Renaming our U.S. naval vessels
By T. KEITH GURNEE With the recent aggressive sorties flown by Russian jets just 120 feet over the USS Cook in the Baltic Sea against all treaty protocols just a few months ago, it looks like our...
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Author: Karen Velie
Resnicks’ deforestation ignites battle
By KAREN VELIE In the rolling hills that surround northern San Luis Obispo County communities, some farmers have planted grapes among the oaks. Locally, there has been an emphasis on stewardship of...
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Former State Senator Ronald Calderon admits to taking bribes
Former Democratic California State Senator Ronald S. Calderon agreed to plead guilty to a federal corruption charge and admits in a plea agreement filed today that he accepted tens of thousands of...
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Ax-wielding man attacks campers, officer fight back
An ax-wielding man attacked fellow campers, officers and a firefighter during a Saturday rampage at the Santa Ynez River Recreation Area in Santa Barbara County. At about 3:45 p.m., callers reported...
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Cal Poly football walk-on injured in pool accident
Jake Javier, who was to walk on with the Cal Poly football team in the fall, was injured in a pool accident Thursday night, one day prior to his graduation from San Ramon Valley High School in...
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Officers pose as homeless people to entrap unsuspecting drivers
Regina, Canada police officers have discovered a new way to increase revenue, pose as a homeless person in an attempt to set up kind-hearted individuals willing to help those in need. Officers,...
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Norovirus outbreak at San Luis Obispo middle school
About 80 Laguna Middle School students and one teacher appear to have contracted the Norovirus prompting school officials to postpone the eighth grade dance until next Friday. Students started their...
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More SLO County Democrats voted in the primary than Republicans
By KAREN VELIE More than 78 percent of registered Democrats in San Luis Obispo County voted in the California primary compared to a 58.6 percent Republican turnout, according to an election summary...
Read MoreMurder suspect shoots himself in Santa Maria
A homicide suspect from Oakland barricaded himself inside a white van at a Santa Maria truck stop on Friday morning before shooting himself during a standoff with law enforcement. Calstar personnel transported the injured...
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Sanitation district board member’s wife behaves badly
By KAREN VELIE During a tension filled meeting earlier this month, the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board members voted unanimously to add Oceano residents’ sewer charges...
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SLO High School principal censors student film, video
OPINION by LAURA ALBERS San Luis Obispo High School Principal Leslie O’Connor refuses to allow a film to be shown, despite over 400 signatures on a petition and over 2,250 views of the film on...
Read MoreTribune to cut costs by outsourcing labor to India
The San Luis Obispo Tribune’s parent company, McClatchy, is hiring large numbers of workers through the federal H-1B program with plans to train foreigners to replace U.S. citizens who are currently performing skilled labor....
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Brush fire burns over 2,000 acres near Cuyama
The Soda Fire in southeastern San Luis Obispo County is 80 percent contained at 2,003 acres. Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, the fire broke out about 7 miles north of Cuyama on Bureau of Land...
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Sanitation district votes to stop litigation
By KAREN VELIE The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District voted unanimously Wednesday to stop fighting the state in court over a $1.1 million fine levied because of a 384,000 to 3 million...
Read MoreAtascadero man killed in crash identified
The Atascadero man killed in a rollover accident on Highway has been identified as Ronald Joshua Montgomery, 42. Shortly before 3 a.m., Montgomery was driving a Chevy truck southbound on Highway 101 between Santa Barbara Road...
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