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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)

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)

Paso Robles teen in critical condition after crash

Written on 25 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A 19-year-old Paso Robles man is in critical condition and his friend is in jail after a solo car crash early Sunday morning. At approximately 1:24 a.m., 22-year-old Isaac Daniel Byers was driving westbound on Highway 46 near Golden Hill... (Continue reading)

Fire breaks out at Paso Robles fairgrounds

Written on 25 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A storage building at the Paso Robles Event Center caught on fire Monday evening. Flames sparked around 8:45 p.m. in a metal building that holds maintenance equipment and is located in the northeast corner of the property. Firefighters contained the... (Continue reading)

Gang rape of UCSB woman reported in Isla Vista

Written on 24 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for suspects accused of beating and gang raping a 19-year-old UC Santa Barbara student over the weekend. The attack occurred between 11 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday, according to the sheriff’s office.... (Continue reading)

Hearst Castle superintendent placed on 30 day leave

Written on 24 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Following the filling of the 345,000 gallon Neptune pool for Lady Gaga, the state suspended Hearst Castle Superintendent Nick Franco for 30 days, castle sources said. Less than two weeks earlier, park officials said they were draining the pool, which... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly clinches UCLA series with 9-1 win

Written on 24 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN (Editor’s note: Video of the final out of the series with Cal Poly radio announcer Eric Burdick making the call is at the bottom of the story.) Baseball geek chatrooms will be ablaze Monday with talk of... (Continue reading)

Significant rain expected this week

Written on 23 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Weather forecasters say San Luis Obispo County is slated to get significant rain this week, and possibly an El Nino next year. A low pressure system is slated to bring rain to most of California on Wednesday with a possibility... (Continue reading)