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Oceano medical marijuana co-op proposed

Written on 21 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

The fight over medical marijuana is headed back to the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors within the next few months.[Tribune] The owner of a medical marijuana collective in Goshen applied in May to open a similar shop in... (Continue reading)

Redistricting a win for Democrats

Written on 20 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 73 comments

Gov. Jerry Brown and Democrats in the Legislature were frustrated this year in seeking Republican votes to close the state’s budget deficit by asking voters to OK billions of dollars in tax extensions. [FresnoBee] Brown was unable to garner support... (Continue reading)

FBI arrests Anonymous hackers, conducts raids

Written on 20 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Federal agents on Tuesday arrested more than a dozen people around the nation with ties to the hacker group “Anonymous.” The arrests were made in nine states and the District of Columbia. [Montery Herald.com] In an indictment unsealed in U.S. District... (Continue reading)

Central Coast Renaissance Festival, event photos

Written on 19 Jul, 2011 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | 3 comments

Taking a trip back in time, over 800 costumed participants gathered at the 27 annual Central Coast Renaissance Festival last Saturday and Sunday to partake in the ultimate summer fantasy. San Luis Obispo County’s El Chorro Regional Park was magically... (Continue reading)

Trial in CHP officer’s alleged murder begins

Written on 19 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A murder trial is underway for a woman accused of killing a California Highway Patrol officer while under the influence of methamphetamine. [Tribune] In his opening statement, defense attorney Tom McCormick said that Kaylee Ann Weisenberg, 23, wasn’t under the... (Continue reading)

Missing Arroyo Grande man’s body found on Kern River

Written on 19 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The battered body of Derrick Rush, 28, of Arroyo Grande washed up on the bank of a Kern River campsite Saturday, ending a weeklong search by friends and family of the correctional officer who drowned. [Bakersfield.com] Rush had gone missing... (Continue reading)

Karl Rove’s crusade against Lois Capps

Written on 18 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

A conservative group linked with Republican strategist Karl Rove has launched an ad campaign targeting 10 vulnerable House Democrats, including Congresswoman Lois Capps, who are up for reelection in 2012. [WallStreetJournal] Crossroads GPS plans to run ads for the next... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s proposed bag ban moving forward

Written on 18 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 49 comments

Single-use paper and plastic bags could be banned at San Luis Obispo County’s larger grocery stores as early as Jan. 1, 2013, under an ordinance proposed by the county’s Integrated Waste Management Authority. At an authority meeting last week, board... (Continue reading)

CMC guard accused of smuggling cell phones

Written on 18 Jul, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 40 comments

After surveillance video at the California Men’s Colony (CMC) in San Luis Obispo County allegedly captured a correctional officer smuggling a cell phone into the prison, the accused guard retired immediately and allegedly boasted that he made more than $100,000... (Continue reading)

Questions of safety at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

Written on 17 Jul, 2011 in Featured, Screening Room | 6 comments

After the devastating tsunami damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, seismologists in the United States are focusing on a potentially dangerous fault system near the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California. State Sen. Sam Blakeslee, R-San... (Continue reading)