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Lawsuit challenges Paso Robles groundwater ordinance

Written on 19 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

ANNOUNCEMENT By STEVE HOCH On behalf of a group of concerned landowners in Paso Robles, the Los Angeles based firm of Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP) filed a lawsuit in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court on October 30.... (Continue reading)

Wal-Mart attacks union on planned Black Friday strike

Written on 19 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

As a looming labor strike on Black Friday threatens sales, Wal-Mart has filed a complaint against the union it claims is organizing the disruption. Wal-Mart accused the United Food and Commercial Workers of trying to force the retail giant into... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles mayor candidate asks for unity

Written on 13 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 20 comments

OPINION By GARY NEMETH A door closes and opportunity opens another. I have been very fortunate to have made new friends and rekindled old ones. All have a story to relate if we just take the time to listen. Some... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles lender facing five years in jail

Written on 10 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Former Paso Robles lender Linda Ann Kennedy of 21st Century Financial in Paso Robles plead no contest on Tuesday to four felony counts related to fraudulent lending practices. Kennedy, 49, allegedly swindled more than 1,000 investors out of millions in... (Continue reading)

Uncounted ballots could swing key elections

Written on 8 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Ballots remaining uncounted could swing a couple of close elections in San Luis Obispo County. Election officials must still count 29,912 countywide ballots. The county clerk-recorder’s office says it plans to resume the counting process Friday. Of the nearly 30,000... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles mayoral candidate arrested on election night

Written on 8 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

On election night, Paso Robles mayoral candidate Jeff Rougeot spent the night in jail after a San Luis Obispo County superior court judge ordered him reprimanded because of a string of crimes he allegedly committed during a two month spree.... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles council race too close to call

Written on 7 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The Paso Robles City Council race remains too close to call with just late arriving vote-by-mail ballots left uncounted. Former councilman Steve Martin leads by a fairly comfortable margin over incumbents Fred Strong and Nick Gilman and challenger Jim Reed.... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles hires two patrol officers

Written on 6 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The Paso Robles Police Department added two patrol officers to its short-staffed force. Officers Stephen Lampe and Nicolaus Heuer joined the department Monday at a ceremony held in the Emergency Operation Center. Both hold police experience in other California departments.... (Continue reading)

Roads, who do we believe?

Written on 2 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION By GARY NEMETH The Paso Robles City Council and Manager Jim App have told us for years that there is no road repair fund. Last week I was in a meeting with Councilman Fred Strong and seven other people.... (Continue reading)

Man stabbed several times at Heritage Ranch

Written on 2 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

An attacker stabbed a man several times during an argument Thursday evening at Heritage Ranch outside of Paso Robles. [SLO Tribune] Sheriff’s deputies are searching for the suspect, who fled before they arrived at a home on Eagle Point lane... (Continue reading)