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November, 2014

California teacher accused of caging special ed student

Written on 10 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A Fresno elementary school teacher allegedly locked a 7-year-old girl with a seizure disorder in makeshift cage constructed inside a first grade classroom. [Fresno Bee] The child’s parent, Ledelldra Brooks, says she made an unannounced visit to her child’s special... (Continue reading)

Gilroy plane crash kills two

Written on 10 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A small plane crashed in Northern California over the weekend, apparently killing the two people on board. [Mercury News] The Cessna 140 aircraft took off from an airport near Hollister Saturday afternoon but failed to reach its destination. That evening... (Continue reading)

Fatal crash in Paso Robles

Written on 9 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A currently unidentified man was killed early Sunday morning in a single vehicle accident in rural Paso Robles, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly after midnight, the man was driving a 1995 Ford F-150 pickup northbound on River Road... (Continue reading)

Quiet title action supports constitutional rights

Written on 9 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION By ALLEN DUCKWORTH The opinion expressed by Robert Brown in his Nov. 3, article entitled “Basin Adjudication Does Not Solve Our Groundwater Problems” seems to express a bit of desperation. Mr. Brown is correct that both Laurie Gage’s articles... (Continue reading)

RVs for veterans program reaches milestone

Written on 9 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION By BECKY JORGESON We donated our 30th RV to a homeless veteran here on the Central Coast on Saturday. Many thanks to all donors who opened your hearts to our veterans who can’t be helped through other avenues. Because... (Continue reading)

Body found hanging from tree

Written on 9 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A utility worker looking to relive himself discovered a body hanging in a tree on Thursday north of Greenfield, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrived to find the decomposing body in a tree off a Highway 101... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district mounting lawsuit against the state

Written on 8 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 36 comments

By KAREN VELIE The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board voted unanimously Wednesday to file a lawsuit against the state over a $1.1 million fine in a fight that has already cost ratepayers over $750,000. In 2010, issues... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man charged with manslaughter

Written on 8 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A Los Osos man who was the driver in a deadly crash that took the lives of two children was charged with manslaughter on Friday. On Oct. 25, Tanner Mengore, 22, was driving an SUV at a high rate of... (Continue reading)

Suspicious death ruled drug overdose

Written on 8 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

San Luis Obispo Police Department announced Friday that a man found deceased in his home last summer, died as the result of a drug overdose. On July 26, neighbors at the Silver City Mobile Home Park on the 3800 block... (Continue reading)

Ferrara now chasing write-in Hill

Written on 7 Nov, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 376 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN At the tail end of a race he never expected to run, Arroyo Grande Mayor Tony Ferrara will spend the weekend mulling vote totals announced by county voting officials Friday afternoon showing a write-in candidate leading him... (Continue reading)