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Man with machete stands off Santa Barbara SWAT team for eight hours

Written on 10 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A SWAT team standoff with a Santa Barbara man in possession of a machete lasted more than eight hours Wednesday night and Thursday morning. [KSBY] Investigators obtained a search warrant Wednesday for the home of a 39-year-old man who is... (Continue reading)

Mayor Debbie Peterson elected as Coastal Commission nominee

Written on 9 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

The San Luis Obispo County City Selection Committee elected Grover Beach Mayor Debbie Peterson on Jan. 3 as its nominee for an open seat on the California Coastal Commission. Less than two weeks after the Grover Beach Council removed Peterson... (Continue reading)

Trial begins for man accused of causing shootout in Paso Robles

Written on 9 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Opening statements began Wednesday in the trial of San Diego resident Clifford Scott, whom prosecutors accuse of starting a shootout with a California Highway Patrol officer in Paso Robles in 2012. [Tribune] On Oct. 27, 2012, a CHP officer pulled... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande broker running for supervisor

Written on 8 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Arroyo Grande real estate broker Mike Byrd announced Wednesday that he intends to run for the District 4 San Luis Obispo County Supervisor seat. Byrd applied for the vacant District 4 seat following the death of Supervisor Paul Teixeira last... (Continue reading)

Report shows homeless languishing in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 8 Jan, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 63 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County is ranked third in the nation for the highest percent of homeless who sleep unsheltered and is bucking the national trend of reducing homelessness, according to a 2013 U.S. Department of Housing and... (Continue reading)

Recalled Los Osos board member wins election in Iowa

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

Former Los Osos Community Services District board member Stan Gustafson, whom voters recalled in 2005, won a special election Tuesday for an Iowa House of Representatives seat. [Des Moines Register] Los Osos voters recalled Gustafson in September 2005 after contractors... (Continue reading)

Los Osos woman killed in car crash identified

Written on 8 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Officers have identified the woman killed in a car crash on Avila Beach Road Sunday as Denise Snider, of Los Osos. [Tribune] Snider, 44, drove her pickup truck off the road shortly after midnight Sunday and traveled down an embankment,... (Continue reading)

SLO County clerk-recorder to retire

Written on 8 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Julie Rodewald announced Tuesday that she will retire at the end of her term in January 2015. [Tribune] Rodewald has worked for the county for 33 years and spent the last 20 as clerk-recorder. She... (Continue reading)

California farmers removing grape vines

Written on 7 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 53 comments

California farmers are ripping up grape vines and switching to higher yielding crops to cope with an ongoing drought, according to a report by San Rafael wine broker Ciatti Co. [Mercury News] The report estimates that California vintners will remove... (Continue reading)

Two men arrested for stealing SLO firefighting equipment

Written on 7 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested two men Monday for stealing firefighting equipment from a fireman’s car. Around 7:48 a.m., police received a report of theft of San Luis Obispo Fire Department equipment from a firefighter’s car parked in the downtown... (Continue reading)