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NBC “Dateline” covers local organ donor trial tonight

Written on 24 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

NBC News plans to air a segment on Sunday night’s edition of “Dateline,” covering the 2008 trial of a physician accused of improper organ harvesting at a San Luis Obispo hospital. Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, a San Francisco physician, was charged... (Continue reading)

Meathead Movers collecting for Haitian relief

Written on 18 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 6 comments

Meathead Movers are packaging and sending relief supplies to Kansas City for Heart to Heart International to send on to Haitian earthquake victims. They are asking the community to donate “care kits,” on Jan. 20 between 9 a.m. and 6... (Continue reading)

Students injured in strong arm robberies

Written on 16 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 19 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested three men early Saturday morning in connection with a string of strong-armed robberies that unfolded after midnight. The two Cal Poly students received injuries. Neither victim was hospitalized, though one did require medical treatment. At approximately 2:19... (Continue reading)

EXCLUSIVE: Doctor accused of running a medical marijuana mill

Written on 10 Jan, 2010 in Uncovered SLO | 77 comments

Former co-workers are accusing Dr. Atsuko Rees, a physician at HealthWorks in San Luis Obispo until July 2009, of writing medical marijuana prescriptions for almost anyone who asked, while not claiming the bulk of payments for the visits as income. The... (Continue reading)

How did your favorite radio station do?

Written on 9 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 4 comments

Ratings are in and the favorite San Luis Obispo radio stations, in order, are: (1) country favorite KKJG, (2) KWWV, playing rhythmic Top 40, (3) KURQ, “New Rock 104” (tied), (3) KSTT, soft rock (tied) and (3) KIQO, oldies music... (Continue reading)

Man charged with injuring pedestrian and DUI

Written on 7 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | One comment

A 39-year-old San Luis Obispo man is behind bars after police say he drove his Toyota 4Runner into a parked sedan that lurched forward and trapped a pedestrian sitting on the rear of a van parked on Augusta, at 10:05... (Continue reading)

Los Abogados de James McKiernan

Written on 3 Jan, 2010 in Screening Room | One comment

Spanish Commercial 2009 Birthday Edition The above is not legal advice. That can only come from a qualified attorney who is familiar with all the facts and circumstances of a particular, specific case and the relevant law. From the staff... (Continue reading)

DUI driver slams into SLO home

Written on 1 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

A natural gas line was severed and several homes were evacuated just before midnight Thursday, following a traffic collision in the 200 block of Luneta, off Foothill, in San Luis Obispo. Police officers arrested Elliot Jacob, 21, for DUI, after... (Continue reading)

Here comes Restaurant Month

Written on 27 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | No comments

SLO County restaurants are gearing up for January and the annual Restaurant Month celebration. Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle gave the event some nice regional coverage in their Travel section. Designed to keep business hopping in the traditionally slow post-holiday period,... (Continue reading)

Man runs into traffic and is killed

Written on 20 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | One comment

A pedestrian who ran into traffic was hit and killed by an SUV on U.S. Highway 101 near Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo at about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. [KSBY] Reacting to a verbal altercation among passengers... (Continue reading)