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Schwarzenegger due in SLO on Monday

Written on 5 Feb, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 6 comments

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to pay a visit to San Luis Obispo Monday morning. The governor is coming to town to promote his new jobs initiative and the proposed sales tax exemption for so-called “green manufacturing.” Schwarzenegger is scheduled... (Continue reading)

Mustang Village armed robbery attempt foiled

Written on 5 Feb, 2010 in Daily Briefs | One comment

A masked robber with a semiautomatic handgun attempted to rob two security guards at Mustang Villiage in San Luis Obispo earlier today. Michael Leon and Otis Vanadore were finishing up their shift just after midnight at the student housing complex... (Continue reading)

Cardiology monopoly: a lucrative game

Written on 3 Feb, 2010 in Uncovered SLO | 102 comments

Second in a series: Profit share versus patient care on the Central Coast On Jan. 20, Barbara Williams, a retired civilian Army nurse who was born and raised on the Central Coast, went to French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis... (Continue reading)

SLO Farmers Market turns to city council for help

Written on 2 Feb, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 8 comments

Supporters of the San Luis Obispo Farmers Market Association are expected to turn out at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. [SLO Farmers Market Association] At issue is the recent decision by the San Luis Obispo Downtown Association to terminate its... (Continue reading)

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)