Daily Briefs


Deputies shoot handcuffed Cayucos man

Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies shot a handcuffed Cayucos man who was trying to escape on Sunday night critically wounding the suspect. Shortly before 8 p.m., deputies responding to a report of trespassing found Jeremy Leon Bordegaray, 29, inside the... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach votes against People’s Kitchen

The Grover Beach City Council voted 4-1 against providing the South County People’s Kitchen a permit to continue serving the homeless from the non-profit’s current temporary location on Monday night. The organization, which provides hot meals to 80 to 100... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach breaks its own bed tax revenue record

For the third straight year, the city of Pismo Beach eclipsed more than $1 million in bed tax revenue in the month of July. The city raised a record-high $1,088,089 in transient occupancy tax (TOT) revenue in July 2013. It... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay rodeo legend dies at 81

John W. Jones Sr., Morro Bay rancher and world champion rodeo man, died Sunday at 81-years-old. With four world champions among his many rodeo titles, Jones was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1979. He “may have won... (Continue reading)

Supervisors extend Paso water basin ordinance

With the addition of newly sworn in Supervisor Caren Ray Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors extended its urgency ordinance that restricts water use in the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin. The board voted 4-0, with Supervisor Debbie... (Continue reading)

Cayucos woman gets 140 months for manslaughter

A Cayucos woman who ran down two cyclists in September killing one and seriously injuring the other was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison on Tuesday Jessica Goddard, 29, had already had convictions for driving under the... (Continue reading)

Atascadero considering renting city hall to partiers

The Atascadero City Council will consider a plan Tuesday to make the newly renovated city hall available for private events and parties. The city recently completed $30 million of renovations to Historic Atascadero City Hall and is considering recouping some... (Continue reading)

Brown vetoes bill to put legal immigrants on juries

Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Monday that would allow legal immigrants to serve on juries. [LA Times] Had Brown signed Assembly Bill 1401 into law, California would have become the first state in the nation to allow non-citizens on... (Continue reading)

Abel says he’s able to beat Brown

Abel Maldonado thinks he is the answer to Republicans’ dreams of taking over the statehouse next year, and he spent last weekend articulating that belief at the California GOP biannual convention in Orange County. (Sacramento Bee) The Santa Maria politician... (Continue reading)

California to shield arrested illegal immigrants from the feds

Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Saturday that bars California law enforcement officers from turning over arrested illegal immigrants to federal immigration officials. [Mercury News] AB 4, authored by San Francisco Democrat Tom Ammiano, prohibits placing U.S. Immigration... (Continue reading)