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Black Market Trio jam at Shell Beach Café, event photos

Written on 6 Apr, 2013 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

Black Market Trio returned last Sunday’s to a jazz jam at the Shell Café in Pismo Beach. If you would like to buy a high-resolution print of any of these photos, aside from those of the performers, contact photographer Dennis... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo laundry thief arrested

Written on 6 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a woman they say stole laundry from at least 11 other people at the Madonna Road Apartments. [KCOY] After the shirts, socks, pants and underclothing were cleaned and dried, Autumn Ferguson, 40, allegedly absconded with... (Continue reading)

Paso’s Jay Hall dies after motorcycle crash

Written on 5 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A Paso Robles man whose motorcycle collided with an automobile in Santa Maria April 3 has died, and relatives have identified him as 59-year-old Julian “Jay” Hall. Hall was leaving a gas station and turning onto Betteravia Road when his... (Continue reading)

Love letter to the NRA

Written on 5 Apr, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 328 comments

OPINION By PETE EVANS Recently the United Nations, those black booted thugs the neo cons hate, passed an arms control treaty (opposed by the National Rifle Association and its selfish allies) in an attempt to manage the obscene weapons traffic... (Continue reading)

ASH employees to get personal safety alarms

Written on 5 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A California Assembly budget subcommittee unanimously approved funding Wednesday for safety alarms that Atascadero State Hospital employees will wear around their necks and use when attacked by patients. [Tribune] The safety alarms are small Wi-Fi devices that notify police and... (Continue reading)

Abel Maldonado vying for the governor’s seat

Written on 5 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Former lieutenant governor Abel Maldonado filed papers Thursday to explore a run for governor. [LATimes] By filing papers, Maldonado, who hasn’t officially said he is joining the race, can begin to raise money for a challenge against Democratic Gov. Jerry... (Continue reading)

Murder victim’s family angry over 40 year sentence

Written on 5 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The husband and sister of a woman who was murdered by her mentally ill son told the court they were upset about the 40-year to life sentence given to Christopher Shumey. Shumey allegedly shot and killed his mother, a 65-year-old... (Continue reading)

Death rates dive in California

Written on 4 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A state agency has concluded that Californians are healthier and dying at a slower rate than people in other states. The bad news is that fatalities in the Golden State due to Alzheimer’s, chronic liver disease, and suicide are up.... (Continue reading)

Officers seize shotgun from motorcycle gang members

Written on 4 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

Officers from three different agencies searched the San Luis Obispo County homes of five members of an outlaw motorcycle gang Wednesday, who were arrested last month for carrying concealed handguns on their bikes. [Tribune] The arrests occurred during a traffic... (Continue reading)

APCD skews report on Nipomo Mesa air quality

Written on 4 Apr, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A member of the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District Board discovered last week that district staff used incomplete data sets to compile a report which inaccurately portrays escalating pollution levels on the Nipomo Mesa.... (Continue reading)