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Scorned Paso Robles woman paid assailants $12,000`

The former girlfriend of a man found murdered in Paso Robles allegedly paid a group $4,000 to assault him in October and then another $8,000 to kidnap and beat him more severely a few months later. [Tribune] Following a biter... (Continue reading)

Court orders Medicaid to reinstate dental care

A federal appeals court on Friday invalidated a California law that eliminated coverage of some healthcare services for the poor including adult dental and optometry. [Reuters] A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court Appeals said the federal Medicaid program... (Continue reading)

Valley Fever outbreak at California prisons

An outbreak of Valley Fever at two California prisons prompted a federal judge on Tuesday to order the state to relocate thousands of prisoners to other facilities. [ABC] State correctional officials have agreed to transport 2,600 at risk inmates including... (Continue reading)

Body found in crashed vehicle

California Highway Patrol officers discovered human remains in a white Chevy truck found 30 feet off of Painted Cave Road in Santa Barbara County on Thursday. [KEYT] A Santa Barbara Sheriff helicopter crew spotted the truck of Highway 154 around... (Continue reading)

Blame Jerry Brown for no decision on constitutionality of gay marriage

OPINION By PETER SCHEER The Supreme Court has ducked the legal challenge to Prop 8, thereby avoiding a landmark ruling on one of the central constitutional claims of our time: the right of gays to marry, not just in California... (Continue reading)

California power grid survives heat wave

The California power grid made it through the first heat wave of 2013  minus the San Onofre nuclear plant and another reactor at the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant without much trouble. [Reuters] Diablo Canyon nuclear plant’s Unit 1 was shut... (Continue reading)

Details of revenge plot released

Several months before he was murdered, five people including a jilted lover allegedly plotted to rob and assault Paso Robles resident Victor Hugo Sanchez. At the case moves through the court, details of the plot first reported by CalCoastNews are... (Continue reading)

Four hikers rescued near Diablo Canyon

Four hikers who were lost in the Diablo Canyon area were rescued Tuesday night. The men, all from Riverside County, took off from Avila Beach on Monday for what they planned as a day hike. After becoming lost, they spent... (Continue reading)

Oceano officials abandon ship

Another Oceano Community Services District Board member has resigned and the attorney firm representing the district has stepped away. Felma Hurdle sent a letter of resignation to the district on June 21 saying that it is in her best interest... (Continue reading)

SLO County homeowners facing property tax hikes

Property taxes for about 24,000 San Luis Obispo County homeowners could increase more than 2 percent next year, according to County Assessor Tom Bordonaro. [Tribune] Proposition 13, which California voters passed in 1978, limits yearly property tax increases to 2... (Continue reading)