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February, 2014

CAB throws water on district formation plans

Written on 26 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN A group representing hundreds of rural landowners in Creston won’t support a proposed North County water district as presently envisioned by its advocates. Sheila Lyons, chair of the Creston Advisory Body (CAB), sent a letter to Assemblyman... (Continue reading)

Divers find plane debris off Oceano

Written on 26 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s divers found debris Sunday from a plane that crashed off the coast of Oceano in January. On Jan. 14, a plane flown by David Casey, 63, of Friday Harbor Wash. crashed off the coast of... (Continue reading)

Armed bandit robs Oceano vegetable stand

Written on 26 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for an armed man who robbed an Oceano vegetable stand on Sunday. At about 2 p.m., the robber stopped his bicycle at the Hayashi Vegetable Stand, pulled out a handgun and ordered... (Continue reading)

King City Police Department closed because of corruption

Written on 25 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 46 comments

King City’s longtime former police chief, Nick Baldiviez, and current acting police chief, Bruce Miller, were arrested early Tuesday morning along with four other officers under charges of bribery, embezzlement and making threats. [KSBW] Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies arrested officers... (Continue reading)

Los Osos officials playing games

Written on 25 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 13 comments

OPINION By TOM SALMON Shame on the Los Osos Community Services District, they have scheduled a Special Meeting, to appoint a replacement for Director David Vogel, who inadvertently moved outside the district boundaries in December, at a time few will... (Continue reading)

Five Cities firefighting costs escalating

Written on 25 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 87 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The cities of Arroyo Grande and Grover Beach and the community of Oceano merged their fire departments in 2010 with the intent of saving money, but the resulting Five Cities Fire Authority (FCFA) may soon cost residents... (Continue reading)

Polio like syndrome affecting California children

Written on 25 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Five children in California have developed paralysis in one or more of their limbs after suffering from a “polio-like syndrome.” [CNN] Between August 2012 and July 2013, five children who had been vaccinated against the poliovirus developed paralysis after suffering... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles teen in critical condition after crash

Written on 25 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A 19-year-old Paso Robles man is in critical condition and his friend is in jail after a solo car crash early Sunday morning. At approximately 1:24 a.m., 22-year-old Isaac Daniel Byers was driving westbound on Highway 46 near Golden Hill... (Continue reading)

Fire breaks out at Paso Robles fairgrounds

Written on 25 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A storage building at the Paso Robles Event Center caught on fire Monday evening. Flames sparked around 8:45 p.m. in a metal building that holds maintenance equipment and is located in the northeast corner of the property. Firefighters contained the... (Continue reading)

Gang rape of UCSB woman reported in Isla Vista

Written on 24 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for suspects accused of beating and gang raping a 19-year-old UC Santa Barbara student over the weekend. The attack occurred between 11 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday, according to the sheriff’s office.... (Continue reading)