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Mayor and council race heating up in Morro Bay

Written on 8 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 56 comments

Morro Bay’s qualifying period for mayoral candidates has ended with two candidates vying for the office, incumbent mayor Jamie Irons and former council woman Carla Wixom, then known as Carla Borchard. Irons and Wixom were contestants in the 2012 race... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach man beats woman with shotgun

Written on 8 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Grover Beach police arrested a man early Friday morning for striking a woman in the head with the butt-end of a shotgun. Johnny Luther Renfro, 65, struck a 48-year-old woman several times in the head and torso with a loaded... (Continue reading)

State judge tosses SLO ballot measure, restores binding arbitration

Written on 7 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 65 comments

A California administrative law judge has overturned the results of a 2011 city of San Luis Obipso election that eliminated binding arbitration for police officers and firefighters. Last week, California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Judge Valerie Pike Racho voided... (Continue reading)

Central Coast man sues casino over losses

Written on 7 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A Ventura businessman filed suit against a Las Vegas casino after he lost $500,000 playing drunk on Super Bowl weekend. Mark Johnston, 52, filed suit against the Downtown Grand for giving him a line of credit and serving him drinks... (Continue reading)

SLO police officer accused of forcing sex on informant

Written on 7 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Former San Luis Obispo police officer Cory Pierce allegedly forced an informant to have sex with him, according to a civil rights lawsuit recently filed in federal court. In February, FBI agents arrested Pierce after an undercover investigation revealed the... (Continue reading)

How can you support CalCoastNews?

Written on 6 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

CalCoastNews reporters have uncovered cases of real estate fraud, embezzlement, and elder abuse that have led to arrests and public awareness. Reporter and CCN co-founder Daniel Blackburn covers water issues in the North County. His understanding of water politics is... (Continue reading)

Central Coast farmworkers oppose processing center

Written on 6 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Central Coast farmworkers are strongly objecting to a proposed Santa Maria facility for processing convicted criminals who are illegal immigrants. Immigrants would be photographed and fingerprinted in the facility before being transferred to Southern California or deported. Federal and local... (Continue reading)

Vandenberg protester bucks Supreme Court, gets arrested

Written on 6 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

One week after the Supreme Court ruled that antiwar activist Dennis Apel could not protest along a stretch of Highway 1 that is located on the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Appel returned to the spot Wednesday and was arrested along... (Continue reading)

Sierra Vista Hospital loses $4 million lawsuit

Written on 6 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A San Luis Obispo County jury awarded the family of a 42-year-old man who died from surgical complications at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center $4 million. The jury agreed that the hospital attempted to hide the cause of death of... (Continue reading)

Cambria Community Services District director officially files to run For Supervisor

Written on 5 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Muril Clift, a director with the Cambria Community Services District, formally filed his paperwork Tuesday to run for supervisor in San Luis Obispo County’s District 2. He is challenging incumbent supervisor Bruce Gibson. “With my extensive record of public service... (Continue reading)