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Wine, Waves and Beyond 2012 bikini fashion show, event photos

Written on 11 Jun, 2012 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | 11 comments

At the Wine, Waves and Beyond Friday night Ampsurf fundraiser, the models were gorgeous, the suits were skimpy and the crowd was ready to party. The action started when the first model set a high heeled foot on the runway... (Continue reading)

State voters still like tax plan

Written on 11 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

Potential voting support for Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax increase initiative plan remains fairly strong, according to the results of the latest Field Poll. The measure would increase for seven years state personal income taxes on persons earning more than $250,000,... (Continue reading)

Sheriffs support early release prisoner bill

Written on 11 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Faced with the cost of a rapidly growing inmate population, California sheriffs are backing a bill that would allow some felons to leave county jails before completing minimum sentences. The bill, authored by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would grant... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police arrest four suspected burglars

Written on 10 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Grover Beach police arrested four people they suspect might be responsible for a chain of commercial burglaries that have occurred during that past few months in Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, Pismo Beach, and Arroyo Grande. Early Saturday morning, a... (Continue reading)

Fatal crash near Lake Nacimiento

Written on 10 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A Saturday evening car crash in rural Paso Robles has left one man dead and two others in critical  condition. California Highway Patrol officials said the car traveling on Gage Irving Road rolled and crashed into a tree ejecting the... (Continue reading)

Atascadero fire leaves victim with second degree burns

Written on 10 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A victim suffered second degree burns as the result of a house fire in Atascadero on Saturday. [KCOY] The fire was reported shortly before 1 a.m. on the 9000 block of Santa Lucia Road. Firefighters arrived to find the single... (Continue reading)

Homeless program saves taxpayers money

Written on 8 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

A program to provide permanent housing to some of Los Angeles County’s most hard-core homeless more than paid for itself, yielding a net savings of $238,700. [LATimes] Project 50 began in late 2007 with the goal of finding and housing... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district and regulators at impasse

Written on 8 Jun, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 28 comments

By KAREN VELIE Regional water resources control board officials have pulled the plug on settlement negotiations with the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District over a December 2010 raw sewage spill, and called an impasse. As a result, a... (Continue reading)

Tsunami debris reaches West Coast

Written on 8 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

More than a year after a tsunami ripped a large dock from Japan’s shoreline, the 66-foot metal and concrete structure washed up on an Oregon beach. [USAToday] Japanese officials estimate the tsunami washed about 5 million tons of debris into... (Continue reading)

Gearhart owes county $207,000

Written on 7 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

The county tax collector has added his name to the growing list of people, banks and other businesses owed money by former North County developer Kelly V. Gearhart, claiming the Ohio resident is more than $207,000 in arrears in property... (Continue reading)