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KCOY-TV consolidating with NPG

Written on 29 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The News-Press & Gazette, the company that purchased KEYT in Nov. 2012, is taking over KCOY’s news operation. This will leave KSBY as the only local station without NPG produced news content. [PacificCoastBusinessTimes] Because of regulatory constraints, Cowles Media will... (Continue reading)

Second California county votes to pursue secession

Written on 28 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 53 comments

California’s northeastern most county Modoc County joined neighboring Sikiyou County Tuesday in its pursuit of secession from the state of California and creation of the sate of Jefferson. [LA Times] The Modoc County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0, with one... (Continue reading)

Plane lands on Highway 101 in Gaviota

Written on 28 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A single-engine plane flown by a 25-year-old pilot made an emergency landing on Highway 101 in Gaviota on Friday afternoon. At about 4:30 p.m., the pilot noticed he was out of fuel and landed the plane on the southbound lane.... (Continue reading)

Poll suggests pot legalization imminent

Written on 27 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

A new poll by an influential study group shows that the biggest hurdle facing legalization of marijuana in California is just getting a measure before voters. (San Jose Mercury News) A Public Policy Institute of California poll showed the margin... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police lock down middle school

Written on 27 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Officials locked down a middle school in Stanislaus County on Thursday afternoon while Paso Robles police searched for three murder suspects. None of the homicide suspects were located. [ModestoBee] Paso Robles police are searching for three Modesto teenagers wanted in... (Continue reading)

SLO woman sues Santa Barbara hospital over sexual assault

Written on 26 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A San Luis Obispo woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging a nursing assistant at a Santa Barbara rehabilitation hospital sexually assaulted her while she was recovering from a brain tumor. [Independent] The lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara Superior Court states... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student dies of apparent suicide

Written on 26 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A Cal Poly student died inside a house near campus Wednesday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. [Mustang News] San Luis Obispo police responded to a home in the 200 block of Hathway Avenue Wednesday afternoon where... (Continue reading)

California doctor saves choking victim with knife and a straw

Written on 26 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Kern county doctor saved the life of a chocking victim by performing a life-saving tracheotomy in a Bakersfield restaurant on Monday evening. [BakersfieldCalifornian] Kern Community College District board trustee Pauline Larwood was dining at The Mark restaurant with Assemblywoman... (Continue reading)

Shandon man gets 7-year sentence for fatal DUI crash

Written on 26 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A Shandon man received a 7-year prison sentence Wednesday after pleading no contest to charges stemming from a drunk driving crash that killed a Bakersfield couple last month. [KCOY] Vicente Muniz Montez, 38, allegedly crashed head on into a vehicle... (Continue reading)

Fugitive arrested at Atascadero home

Written on 26 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a fugitive Wednesday who rammed his vehicle into a sheriff’s car in December 2012. Marc Steele, 38, evaded arrest for more than nine months after ramming his Lexus sedan into a Sheriff’s K-9... (Continue reading)