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Capps to require background checks for employees

Written on 16 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Following the death of a 27-year-old woman in an accident caused by a then aide to Rep. Lois Capps, the congresswoman announced that she plans to make all current and future employees undergo criminal background checks. [KSBY] Ex-Capps district representative... (Continue reading)

Mexican national identified as victim found in Nipomo ditch

Written on 13 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has identified the body of a homicide victim found in a rural Nipomo ditch as a 26-year-old Mexican national. A field worker found the body in September partially submerged in a ditch near... (Continue reading)

Thieves snatch jet ski from Grover Beach motel

Written on 13 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Grover Beach police are searching for three men seen driving away from a motel parking lot with an orange and blue jet ski early Thursday morning. Surveillance footage caught three men driving a white Ford Ranger away from the Seaview... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay council approves severance package for Lueker

Written on 13 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 108 comments

The Morro Bay City Council approved a severance package Thursday for outgoing City Manager Andrea Lueker. Lueker will receive a $153,322 payout and will resign from her position on Jan. 3, 2014. The agreement bars both Lueker and the city... (Continue reading)

SWAT team arrests Paso Robles couple

Written on 12 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Members of the San Luis Obispo County Regional SWAT Team arrested a Paso Robles couple Wednesday morning that are believed to be dangerous gang associates. Around 6 a.m. Wednesday, the SWAT team served a search warrant for narcotics in the... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay council picks preferred sewer location

Written on 12 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

The Morro Bay City Council has chosen a property in the Morro Valley near Highway 41 as its preferred location for a new sewage treatment plant. [Tribune] The plant is currently located near the beach at the end of Atascadero... (Continue reading)

California Valley woman returned to jail

Written on 12 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A California Valley women who spent a year in jail after she shot and killed her boyfriend’s stepson was sent back to jail for violating her probation. Gina Loret Mayborn, 57, said she shot Joseph Cochran, 49, in July 2012... (Continue reading)

Woman struck by Capps’ aid is dead

Written on 12 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

The Santa Barbara women struck by an alleged DUI driver died Wednesday from injuries she suffered more than five days earlier. The family of Mallory Rae Dies, 27, had life support turned off and Dies was pronounced dead at 3:15... (Continue reading)

California’s gun laws toughest in the country, study finds

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

California has the toughest gun laws in the country, according to a study released by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. [LA Times] The two gun control advocacy organizations released their... (Continue reading)

Assistant DA Tim Covello to run for district attorney

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

San Luis Obispo County prosecutor Tim Covello is running for the office of district attorney. Covello has prosecuted several high profile cases since joining the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office in 1993, including the Dystiny Myers murder case... (Continue reading)