Home  »  Archives

Daily Briefs


Two cars crash into Arroyo Grande buildings

Written on 7 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Two cars crashed into buildings in Arroyo Grande over the weekend. [KSBY] One vehicle crashed into a house Sunday afternoon and the other crashed into a restaurant early Saturday morning. Around 1 p.m. Sunday, two cars collided in the 500... (Continue reading)

Two California professors share Nobel Prize

Written on 7 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Scientists from Stanford and UC Berkeley share the 2013 Nobel Prize in medicine with a professor from Yale University. [SanJoseMercuryNews] Scientists Dr. Thomas Sudhof of Stanford, Randy Schekman of UC Berkeley and James Rothman from Yale University solved the mystery... (Continue reading)

Child’s leg found at Spooner’s Cove?

Written on 6 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

UPDATE: San Luis Obispo Sheriff deputies determined the remains were sea lion and not human. The department originally responded by searching the area for more body parts. At the time, one deputy surmised it could be medical waste, sources said.... (Continue reading)

Drug smuggling boat found in Cayucos

Written on 6 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

A California Highway Patrol airplane discovered an abandoned panga boat north of Cayucos on Saturday morning. San Luis Obispo Sheriff deputies responded and found evidence that the boat had been used to transport narcotics. Deputies also found 15 fuel containers... (Continue reading)

Brown approves driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants

Written on 5 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Thursday allowing people who have entered the country illegally to obtain driver’s licenses in California. [LA Times] Brown signed the bill in front of a large crowd outside Los Angeles City Hall.... (Continue reading)

KEYT and DirecTV at impasse

Written on 5 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

If a contract dispute between KEYT’s parent company and DirecTV cannot be reached by Wednesday, the news channel will no longer be available through DirecTV. On Friday, the ABC Central Coast affiliate announced to viewers that contract negotiations are at... (Continue reading)

Unloaded BB gun causes scare at Cuesta College

Written on 4 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A prop for a school video project caused a scare on the Cuesta College campus Wednesday. [Tribune] Several students reported that a female was walking through campus with a shotgun. Some faculty members were also alarmed. The female student was... (Continue reading)

Former Bell manager pleads no contest

Written on 4 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The former city of Bell manager plead no contest Thursday evening to 69 felony charges of misappropriating public funds and falsifying documents. Prosecutors told the Los Angeles Times Robert Rizzo, 59, would be sentenced to 10 to 12 years in... (Continue reading)

SLO County deputies seek murder victim’s identity

Written on 4 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo Sheriff deputies are asking the public for help identifying a Hispanic man found murdered in a drainage ditch in Nipomo on Sept. 17. Shortly before 5 p.m., a field worker discovered the man’s body partially submerged in... (Continue reading)

Brown appoints Caren Ray to succeed Teixeira

Written on 3 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 134 comments

Governor Jerry Brown appointed Arroyo Grande Councilwoman Karen Ray to fill the vacant fourth district seat on the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors, sources told CalCoastNews Thursday. Ray will succeed Paul Teixeira, who died of a heart attack... (Continue reading)