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Burglar snatches safe from Morro Bay restaurant

Written on 28 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Morro Bay police are searching for a burglar who stole a safe from a safe from an Embarcadero restaurant early Monday morning. A man wearing a mask, black baseball cap and blue hooded jacket broke into the Dutchman Seafood House... (Continue reading)

KSBY political ad chopped, but participants still feeling the heat

Written on 27 May, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 105 comments

UPDATE: The South County Advisory Council Chair Sandra Caughell responded with the following comment: “The concern was the reference to South County Advisory Council in Ms. Ray’s campaign ad. We as a council do not endorse any candidates for office... (Continue reading)

California shootout leaves suspect dead, deputy injured

Written on 27 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A traffic stop in Compton Monday morphed into a shootout in Long Beach that left the suspect dead and a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy wounded. [NBC LA] During the traffic stop Monday morning, the suspect, a man in his... (Continue reading)

Isla Vista 7-Eleven clerk made daunting rescue

Written on 27 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

As most bystanders fled the scene, an Isla Vista 7-Eleven clerk ran into the line of fire Friday night and rescued a wounded woman caught in crossfire during the mass murder near the UC Santa Barbara campus. [KEYT] During shooter... (Continue reading)

Drought drives wild animals to urban areas

Written on 27 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Competition for food amid California’s drought is prompting wildlife to search for food in strange places, including urban areas. [Outdoors] In Nipomo, a bear wandered into a public park and shut down a Little League baseball game. In Santa Cruz... (Continue reading)

NCAA regional coming to Cal Poly

Written on 26 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Cal Poly baseball team will host an NCAA regional for the first time in school history this weekend. Cal Poly finished the regular season with a 45-10 record, the best in program history, and won the... (Continue reading)

Pro Water Equity’s final days

Written on 26 May, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

OPINION By  SUSAN HARVEY I would like to elaborate on the final meeting of the original PRO Water Equity. (“A Crafted Perception of Water District ‘Cooperation‘” CalCoastNews, 5/15/2014) I am one of the original founders and financial backers of PRO... (Continue reading)

Could 2014 be the lowest primary turnout to date?

Written on 26 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Political strategist are projecting the voter turnout for the June 3 primary to be California’s lowest-ever in a primary for governor. [MercuryNews] With only two top contenders vying to be on the November ticket with Gov. Jerry Brown and general... (Continue reading)

Southern California man accused of burglary and arson in Santa Maria

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

Santa Maria police arrested a Canoga Park man early Monday morning for burglarizing and trying to set fire to a Santa Maria business. [KSBY] Around 12:30 a.m., police received a call about a man standing in the road on Skyway... (Continue reading)

Bruce Gibson orders a gag order on fracking opponents

Written on 25 May, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 63 comments

OPINION By JEANNE BLACKWELL Anxiously and proudly the students against fracking, Cuesta College and Cal Poly coalition, attended their first San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting in the middle of midterms and finals. The students delivered 750 signatures... (Continue reading)