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Memorial service set for Pastor Doug

Written on 26 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Family and friends are organizing a public memorial service to honor a local man who lived longer with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) than anyone else in the entire country. Doug Carroll, 54, of San Luis Obispo, known to many... (Continue reading)

Attorney General asked to weigh in on judges’ $235,000 benefits

Written on 26 Sep, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 72 comments

California’s Attorney General is deciding whether the Commission on Judicial Performance can discipline San Luis Obispo County judges for giving themselves perks that total more than $235,000 a year, according to documents and sources familiar with the issue. The commission says... (Continue reading)

Local newspapers? Humbug, says America

Written on 26 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

Local newspapers don’t earn much respect from a majority of Americans, a new Pew Research Center survey reveals. Most of the 2,000 people interviewed for the survey said they wouldn’t miss their local paper if it disappeared.  They also said... (Continue reading)

Growing concerns over Nipomo groundwater levels

Written on 26 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Nipomo’s groundwater basin remains at “potentially severe” water levels which could result in salt water intrusion, according to a recently released report. [SantaMariaTimes] Following the wet spring of 2010, the Nipomo Mesa Groundwater Basin rebounded slightly following three years of... (Continue reading)

Grocery union members approve new contract

Written on 26 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Workers at Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons grocery stores ratify a new contract, bringing an end to labor negotiations that dragged on for more than eight months and brought tens of thousands of workers to the verge of a strike. [LATimes]... (Continue reading)

Woman’s Legacy Fund Luncheon, event photos

Written on 25 Sep, 2011 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

The San Luis Obispo 9th Annual Women’s Legacy Fund Luncheon at the Embassy Suites focused on this year’s health grant program. The group’s mission is to build a permanent endowment to support programs and projects of local organizations that address... (Continue reading)

Little zoo with a big master plan

Written on 25 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Atascadero’s Charles Paddock Zoo unveiled Ruscan the red panda to the public on Saturday. The panda arrived at the zoo 16 months ago, but money problems have kept him out of the public eye. The two-year-old panda will be living in... (Continue reading)

Man crashes stolen car into Templeton power pole

Written on 24 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A 53-year-old man led California Highway Patrol officers on a chase through Templeton on Friday that ended when he struck a power pole on Township Road in his parents’ stolen car. [Tribune] Gregory Harrison’s parents informed officers that their white... (Continue reading)

New funding options unlikely for community colleges

Written on 24 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A task force on California’s community colleges – formed in part to study alternative funding options – appears highly unlikely to recommend drastic changes in the way the state funds its community colleges. [CaliforniaWatch] Instead, the group’s draft recommendations focus... (Continue reading)

Heritage Oaks Bank loans ‘fed the monster’

Written on 23 Sep, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 41 comments

An appellate court denied Heritage Oaks Bank's latest attempt to obtain assets of Estate Financial Principal Karen Guth, noting that the bank’s actions had harmed investors. Earlier this month, the Second District Court of Appeals upheld a San Luis Obispo County... (Continue reading)