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July, 2015

SLO police free 15-year-old girl from forced prostitution

Written on 30 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

San Luis Obispo police rescued a 15-year-old girl from forced labor as a prostitute and arrested three suspects on human trafficking charges Tuesday. Both the girl and the primary suspect, a 16-year-old male, are from Manteca, a Central Valley city.... (Continue reading)

Haggen fires Central Coast employees with disabilities

Written on 29 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 61 comments

Grocery chain Haggen fired developmentally disabled employees as part of its recent string of Central Coast layoffs, a Santa Barbara-based advocacy organization alleges. [KEYT] Earlier this year, Haggen a Washington-based company purchased 146 Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions and Safeway stores, some... (Continue reading)

paso robles water district

Written on 29 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will vote on a proposed medical marijuana dispensary in Nipomo, now that the county has received an appeal of the project. Stephanie Kiel, the owner of Watsonville-based marijuana delivery service Ethnobotanica, is... (Continue reading)

SLO man attempts to kill his father in Los Osos

Written on 29 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A San Luis Obispo man, who once brought an arms cache to a local bank, fired shots into his father’s Los Osos home early Tuesday morning, allegedly in attempt to kill him. Shortly before 4 a.m., Turner Lee Newman, 23,... (Continue reading)

Motley Crue burns midnight oil, fans at fair

Written on 28 Jul, 2015 in Discovered, Featured | 11 comments

By COLIN JONES I love those UPS ads that talk about their dedication to logistics. It’s probably something nobody but those in the delivery biz give a lot of thought to. Well, the first Saturday night concert at the 2015... (Continue reading)

Covered California rates going up

Written on 28 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 80 comments

Health premiums for Californians using Obamacare will rise by an average of 4 percent in 2016. [LA Times] Premiums offered in Covered California, the state exchange, also increased by an average of 4 percent this year. Supporters of the system,... (Continue reading)

Atascadero publication changes name after lawsuit threat

Written on 28 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Online news publication Atascadero Daily News has changed its name to A-Town Daily News following a legal threat from a competitor who claimed trademark infringement. John Tompkins, the president of News Media Corp., and employee-turned-competitor Scott Brennan have been feuding... (Continue reading)

Victim of crash near Nacimiento Lake identified

Written on 28 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A man who died in a fiery crash near Nacimiento Lake early Saturday morning has been identified as 22-year-old Richmond Corrales Eskridge. Eskridge was a resident of Big Sur. He lost control of his Ford pickup sometime between midnight and... (Continue reading)

Former SLO County narcotics officer arrested for perjury

Written on 27 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

The California Attorney General’s Office filed a felony charge of  on July 17 against a former San Luis Obispo County District Attorney investigator who allegedly lied in an affidavit to a judge while on loan to the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task... (Continue reading)

Exclusive: County put children into hands of man accused of rape

Written on 27 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 73 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Editors Note: This is first in a three-part series on how three children were taken from their parents and placed in the home of a man now accused of sexual assault. A child allegedly... (Continue reading)