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February, 2014

Bodies of Central Coast car crash victims identified

Written on 28 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has identified the two men who died in car crash in Paso Robles Wednesday afternoon as 26-year-old Jeremy Nathaniel Martin and 24-year-old Christopher Michael Medina. Martin resided in Grover Beach, and Medina lived... (Continue reading)

Former Atascadero police chief steps in for King City

Written on 28 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

Dennis Hegwood, the former Atascadero police chief who was terminated shortly after being cleared of rape charges, took the helm of the King City Police Department as interim chief late Wednesday. King City Attorney Roy Hanley said that Hegwood, who... (Continue reading)

Woman rescued from water at Pirate’s Cove

Written on 28 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A Cal Fire rescue crew pulled an injured woman out of the water at Pirate’s Cove Thursday evening. [KSBY] The woman suffered a leg injury and needed to be rescued shortly before 6 p.m. Minutes later, the Cal Fire crew... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly students’ legitimate excuse to dance until 4 a.m.

Written on 27 Feb, 2014 in Discovered, Featured | 3 comments

By LAUREN SHARABIANLOU Cal Poly students grooved in a dance marathon that ran from 9 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. on Sunday, raising money for the Hopeful Hearts Foundation. “I’m going to dance for 10 hours straight, obviously”, Cal Poly... (Continue reading)

Earthquake shakes San Simeon

Written on 27 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck near San Simeon Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake hit 23 miles northwest of San Simeon at 10:52 a.m. The shallow earthquake occurred 5.5 miles below the earth’s surface. People in... (Continue reading)

Couple arrested for string of Atascadero burglaries

Written on 27 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Atascadero police arrested a couple earlier this month for committing a string of burglaries last year. Between August and December, four residential burglaries occurred in Atascadero, in which thieves nabbed jewelry and electronics from residents’ homes while they slept. The... (Continue reading)

Suspect in shooting of former Cal Poly football player arrested

Written on 27 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of involvement in the November shooting of a former Cal Poly football player in San Luis Obispo. Deputies arrested Brian Gonzales in Hayward on Friday. Gonzales is currently in San Luis... (Continue reading)

Women assaulted on Cal Poly campus

Written on 27 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A man assaulted a woman Tuesday evening in the parking structure at the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo. [KSBY] Shortly before 8:30 p.m., the woman was walking on the second level of the Grand Avenue parking structure when... (Continue reading)

3 dead in Central Coast car crashes

Written on 27 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Three people were killed in two of the multiple auto collisions that occurred on Wednesday during the afternoon rain. Shortly before 3 p.m., a 31-year-old Nipomo man was killed in a head on collision on Highway 154 in Santa Barbara... (Continue reading)

Sometimes the good guys win

Written on 26 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 69 comments

OPINION By ROGER FREBERG It’s been an interesting year and its only February. A landmark legal case decided by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on the 13th of February will have profound effects on California, New York and possibly... (Continue reading)