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Bird dies of West Nile Virus in San Luis Obispo

Written on 24 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A bird infected with West Nile virus has been found in San Luis Obispo. This is the first confirmed case of the disease this year in San Luis Obispo County. The County Health Agency said there had been 34 cases... (Continue reading)

CEQA faces changes

Written on 23 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A proposal to loosen the California Environmental Quality Act is expected to be introduced in Sacramento as soon as Thursday, giving the public and lawmakers only about a week to debate and consider the controversial legislation’s fate. [SFGate] Backers of... (Continue reading)

Driver’s license furor erupting

Written on 21 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 36 comments

Faced with fast and furious reaction to an earlier decision, the California Department of Motor Vehicles is reexamining its stated intent to issue driver’s licenses to young illegal immigrants who become part of the federal government’s deportation amnesty. (San Jose... (Continue reading)

Californians like Obamacare

Written on 20 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 53 comments

A majority of Californians support the Affordable Care Act but most don’t believe the law will affect them very much. (Sacramento Bee) The most recent Field Poll shows 54 percent of registered voters favor the federal effort to overhaul health... (Continue reading)

Illegal youths may get driver’s licenses

Written on 16 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 34 comments

California and Arizona are the first two states to decide if youthful illegal immigrants should be able to acquire driver’s licenses when the Obama administration grants their work permits. Arizona said no, California, yes. (San Jose Mercury News) The California... (Continue reading)

All steamed up over fatal oak blight

Written on 15 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A new way has been found to battle a particularly lethal plant disease called sudden oak death, which periodically plagues this region and can cause huge financial losses. The baffling and complex disease, it has been discovered, can be eradicated... (Continue reading)

Push to list great white sharks as endangered

Written on 13 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Environmentalists have petitioned the state and federal governments to have great white sharks off the coast of California declared endangered. [LATimes] According to recent studies, about 220 adult and near-adult great white sharks inhabit the waters of California’s central coast... (Continue reading)

Blakeslee’s bid for the governor’s office?

Written on 10 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

Sam Blakeslee said he was putting political aspirations aside  and planned to work at a nonprofit focused on promoting common-sense solutions to big policy problems vexing Sacramento. [LATimes] However, an early strategic plan for the California Reform Institute shows a... (Continue reading)

Worker shortage threatens state crops

Written on 6 Aug, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 73 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN A plaintive, years-long cry from California farmers worried about an adequate supply of harvest laborers now is being heard statewide as the prediction – often scorned by critics — begins to materialize. And while the looming shortage... (Continue reading)

California’s untapped $285.5 million

Written on 5 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

California auditors discovered an additional $119 million in untapped monies bringing the total to $286.5 million that lawmakers were unaware of while cutting government funded services and programs, California Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration announced on Friday. [LATimes] The review of... (Continue reading)