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December, 2013

California’s gun laws toughest in the country, study finds

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

California has the toughest gun laws in the country, according to a study released by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. [LA Times] The two gun control advocacy organizations released their... (Continue reading)

Assistant DA Tim Covello to run for district attorney

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

San Luis Obispo County prosecutor Tim Covello is running for the office of district attorney. Covello has prosecuted several high profile cases since joining the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office in 1993, including the Dystiny Myers murder case... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles woman not guilty of murdering mother

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A mentally ill Paso Robles women who murdered her mother was found not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday In April 2012, police responding to a 911 call found Sunni Jackson, 38, sitting outside the home and her mother... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man murdered in Salinas motel

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Salinas police have identified a man found stabbed to death in a Salinas motel Thursday as 53-year-old Bobby Dick Jr. of Morro Bay. On Dec. 5, a maid at the Laurel Inn noticed Dick’s motel room door was ajar. The... (Continue reading)

Estate Financial president Karen Guth getting out of prison early

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

A principal in a fraudulent $3oo million investment scheme she ran out of the Estate Financial Inc. office in Paso Robles, which financially ruined thousands of people, is slated to be released after serving a little more than six years... (Continue reading)

Former SLO police officer receives 18-month sentence

Written on 10 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A judge sentenced former San Luis Obispo police officer Cory Pierce to 18 months in federal prison Monday. [KSBY] Prosecutors accused Pierce, a former narcotics detective, of stealing drugs from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Department’s evidence locker and... (Continue reading)

Capps fires aide arrested for hit and run

Written on 10 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Congresswoman Lois Capps fired a Santa Barbara district staff aide who is accused of critically injuring a woman in a felony DUI and hit and run Friday. [KCOY] Santa Barbara police arrested Raymond Morua, 32, after he allegedly struck a... (Continue reading)

18 L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies arrested

Written on 10 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

FBI authorities charged 18 current and former Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies for federal crimes including Illegal beatings of jail inmates and obstruction of justice. Federal authorities announced the charges after 16 of the defendants were taken into custody earlier... (Continue reading)

Two Fresno men charged with sex trafficking minors in SLO

Written on 9 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Law enforcement officers arrested two Fresno men last week for sex trafficking two female minors in San Luis Obispo and other areas. Javier Solis, 28, and Michael Anthony Andrade, 33, brought two female minors, ages 15 and 17, to San... (Continue reading)

Court-supervised groundwater management

Written on 9 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION By CINDY STEINBECK “Management” of the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin is a hot topic. Our groundwater basin will be managed. The question and struggle is about who will manage and what rules will apply. California law offers fundamentally different... (Continue reading)