8 March 2010, 9:23 pm
The viewpoint “State hospital police need equal legal protection” (March 4) contained several factual errors that bear mentioning. The first concerns the population that Atascadero State Hospital serves. Atascadero State Hospital no longer treats sexually violent predators.... Read More »
7 March 2010, 8:44 am
Our local elected representatives should present budget information in a blunt, easy-to-understand manner. Every year at this time, we hear special interest groups weighing in to explain the importance of their particular cause.... Read More »
24 February 2010, 8:45 pm
Claude E. Foulk, 62, is charged with 35 felony counts. Authorities say they have evidence he abused at least five children, but the statute of limitations in the other cases has expired. The executive director of Napa State Hospital, a Northern California mental institution that houses mentally ill ... Read More »
22 February 2010, 11:44 am
I’m afraid that Richard Placak (“Where are protesters?” Feb. 1) has drawn unwarranted parallels between the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. On Sept. 11, the U.S. was attacked by a group of men whose leader and organization were based in Afghanistan, and we suitably initiated action against them.... Read More »
21 February 2010, 11:30 pm
Today Morro Bay City Council. 6 p.m. Veterans Memorial Building, 209 Sur... Read More »
21 February 2010, 1:27 pm
Desert Center — The clean, new mobile home looks out of place in this remote stretch of desert, set far off California Highway 177. The nearest other buildings are a vacant, boarded-up shack and a dusty, empty storefront.... Read More »
19 February 2010, 1:45 am
SAN LUIS OBISPO Watsonville man arrested after chase A 53-year-old Watsonville man was arrested in San Luis Obispo after he led three California Highway patrol cars in a high-speed chase through that county Wednesday afternoon.... Read More »
18 February 2010, 8:15 pm
SAN LUIS OBISPO - A 53-year-old Watsonville man was arrested in San Luis Obispo after he led three California Highway patrol cars in a high-speed chase through the county Wednesday afternoon.... Read More »