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January, 2014

Los Osos woman killed in car crash

Written on 7 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A 44-year-old Los Osos woman died Sunday evening in a single vehicle crash near Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort on Avila Beach Drive. Shortly after midnight, the unnamed woman’s 1985 Chevrolet pickup left the road, struck a small tree, traveled down... (Continue reading)

California court upholds San Francisco bag ban

Written on 6 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A California appellate court upheld San Francisco’s single-use plastic bag ban in a precedent setting ruling Friday. [SF Gate] After the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the bag ban in February 2012, Save the Plastic Bag Coalition, a pro-plastic... (Continue reading)

Salinas crop circle, marketers not aliens

Written on 6 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The unique crop circle discovered in a Salinas farm last week was created by marketers not aliens. On Sunday at an electronics show in Las Vegas, Jen-Hsun Huang, the CEO of computer graphics company NVIDIA, announced his company created the... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria liquor store robber gets away

Written on 6 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A man robbed a Santa Maria liquor store Sunday night and evaded capture. [KSBY] The robber entered El Ranchero Liquor Store on West Main Street around 9:45 p.m. on Sunday. He showed a gun and demanded money and merchandise from... (Continue reading)

Mobile home burns in Los Osos

Written on 6 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A fire destroyed a mobile home, as well as a nearby vehicle, in Los Osos Sunday. CAL FIRE received a report of a vegetation fire around 12:54 p.m. Sunday at 1690 Valley View Drive. Firefighters responded and contained the fire... (Continue reading)

Prowler repeatedly spotted in San Luis Obispo neighborhood

Written on 5 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a prowler who has been active in the neighborhood of Broad and Sandercock streets over the past few weeks. In one occasion, the prowler entered a home. The woman awoke, confronted the prowler... (Continue reading)

Birds provoke cat fight

Written on 4 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured, Screening Room | 15 comments

The staff at CalCoastNews decided to share this non-local video with our readers because we found it so bizarre. In the video, a pair of birds incite two cats into a fight.... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria woman arrested for killing ex-boyfriend’s cat

Written on 4 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies arrested a 43-year-old Santa Maria woman who allegedly choked and then stabbed her ex-boyfriend’s cat to death with a large kitchen knife. On the afternoon of Jan.2, Nellie Palacios, accompanied by her new boyfriend, entered... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach man allegedly mailed meth to the jail

Written on 4 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

San Luis Obispo County deputies arrested a Pismo Beach man for allegedly sending his incarcerated girlfriend a greeting card containing methamphetamine in December. A deputy at the jail discovered meth wrapped in plastic and hidden in the card sent to... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo celebrates restaurant month

Written on 3 Jan, 2014 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

Dozens of San Luis Obispo County restaurants are participating in the seventh annual Restaurant Month promotion running January 1 through January 31st. Participating restaurants will offer a variety of special menu selections with many featuring a three-course prix fixe meal... (Continue reading)