NICK POWELL

It is unfortunate that he has been guilty of improper actions on two or three occasions … but how many priests are there completely blameless over a period of 10 years?” The above words were penned in 1980 by Juan Arzube, a now-deceased bishop in the Catholic Church’s Los Angeles Archdiocese, which governs parishes in […]

The San Luis Obispo County Superior Court could soon be following in the footsteps of its judicial neighbors to the south by sentencing veterans charged with certain low-level crimes to a treatment program for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder instead of jail. Dana Cummings, the San Luis Obispo County Veterans Services officer, presented a general plan […]

Allegations that California’s Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Fund failed to disclose $34 million in surplus revenue at the close of 2011 have been dismissed, following an extensive investigation by the Office of the Attorney General. A report published Dec. 31 verified that another $20 million had been kept from the Department of Finance by the State […]

California lawmakers were awfully busy last year, drafting, passing, and earning the governor’s signature on a whopping 876 bills during the 2012 legislative session. Their output was up roughly 19 percent from the previous two years, and while many of the laws focused on budgetary issues like pension reform or simply modified language in obscure, […]

After more than a month without federal assistance, the almost 20,000 unemployed residents in Santa Barbara County and 13,700 unemployed residents of San Luis Obispo County can expect to qualify for extended unemployment insurance payments. On July 20, U.S. Senate Democrats mustered the 60 votes they needed to end debate on the bill, which includes […]