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Guth’s Pasolivo olive ranch sale squashed

Written on 5 Dec, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

A secretive process to sell Karen Guth’s Pasolivo Olive Ranch in Paso Robles has been stopped and the purchase of the ranch is now open to the public. Currently, the 131 acre ranch including three stand alone homes, a studio apartment... (Continue reading)

Judge orders Nipomo landscaper to rehire employees, bargain with union

Written on 5 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 60 comments

A U.S. District Court judge ordered a landscaping company in Nipomo to temporarily rehire two employees who were laid off after seeking to organize a union, filing complaints, and offering testimony to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), according to... (Continue reading)

Initiative could allow one million illegal immigrants to avoid deportation

Written on 5 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

A California ballot initiative proposed for next fall would allow nearly one million undocumented immigrants to live and work openly with little or no fear of deportation. The California Opportunity and Prosperity Act would allow qualifying illegal immigrants to get... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande cross burning suspect facing drug charges

Written on 3 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

One of the defendants accused of burning a cross in Arroyo Grande in an attempt to terrorize a black teen is now facing additional charges of bringing drugs into the San Luis Obispo County Jail. On Thursday, Jason Kahn, 36,... (Continue reading)

Geezer Bandit robs San Luis Obispo bank

Written on 3 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The Geezer Bandit robbed his 16th bank on Friday in San Luis Obispo shortly after 5:30 p.m. The gun wielding bandit struck the Bank of America branch  at Higuera and Santa Rosa Streets. And for the first time, the robbery... (Continue reading)

The hunt for real food, big guns and safaris

Written on 2 Dec, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 48 comments

By ROGER FREBERG The search for quality ingredients and adequate cooking equipment seems to be never ending. If you’ve seen Chef Gordon Ramsay’s show “the F Word,” you understand the extremes he goes to raising or hunting for the finest... (Continue reading)

Assembly budget records now open

Written on 2 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Budget records of state Assembly members will be released for public scrutiny, a Sacramento judge decided Thursday. Shortly after the tentative decision was posted, Assembly officials said they will not immediately contest it. [Sacramento Bee] The Sacramento Bee and Los... (Continue reading)

An apple juice a day boosts arsenic

Written on 2 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Many fruit juices contain more arsenic than previously thought, more than the government allows in drinking water. But despite the findings of a recent Consumer Reports investigation, not much is expected to change soon. As the investigation’s results were announced,... (Continue reading)

E. coli found in Cal Poly eggnog

Written on 1 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Eggnog samples from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo have been found to be contaminated with E. coli and a recall has been initiated, according to Cal Poly. The Cal Poly Creamery has issued a voluntary recall of... (Continue reading)

Arsonists torch Tuolumne County Sheriff vehicles

Written on 1 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Arsonists set nearly a dozen Tuolumne County Sheriff’s vehicles on fire earlier today, prompting officials to call in agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms. [ModestoBee] It appears the arsonists pushed a pickup... (Continue reading)