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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)

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)