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How do we create a post-fossil fuel society?

Written on 23 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 48 comments

Opinion by Fielding Graduate University President Katrina Rogers, PhD The oil spill the occurred off 20 miles north of Santa Barbara on May 19 raises once again the specter of an increasingly polluted world. With all of us so dependent on fossil... (Continue reading)

California college students displaced amid alleged financial aid scam

Written on 27 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A popular for-profit college chain is shutting down than two dozen campuses and displacing more than 10,000 California students. [LA Times] Orange County company Corinthian Colleges Inc., which has operated the Everest, WyoTech and Heald college systems in California and... (Continue reading)

Top 10 banned books of 2014

Written on 13 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

The American Library Association has released its annual report assessing the state of academic, public and school libraries. Included in the report is a list of the 10 most frequently banned or challenged books of 2014. Last year, the ALA’s... (Continue reading)

California embraces Common Core testing

Written on 13 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

The state of California is abandoning its school ranking system in favor of a scoring method that will align with Common Core standards. [OC Register] California has been implementing the Common Core State Standards Initiative since the beginning of the... (Continue reading)

SLO County criminology 101

Written on 12 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

In a court of law, what constitutes robbery or conspiracy or a hate crime? To help reporters accurately cover criminal court, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has sent media a criminal justice system glossary. It defines everything... (Continue reading)

Camp Hapitok is back

Written on 11 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A week after canceling the 2015 edition of Camp Hapitok amid a dispute with county officials, organizers have announced that the sleep-away program for youth with speech disorders will take place this summer. Last week, Friends of Hapitok announced that... (Continue reading)

Guadalupe considering anti-truancy ordinance

Written on 10 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The Guadalupe City  Council will discuss an ordinance Tuesday that will permit police to pick up minors caught outside of school during school hours, and take them back to school. [KCOY] This program will allow police to have probable cause... (Continue reading)

Speech disorder camp canceled after dispute with SLO County

Written on 5 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A summer camp for Central Coast children with speech and language disorders has cancelled its 45th year of operation, following a dispute with the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education over a legal issue, according to a news release... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum takes its auction online

Written on 14 Oct, 2014 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

The San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum’s annual benefit is always the local party of the year, and this year promises to be a step back in time with guests asked to don 40s attire for the museum’s USO-themed fundraiser. And... (Continue reading)

Doc Burnstein’s hosting Scholarship Day

Written on 7 Aug, 2014 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

For the ninth year in a row, Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab will be awarding scholarships to its hardworking college employees. On Aug. 12, all proceeds from the days sales will be divided among eligible employees. Participants must have a... (Continue reading)