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Racial intimidation escalates in Arroyo Grande

Written on 6 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 71 comments

On Friday, the African American teen who awoke last March to find an 11-foot cross burning outside her bedroom window pulled into the Shell service station on Grand Avenue with her mother. They then discovered two racist flyers placed over... (Continue reading)

Crime stats don’t tell real story

Written on 5 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 177 comments

It’s hard to accept as convincing the assertion that crime is down in Paso Robles when one can look out a window at a passing parade of daily lawbreaking. But the criminal activity that occurs regularly outside the picture windows of... (Continue reading)

Community colleges need more state oversight?

Written on 5 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Several bills introduced during the past few years have tried – unsuccessfully – to reform the California Community Colleges system known for having a large percentage of public attendance and lower than national graduation rates. [CaliforniaWatch] Of the six community... (Continue reading)

State Parks’ plan seeks to avoid closures

Written on 5 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A variety of plans to manage the state park system to avoid widespread closures of California’s 278 facilities has been completed by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) and distributed to lawmakers. Financial problems plaguing the system still may result in... (Continue reading)

Five injured in San Luis Obispo fire

Written on 4 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Five college students in their 20s were injured in a fire that destroyed a house on the corner of Johnson Avenue and Buchon Street early Sunday morning. One of the nine students living in the home jumped out of a... (Continue reading)

Oceano battles against transparency

Written on 3 Mar, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 41 comments

Oceano’s attorney is advising district staff break the Public Records Act and not allow the public legally mandated access to district records. The California Public Records Act is a powerful tool used by reporters and the public to uncover governmental shortcomings... (Continue reading)

SLO Symphony’s Hello Bollywood annual ball

Written on 3 Mar, 2012 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

The San Luis Obispo Symphony’s annual ball, themed “Hello Bollywood,” was truly a feast for the eyes, as well as the palate. The Symphony’s biggest fundraiser of the year also serves to introduce new people with the hope they will... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach attorney pleads to embezzlement

Written on 3 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The Pismo Beach attorney accused of embezzling more than a quarter-million dollars from a deceased client’s estate plead no contest on Thursday to a charge of embezzlement. William Peter Terhune, 57, is accused of transferring nearly $275,000 from the estate... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay chief tapped for undersheriff

Written on 2 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A Cal Poly graduate who now heads a beach city police force is San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson’s choice as undersheriff. Tim Olivas, chief of the Morro Bay police department, will replace the retiring Martin Basti. Olivas was... (Continue reading)

Disability access law may get tweaked

Written on 2 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A Southern California lawmaker is offering a proposal to change the state’s disabilities law to combat what he calls “extortion of businesses” by exploitive individuals and lawyers. Senator Bob Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga) introduced legislation to allow businesses more time to... (Continue reading)