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Knife attack in Goodwill parking lot

Written on 12 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obipso Police say a 46-year-old man attacked another man with a knife in the Goodwill Industries parking lot Tuesday morning. Martin Macarena started arguing with Aaron Schriner, a man he has an ongoing civil dispute with, as they... (Continue reading)

Atascadero dad tricks kids into believing in Ewoks

Written on 12 Oct, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | 13 comments

Atascadero graphic designer Anthony Herrera likes to play a game called “Find the Ewok” with his daughter. So on a recent trip to Sequoia National Park, Herrera told her that Ewoks, made popular through the “Star Wars” movies, lived among... (Continue reading)

SLO man murdered in Wasco Prison cell

Written on 11 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A 50-year-old San Luis Obispo man serving time in Wasco State Prison for a parole violation was found dead Tuesday, and his cellmate, former actor Joseph Son, is charged with murder. The victim has not yet been identified, but authorities... (Continue reading)

SLO Chief behind open carrying legislation

Written on 11 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 95 comments

San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deborah Linden launched the successful effort to criminalize the open carrying of unloaded handguns in public, wrote Dave Maggard, president of the California Police Chiefs Association, in an email. On Monday, Gov. Jerry Brown announced... (Continue reading)

E. coli found in California ground beef

Written on 11 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Meat samples from a Los Angeles company that ships ground beef to restaurants have been found to be contaminated with E. coli and a recall has been initiated, according to government officials. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and... (Continue reading)

Central Coast Railroad Festival, event photos

Written on 11 Oct, 2011 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

As part of the Third Annual Central Coast Railroad Festival, attendees left Grover Beach on the Pacific Surfliner and headed to the San Luis Obispo Amtrak Station for a celebration at the Freight House. If you would like to buy... (Continue reading)

Online poker? First one’s free

Written on 11 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Political fighting in California over the issue of online gaming has veered from the moral path to the road to profits. Faced with looming federal legislation legalizing and regulating online gambling games such as poker, state lawmakers and a bevy... (Continue reading)

Man blamed for deadly crash identified

Written on 11 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Officers arrested 55-year-old Jeffrey LaChance of Paso Robles for allegedly causing an accident that left one woman dead Monday afternoon. LaChance was driving northbound on Highway 1 south of Hearst Castle when he attempted to pass a tour bus. He... (Continue reading)

Understanding greed

Written on 11 Oct, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 43 comments

OPINION by GORDON MULLIN I’m greedy. When I do my taxes, I don’t ask myself, “what’s the fair amount I should pay?’  Nope.  I just attempt to follow the byzantine tax rules as best as I can hoping I don’t... (Continue reading)

School lunches open Pandora’s Box

Written on 10 Oct, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 64 comments

Clarification: The state’s report on Cayucos Elementary’s percentage of students on the free or reduced lunch program appears to be incorrect as the report misstates the number of students in the school and the 100 percent is based on that... (Continue reading)