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Raw milk sickens 5 California children

Written on 21 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Raw milk products made in Fresno County are blamed for making five children sick with E. coli between August and October. [FresnoBee] The California Department of Food and Agriculture has initiated a state-wide recall and quarantine of raw milk products... (Continue reading)

Why we diet

Written on 7 Nov, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION By ROGER FREBERG “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know, because I’ve done it thousands of times,”  Mark Twain wrote. I could say the same thing about dieting.  Those of us who have ridden... (Continue reading)

How will we help our seniors in the future?

Written on 26 Oct, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION by JUDYTHE GUARNERA Last Friday  I attended the Senior Symposium 2025, along with 140 others. It was sponsored by Wilshire Community Services, SLO County Community Foundation, the Villages, CHW Hospitals and Sierra Vista Medical Center. The goal was to... (Continue reading)

Where is my SLO County midwife?

Written on 24 Oct, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

OPINION By JOANNE TARKINGTON National Midwifery Week is celebrated during the month of October locally, nationally and globally. While the rest of the country is commemorating the exemplary services of midwives, San Luis Obispo County supported health clinics will no... (Continue reading)

Listeria found in Salinas lettuce

Written on 1 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Romaine lettuce samples from a Salinas farm have been found to be contaminated with listeria and a recall has been initiated, according to government officials. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors notified True Leaf Farms that a random check of... (Continue reading)

Cambria bird tests positive for West Nile Virus

Written on 1 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A bird found dead in Cambria tested positive for West Nile Virus, the California Department of Public Health announced today. This is the first confirmed case of West Nile Virus in San Luis Obispo County for 2011. West Nile Virus... (Continue reading)

Kettleman City landfill hit with large penalties

Written on 25 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Operators of a Kettleman City landfill face $1 million in collective penalties for improperly analyzing toxic waste while the nearby community of mostly low-income farmworkers is plagued by birth defects. [LATIMES] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that Chemical... (Continue reading)

Police raid raw food cooperative

Written on 5 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Raw food enthusiasts in California took a hit this week as police raided a Venice Beach cooperative, removing $70,000 of raw, organic produce and dairy products from the shelves and placing the goods onto the back of a flatbed truck.... (Continue reading)

Do sulfates in wine cause headaches?

Written on 3 Aug, 2011 in Discovered | 6 comments

By JOHN SALISBURY “I get a headache from the sulfites in the wine but when I go to Europe and drink their wine, I don’t get them because they don’t use sulfites,” some say. Not so. There is a lot... (Continue reading)

Central Coast man infected with West Nile virus

Written on 23 Jul, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) confirmed Friday that the first West Nile virus of the year in Santa Barbara County. The infected man is now recovering at home after being released from a Santa Barbara County hospital, according... (Continue reading)