California’s one-year-old system of auctioning off the right to emit carbon survived a pair of legal challenges this week. [SacramentoBee] Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley rejected...
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The city of Morro Bay will pay City Attorney Rob Schultz $163,235 to resign from his position. Mayor Jamie Irons had been pushing to fire Schultz since September, but Tuesday the city council agreed...
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The Oceano Community Services District Board of Directors will consider issuing itself a 30-year loan Wednesday to back-fill expenses in its general fund. The Oceano general fund has already leant...
Read MoreDespite suffering a supermajority defeat in the legislature in 2012 and losing control of the governorship two years prior, the worst years may have yet to come the California Republican Party. [LA Times] A newly released...
Read MoreThe Morro Bay Public Works Department has issued a report recommending moving the city’s sewage treatment facility to the location of the closing Morro Bay Power Plant. The report examines seven possible locations for the new...
Read MoreThe Morro Bay City Council will again consider firing City Manager Andrea Lueker during a special closed meeting Tuesday. At the request of Mayor Jamie Irons, the council initially considered firing Lueker in September, but...
Read MoreThe San Luis Obispo City Council will consider lifting a ban on vacation rentals during a special meeting Tuesday. Since March, San Luis Obispo city staff have sent cease and desist letters to more than 50 homeowners who list...
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A New York man running a nationwide scam charged a Santa Barbara restaurant more than $900 for a phony fire inspection. Michael Angelo Carrion, 47, is accused of posing as a fire inspector and...
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The city of San Luis Obispo has yet to convince property and business owners to embrace a zoning change to a blue-collar neighborhood that promotes mixed-use development. In September, the council...
Read MoreA committee appointed by the San Luis Coastal Unified School District superintendent is recommending moving accelerated learning school Teach Elementary to a new location. [Tribune] Earlier this year, the San Luis Coastal school...
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Cal Poly officials are planning to build a 1,400-bed dormitory next to the Grand Avenue entrance to campus and across the street from a residential neighborhood amid opposition from neighbors....
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Nearly a quarter of Californians live in poverty, according to a Census Bureau calculation that includes cost of living. [SacramentoBee] California’s official poverty rate is 16.5 percent, which is...
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California will fall short of its 2050 greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal if the state does not adopt aggressive measures to fight climate changer, a U.S. Department of Energy report says. [LA...
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Four women teamed up to steal cash from a Paso Robles clothing store Tuesday afternoon. Around 1:05 p.m. Tuesday, four adult Hispanic women approached the front doors of El Korita Western Wear in...
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The California Valley Solar Ranch is now operational and delivering enough electricity to power 100,000 homes annually. [Tribune] The Solar Ranch is one of two photovoltaic plants on the Carrizo...
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