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California gubernatorial candidate is registered sex offender

Written on 24 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Republican candidate for the California governorship, Glenn Champ, has a criminal record that includes convictions of voluntary manslaughter and assault to commit rape. He is a registered sex offender. [Washington Post] A jury convicted Champ of two counts of assault... (Continue reading)

Moriarty gets a new lawyer

Written on 24 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Al Moriarty, the Grover Beach man accused of running a $22 million Ponzi scheme, was appointed a new lawyer after his former lawyer had his law license suspended. Moriarty is accused of placing nearly $10 million of investor funds in... (Continue reading)

Man runs into Santa Maria house, threatens to detonate bomb

Written on 24 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A man stormed into a house in Santa Maria Friday night and threatened to blow up a bomb. [KSBY] Marcos Vela, 20, knocked on a door in the 1100 block of N. Lincoln Street in Santa Maria around 7:40 p.m.... (Continue reading)

Bakersfield man trying to drill for oil near Huasna Valley

Written on 24 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Bakersfield man is attempting to get approval from San Luis Obispo County to drill for oil near Huasna Valley, less than two years after oil company Excelaron lost its bid to do so nearby. [Tribune] Dero Parker, owner of... (Continue reading)

Central Coast pop-punk rocker arrested for child sex offences

Written on 23 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

An Atascadero man, who is a former member of the pop-punk band New Found Glory, has been charged with seven felonies regarding his alleged contact with 14 and 15-year-old children he contacted online. [AlternativePress] On the same day in December... (Continue reading)

Hill goes to battle with CAPSLO

Written on 22 Mar, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 133 comments

By KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN Editor’s note: Read a letter from Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo to the board of supervisors that includes a statement by Supervisor Adam Hill at the bottom of this article. San Luis... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles announces $125,000 ticket quota settlement

Written on 22 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

A day after signing a non-disclosure agreement, Paso Robles city officials disclosed they had settled a traffic ticket quota lawsuit filed by a former employee for $125,000. Total costs to the city exceed $160,000. In addition to the $125,000 settlement,... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach Bank of America robbed

Written on 22 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Pismo Beach police are investigating the Friday robbery of the Bank of America on the corner of Price and Dolliver streets. At about 6 p.m., police were informed that a person had robbed the bank and fled with an undisclosed... (Continue reading)

Federal court upholds California’s DNA sampling law

Written on 21 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A federal appeals court has unanimously upheld a California law that allows officials to collect DNA samples from anyone arrested for a felony. [Mercury News] The 5-year-old law permits DNA sampling without review by a judge and even if criminal... (Continue reading)

SLO councilman asks CAPSLO to drop homeless services

Written on 21 Mar, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN One week after the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) shuffled the alignment of its homeless services personnel, a San Luis Obispo city councilman has asked the nonprofit to consider eliminating entirely its homeless services... (Continue reading)