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SLO awards $150,000 to nonprofits for DEI programs

Written on 14 Dec, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council last week awarded a combined total of $150,000 in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) grants to eight local nonprofits for programs the city says will contribute to a sense of belonging... (Continue reading)

California student suspended for wearing black face paint at football game

Written on 4 Nov, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A middle school in California suspended a student last month for wearing black face paint at a football game, something that constituted a “hate incident,” according to a suspension notice issued by the school’s principal. Muirlands Middle... (Continue reading)

Hate crimes reportedly rise by 20% in California

Written on 28 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Hate crimes in California surged by 20.2% in 2022, according to a report released Tuesday by state Attorney General Rob Bonta.  The total amount of reported hate crimes rose from 1,763 in 2021 to 2,120 in 2022.... (Continue reading)

Video shows altercation between driver and protesters in SLO

Written on 17 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN The attorney representing a Black Lives Matter activist facing misdemeanor false imprisonment charges has released previously withheld drone footage of a car colliding with a protester on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo and another demonstrator... (Continue reading)

College administrator repeated racial slur, on unpaid leave

Written on 28 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The vice president of business services at Santa Barbara City College was placed on unpaid leave after she repeated a racial slur while talking about gender and racial issues on campus. [Cal Coast Times] During a gender equity work group... (Continue reading)

AG finds no laws broken in ‘racist’ incidents at Cal Poly

Written on 3 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An investigation conducted by the California Attorney General’s Office found Cal Poly students involved in allegedly racist incidents earlier this year broke no laws, and their speech was protected by the First Amendment, university President Jeffrey Armstrong announced in a... (Continue reading)

Lawyer accuses Paso Robles of racial bias in voting

Written on 24 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Faced with the threat of a lawsuit over the alleged suppression of Latino voting rights, the city of Paso Robles is considering shifting from an at-large electoral system to one consisting of voting districts. The Paso Robles City Council may... (Continue reading)

SLO man accused of death threat has disdain for Islam, polygamy

Written on 1 Sep, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The San Luis Obispo man accused of posting a death threat targeting the organizers of the vigil held in SLO in the aftermath of the racially charged violence in Virginia is a vocal critic of Islam, polygamy and Black Lives... (Continue reading)

SLO man arrested for death threat against vigil organizers

Written on 24 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

Police arrested a San Luis Obispo man for posting a death threat on Facebook targeting the organizers of the vigil held in SLO in the aftermath of the racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Daniel Joshua Phares, 45, admitted to... (Continue reading)

California reportedly leads the nation in hate groups

Written on 17 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

California has 79 active hate groups, more than any other state in the country, according to the civil rights advocacy organization the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The SPLC published a “hate map” showing there are 917 hate groups in... (Continue reading)