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Federal agency sues Meathead Movers for alleged discrimination

Written on 1 Oct, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 34 comments

By KAREN VELIE A federal agency is suing San Luis Obispo-based Meathead Movers for allegedly recruiting young workers at the exclusion of older workers, an alleged violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... (Continue reading)

Was Paula Lopez discriminated against for being an alcoholic?

Written on 16 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

Former news anchor Paula Lopez Ochoa is suing the parent company of her former employers, Central Coast broadcasters KEYT and KCOY, arguing discrimination based on her race, sex and disability led to her firing. Lopez’s disability is alcoholism. Ochoa was... (Continue reading)

Professor sues Cal Poly over race, gender discrimination

Written on 8 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

An African American woman who has worked as a professor at Cal Poly since 2007 has sued the university, alleging discrimination over race and gender. The lawsuit also accuses university officials of failing to accommodate for her physical disabilities. [New... (Continue reading)

Gay Cal Poly student accuses Mike Winn of homophobia

Written on 27 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

Cal Poly professor and former and Nipomo CSD director, Mike Winn, told a queer student and diversity activist that gay marriage is a “grave moral mistake” and that gay people suffer in the afterlife, according to a Title IX discrimination... (Continue reading)

“Isis” makes appearance in California school yearbook

Written on 9 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

A 17-year-old Southern California high school student is disgusted that she was misidentified in her yearbook as “Isis Phillips.” The student, Bayan Zehlif, is Muslim and is pictured in the yearbook wearing a hijab. [CBS LA] Susan Petrocelli, the principal... (Continue reading)

Should California employees go to ‘anti-gay’ states?

Written on 7 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

A California assemblyman has introduced a bill that would ban state-funded travel to states that permit discrimination based on sexual orientation. The bill targets a host of states that have adopted religious freedom laws. [Sac Bee] Evan Low, a Democrat... (Continue reading)

Nurse alleges sexism at ASH

Written on 14 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

In a civil trial underway at the Paso Robles Courthouse, a former Atascadero State Hospital nurse is alleging her former supervisor discriminated against women and left her alone with ASH patients in dangerous situations. [Tribune] Janet Ochotorena, 53, was hired... (Continue reading)

Hundreds attend pro-Islam rally in SLO

Written on 12 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

About 200 people attended a rally in San Luis Obispo in support of the local Muslim community. Attendees included pastors, rabbis and San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill. [Tribune] The rally took place Friday afternoon at the Mosque of... (Continue reading)

California initiative calls for killing gays

Written on 23 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

Signature gatherers may soon approach California voters with a plan to institute the death penalty as punishment for gay sex. Huntington Beach attorney Matt McGlaughlin is proposing the “Sodomite Suppression Act,” a planned state ballot measure for which he submitted... (Continue reading)

California judges must steer clear of the Boy Scouts

Written on 18 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

The California Supreme Court has ruled that state court judges may no longer belong to the Boy Scouts of America. [NPR] An existing law bans judges from belonging to groups that discriminate based on sexual orientation. The Supreme Court ruling... (Continue reading)