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E. coli found in California ground beef

Written on 11 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Meat samples from a Los Angeles company that ships ground beef to restaurants have been found to be contaminated with E. coli and a recall has been initiated, according to government officials. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and... (Continue reading)

Feds explain medical marijuana crackdown

Written on 8 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

Federal prosecutors announced Friday that they’re using property seizures and criminal charges to crack down on California’s commercial medical marijuana dispensaries. The top U.S. prosecutors in California said their enforcement effort “is aimed at curtailing the large, for-profit marijuana industry... (Continue reading)

Grocery bag ban heads to court

Written on 4 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

The debate over banning paper and plastic grocery bags took a predictable turn Monday with the filing of a lawsuit challenging the new Los Angeles County ban. [Fox & Hounds] The lawsuit was filed by Neilsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Gross &... (Continue reading)

Defending San Luis Obispo firefighters

Written on 26 Aug, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 101 comments

OPINION BY AARON SALMON As I sat in the recliner returning from my 57th call in three days this morning, I wanted to comment on San Luis Obispo firefighter Rob Farino’s recent Opinion piece.  I am one of the “L.A.... (Continue reading)

Paul Flores gets Googled

Written on 22 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Meet Paul Flores, the former Cal Poly student who is the last known person to see Kristin Smart alive the night she disappeared from campus in May 1996. The undated photograph, posted on Facebook by Smart family friend Dennis Mahon,... (Continue reading)

Los Angeles City Council adjourns in memory of George Ramos

Written on 26 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The Los Angeles City Council adjourned today’s meeting in memory of George Ramos, a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, columnist and editor for the Los Angeles Times, Cal Poly professor, and CalCoastNews editor who was more comfortable referring to himself as... (Continue reading)

Maria Shriver won’t be back

Written on 1 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

  Maria Shriver formally filed for divorce from Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday, citing “irreconcilable difference.” [Los Angeles Times] The former California First Lady, married for 25 years to the actor and ex-governor, filed a petition for dissolution of marriage in Los... (Continue reading)

Blogger wins free speech battle, Cal Poly dean loses

Written on 21 May, 2011 in Uncovered SLO | 16 comments

The former Cal Poly College of Engineering dean who filed a defamation lawsuit against numerous defendants and the university loses round one and is ordered to pay a defending San Luis Obispo blogger nearly $17,000 on the grounds of freedom... (Continue reading)

LA county worker found dead at desk — one day later

Written on 15 Feb, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A Los Angeles County worker died in her cubicle on Friday, but her body wasn’t discovered until Saturday afternoon. [KTLA] Rebecca Wells, 51, was found slumped over her desk in the county Department of Internal Services in Downey by a... (Continue reading)

Brown flies solo to LA chamber speech

Written on 10 Feb, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Gov. Jerry Brown flew from Sacramento to Los Angeles Thursday morning to deliver a major speech before the Chamber of Commerce. That, in and of itself, is not news. But people are talking because the new California governor made the trip... (Continue reading)