A Santa Maria man is accused of forcing himself into a rural Arroyo Grande home in mid-August and tying up two brothers before robbing them and pistol whipping one of the victims. Santa Maria police officers arrested Silas Nathaniel Kanady,... (Continue reading)
Yea ha! The San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum drew more than 200 cowboys, saloon girls and cattle rustlers to the Avila Beach Resort for bull riding and line dancing on Oct. 14. Richard Gearhart won the bull riding contest putting... (Continue reading)
The San Luis Obispo City Council voted to raise the rates for trash collection at Tuesday’s meeting. [KCOY] As of Nov. 1, customers can expect to see an across the board increase of 4.6 percent. For example, a homeowner who... (Continue reading)
Abel Maldonado, seeking to challenge Lois Capps in the 2012 congressional election, is being accused of shifting around campaign funds in order to inflate reported figures. [SacBee] The former California lieutenant governor, originally from Santa Maria, has dropped big money into... (Continue reading)
Members of a local spinoff of the “Occupy Wall Street” protest movement plan to set up camp indefinitely outside the San Luis Obispo County courthouse starting Wednesday. The announcement was posted on the Facebook page for “OccupyCalPoly.” “We will be... (Continue reading)
Yea ha! The San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum drew more than 200 cowboys, saloon girls and cattle rustlers to their annual party of the year on October 14 at the Avila Beach Resort. They again exceeded their fund raising goals... (Continue reading)
Plans for a California attempt to tax millionaires have gotten a boost from the Occupy Wall Street movement. [MercuryNews] The California Federation of Teachers and a coalition of allies want to place a measure on the November 2012 ballot to... (Continue reading)
OK, time to let the jokes about Bakersfield fly. People apparently fall asleep just at the mention of the place. That’s what happened Friday on the morning show at KBAK-KBFX when legendary calypso singer Harry Belfonte in New York dozed... (Continue reading)
San Luis Obispo has turned to zoning code to keep medical marijuana dispensaries out of the city. Acting Community Development Director Doug Davidson rejected three applications for medical marijuana dispensary business licenses in July, citing zoning code incompatibility, not an emergency... (Continue reading)
Former and current law enforcement officers in Contra Costa County are under an FBI investigation for setting up DUIs for soon to be ex-wives, selling drugs and operating a brothel. [LATimes] A whistleblower told authorities a private detective had been... (Continue reading)