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October, 2013

KEYT and DirecTV at impasse

Written on 5 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

If a contract dispute between KEYT’s parent company and DirecTV cannot be reached by Wednesday, the news channel will no longer be available through DirecTV. On Friday, the ABC Central Coast affiliate announced to viewers that contract negotiations are at... (Continue reading)

Unloaded BB gun causes scare at Cuesta College

Written on 4 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A prop for a school video project caused a scare on the Cuesta College campus Wednesday. [Tribune] Several students reported that a female was walking through campus with a shotgun. Some faculty members were also alarmed. The female student was... (Continue reading)

Former Bell manager pleads no contest

Written on 4 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The former city of Bell manager plead no contest Thursday evening to 69 felony charges of misappropriating public funds and falsifying documents. Prosecutors told the Los Angeles Times Robert Rizzo, 59, would be sentenced to 10 to 12 years in... (Continue reading)

SLO County deputies seek murder victim’s identity

Written on 4 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo Sheriff deputies are asking the public for help identifying a Hispanic man found murdered in a drainage ditch in Nipomo on Sept. 17. Shortly before 5 p.m., a field worker discovered the man’s body partially submerged in... (Continue reading)

Brown appoints Caren Ray to succeed Teixeira

Written on 3 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 134 comments

Governor Jerry Brown appointed Arroyo Grande Councilwoman Karen Ray to fill the vacant fourth district seat on the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors, sources told CalCoastNews Thursday. Ray will succeed Paul Teixeira, who died of a heart attack... (Continue reading)

California overstated health insurance exchange Web traffic

Written on 3 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

California’s newly created health insurance exchange vastly overstated the traffic its website received Tuesday during the rollout of Obamacare. [LA Times] Covered California’s website, coveredca.com, received 645,000 hits Tuesday, far fewer than the 5 million it initially reported, state officials... (Continue reading)

State board tosses petition for Cayucos students to attend Morro Bay High

Written on 3 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A petition to transfer Cayucos High School students from the Coast Unified School District to the San Luis Coastal Unified School District has stalled on a technicality. [Tribune] Numerous Cayucos parents have petitioned the California State Board of Education to... (Continue reading)

SLO County pays settlement in brutalization case

Written on 3 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

A Nipomo family allegedly brutalized by a sheriff’s deputy during a stop for a minor traffic violation in 2012 agreed to a $150,000 settlement from San Luis Obispo County. In July 2012, deputy Steven Hurl pulled behind Jesus Ruiz who... (Continue reading)

Buellton man arrested for secretly videotaping women undressing

Written on 3 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A woman using a restroom at a senior living facility in Solvang was stunned to discover she was being videotaped via a cell phone hidden in the ventilation system. Santa Barbara Sheriff deputies discovered the phone, which had videos of... (Continue reading)

Brown bans revenge porn in California

Written on 2 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Tuesday banning the practice of posting graphic images or video of another person online with intent to cause emotional harm. [SacramentoBee] Posting “revenge porn” can now land offenders in jail for six... (Continue reading)