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SAN LUIS OBISPO – 9:19 pm The 22-year-old Atascadero woman accused of causing the car crash that killed a CHP officer near Paso Robles in June has been charged with second degree murder. The Tribune reports prosecutors were in court Tuesday, September 7 armed with tests that could stiffen Kaylee Ann Weisenberg’s penalty. Authorities say [...]
SANTA BARBARA – 9:04 pm – Santa Barbara is bucking a statewide trend when it comes to hiring police officers, according to new census figures. The number of officers has continued to rise in California, while Santa Barbara’s have gone down. There were 69,429 police officers employed during 2009, according to data compiled by the [...]
LOS ANGELES – 8:01 am – The story of Ronald Reagan’s life — from boyhood to Hollywood actor to leader of the free world — is about to spill out on the big screen in a way quite different from the miniseries that caused such a stir seven years ago. The feature film, titled “Reagan” [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 7:43 am – Some of the nation’s largest publicly traded companies said they will not channel corporate funds directly into political advertising that targets candidates, even though it is legal for them to do so. But most of the companies surveyed by the non-partisan Center for Political Accountability said they have no [...]
ATASCADERO – 7:29 am – The Atascadero school board on Tuesday unanimously approved a nearly $130 million package of campus renovations and repairs that includes moving or renovating the junior high school and arts academy and constructing a new high school performing arts center. Atascadero Unified School District taxpayers would pay for most of that [...]
DETROIT – 7:19 am – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s office said he and other city officials will hold a news conference this afternoon to address the dozens of fires that swept across the city overnight, devastating several neighborhoods. Bing, Deputy Mayor Saul Green and Fire Commissioner James Mack will speak with the media at 2 [...]
LOS ANGELES – 7:13 am - Investigators found no explosives aboard a Los Angeles-bound Thai Airways flight in which a bomb threat was found scrawled on a bathroom mirror, the FBI said Wednesday. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said investigators conducted a thorough search of the plane Tuesday night and found no evidence to suggest a [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 6:55 am – The oil giant BP said Wednesday in its internal report that a series of failures involving a number of companies ultimately led to the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “No single factor caused the Macondo well tragedy,” BP said in a statement about the report. “Rather, [...]
SANTA BARBARA – 12:30 am – The campaign to convince voters to support a half-cent sales tax increase for 14 years, to help fund a new jail near Santa Maria, officially kicked into gear Tuesday. Politicians from throughout Santa Barbara County and longtime business leaders were among those gathered at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, [...]
SAN LUIS OBISPO – 12:00 am – San Luis Obispo County supervisors on Tuesday opposed statewide ballot initiatives that would legalize marijuana and add $18 to vehicle license fees to finance state parks. The votes came as supervisors discussed five propositions that will be on the November ballot. The vote on Proposition 19, which would [...]