photos

Written on 13 Mar, 2013 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

ARTS Obispo’s Art After Dark, a free exploration of galleries and venues that showcase the visual, literary and performing arts in downtown San Luis Obispo, focused on a collaborative collage at the Salon on Monterey. Find local events as at... (Continue reading)

DA finds no crimes in shooting of Santa Maria officer

Written on 13 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Following the disciplining of nine Santa Maria police officers for their roles in the shooting death of officer Alberto Covarrubias, Jr., Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley announced Tuesday that her office found no evidence of criminal action by... (Continue reading)

Investigators estimate Vandenberg pot at $2.8 million

Written on 13 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Department of Homeland Security investigators have estimated the value of the marijuana that operators of a panga boat left on a Vandenberg Air Force Base beach last week at nearly $2.8 million. [Santa Maria Times] Vandenberg personnel discovered an overturned... (Continue reading)

Ian Parkinson does not speak for me

Written on 12 Mar, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 98 comments

OPINION By ALLAN COOPER Ian Parkinson is my sheriff but he does not speak for me when he opposes gun control. He argues that the problem does not lie with the over-preponderance of guns in our society but rather with... (Continue reading)

Plane crashes at Paso Robles airport

Written on 12 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A single engine aircraft crashed at the Paso Robles Airport Monday afternoon while attempting to land and take off again without coming to a stop. Paso Robles firefighters responded to the crash after the failed touch and go maneuver around... (Continue reading)

Motorcyclist killed in Santa Margarita crash identified

Written on 12 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office identified the man who died in a Santa Margarita motorcycle crash Sunday as 47-year-old Charles Raffield. Raffield, a resident of Santa Margarita, died as a result of a crash on West Pozo Road... (Continue reading)

Street rules, a shared ethos doomed Myers girl

Written on 11 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Mother-and-son murder suspects Rhonda Maye Wisto and Frank Jacob York had “a shared ethos commanding respect” and that may have led to the savage slaying of 15-year-old Destiny Myers, a prosecutor said Monday. Deputy District Atty. Timothy S. Covello told... (Continue reading)

SLO After Dark at the PAC, event photos

Written on 11 Mar, 2013 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

For the first time and in celebration of Arts Education Month, the Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo participated in ARTS Obispo’s Art After Dark, a free exploration of galleries and venues that showcase the visual, literary and performing arts... (Continue reading)

San Onofre nuclear plant’s flawed system

Written on 11 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released a report detailing how a flawed system of steam generators led to the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear power plant, which has now lasted more than a year. Mistsubishi Heavy Industries, which replaced... (Continue reading)