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Marijuana grower facing charges of perjury and illegal cultivation

Written on 12 Feb, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies destroyed approximately 1,300 cannabis plants and 500 pounds of dried marijuana on Monday morning after discovering the grower had fraudulently obtained a temporary cannabis cultivation permit. [Cal Coast Times] Responding to a tip, shortly before... (Continue reading)

Police identify Atascadero man killed in North County crash

Written on 12 Feb, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Police have identified the Atascadero man killed in a crash on Highway 46 in Paso Robles on Friday as Barry Stephenson, 68. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 2 p.m., Stephenson was riding a Kawasaki motorcycle headed westbound on Highway 46... (Continue reading)

FBI investigating inmate death at Lompoc federal prison

Written on 12 Feb, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The FBI is investigating the death of an inmate at the Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex over the weekend. [Cal Coast Times] At about 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, prison staff found an inmate unresponsive in his cell at the medium-security facility... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles school district giving 30 teachers early retirement

Written on 12 Feb, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Faced with a $2.1 million shortfall for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the Paso Robles Unified School District is planning on granting 30 teachers and nine other staff members early retirement. [Cal Coast Times] The district has compiled a list of... (Continue reading)

Three San Luis Obispo County high schools make lowest performing list

Written on 11 Feb, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE Three San Luis Obispo County high schools made the California Department of Education’s list of the state’s 781 poorest-performing schools in 2018, published last week. Only two county high schools scored above the standard in both English... (Continue reading)

PG&E plans to restructure board amid bankruptcy

Written on 11 Feb, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Following last month’s bankruptcy filing, PG&E has announced it will soon restructure its board of directors and half of the current members will not seek reelection. [Cal Coast Times] Currently, PG&E has a 10-member board. By the time of the... (Continue reading)

California governor to pull National Guard troops from border

Written on 11 Feb, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Ratcheting up his clash with President Donald Trump, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering on Monday the removal of about 360 National Guard troops from the border with Mexico. [LA Times] In April, then-Gov. Jerry Brown granted Trump’s request to... (Continue reading)

Hit and run driver crashed into truck, power pole in SLO

Written on 11 Feb, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A man driving a pickup truck fled after colliding with another pickup in San Luis Obispo Sunday evening, causing the second truck to roll over, as well as a power pole to become jarred loose. [Cal Coast Times] At about... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man files lawsuit over election, dies before hearing

Written on 10 Feb, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Stephen Best, the Los Osos candidate who filed a suit alleging wrongdoing in the 2018 election, died Saturday following a long-term illness. [Cal Coast Times] Best lost his bid for a seat on the board by less than 1 percent... (Continue reading)

Green New Deal, a future without consumer choice

Written on 10 Feb, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION by YAËL OSSOWSKI Democratic lawmakers in Congress have unveiled the outline of a number of policies they’ve dubbed as the “Green New Deal”. The Green New Deal is a series of legislative proposals that will focus on massively transforming society in hopes... (Continue reading)