San Luis Obispo County elementary schools had the second highest truancy rate in the state during the 2011-2012 school year, according to a report released Monday by California Attorney General...
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California’s northeastern most county Modoc County joined neighboring Sikiyou County Tuesday in its pursuit of secession from the state of California and creation of the sate of Jefferson. [LA...
Read MoreA San Luis Obispo woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging a nursing assistant at a Santa Barbara rehabilitation hospital sexually assaulted her while she was recovering from a brain tumor. [Independent] The lawsuit filed in Santa...
Read MoreA Cal Poly student died inside a house near campus Wednesday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. [Mustang News] San Luis Obispo police responded to a home in the 200 block of Hathway Avenue Wednesday...
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A Shandon man received a 7-year prison sentence Wednesday after pleading no contest to charges stemming from a drunk driving crash that killed a Bakersfield couple last month. [KCOY] Vicente Muniz...
Read MoreSan Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a fugitive Wednesday who rammed his vehicle into a sheriff’s car in December 2012. Marc Steele, 38, evaded arrest for more than nine months after ramming his Lexus sedan into a...
Read MoreMorro Bay Mayor Jamie Irons progressed Tuesday night in his bid to fire the city’s two top executives, while opponents of his advanced an effort to recall him. The Morro Bay City council voted Tuesday to hire an outside attorney...
Read MoreThe former Morro Bay City Council violated the Ralph M. Brown Act in November 2012, when it increased the severance pay of the city manager and city attorney in closed session without notifying the public. [Tribune] In a a...
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A bill that would allow illegal immigrants to become lawyers is sitting on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk. [SacramentoBee] Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez introduced Assembly Bill 1024 as...
Read MoreCal Poly University Police are searching for a man believed to have punched a student in the face Saturday afternoon. [KSBY] A Cal Poly student told police that he was walking alone on campus near Poly Canyon Village around...
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A woman drove her car off a cliff near Ragged Point Saturday evening but came away uninjured. [Tribune] The car veered off the roadway around 8:15 p.m. Saturday near the Ragged Point Inn. After...
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Morro Bay Mayor Jamie Irons is resuming his effort to terminate the contracts of City Manager Andrea Lueker and City Attorney Rob Schultz. At next Tuesday’s city council meeting, Irons will request...
Read MoreA federal appellate court ruled Wednesday that California regulators can impose low carbon fuel standards on wholesalers and refineries in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [LA Times] AB 32, California’s Global Warming...
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San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives arrested an Oceano man Wednesday for the June murder of a Nipomo resident. Joseph Adrian Munoz, 36, had been in San Luis Obispo County Jail since June 23...
Read MoreA plan to redesign a neighborhood of southern San Luis Obispo that has divided the city council for months passed Tuesday night by a 3-2 vote. The South Broad Street Area Plan, which first appeared before the council in March,...
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