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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)

Morro Bay council to hire legal help as battle between mayor and executives escalates

Written on 25 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 86 comments

Morro Bay Mayor Jamie Irons progressed Tuesday night in his bid to fire the city’s two top executives, while opponents of his advanced an effort to recall him. The Morro Bay City council voted Tuesday to hire an outside attorney... (Continue reading)

County investigating possible water ordinance violators

Written on 25 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

San Luis Obispo County code enforcement staffers are investigating a dozen reports of people violating a temporary water ordinance that prohibits the planting of new vineyards in the Paso Robles groundwater basin area under most circumstances. On Aug. 27, the... (Continue reading)

Old Morro Bay council improperly changed contracts of city manager and attorney

Written on 25 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

The former Morro Bay City Council violated the Ralph M. Brown Act in November 2012, when it increased the severance pay of the city manager and city attorney in closed session without notifying the public. [Tribune] In a a November... (Continue reading)

SLO County residents aided by settlement

Written on 24 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Nearly 700 San Luis Obispo County homeowners have benefited since Jan. 2012 from an $18 billion boost, part of a national mortgage settlement with major lenders, according to the state’s appointed monitor of the settlement program. That settlement totaled $25... (Continue reading)

Cayucos fire spreads to 89 acres

Written on 24 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A grass fire that broke out shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday east of Cayucos has grown to 89 acres. Cal Fire tweeted that the fire burning near Toro Creek and Montecito road is 30 percent contained. Additional engines, crews and... (Continue reading)

Cambria man guilty of murder

Written on 24 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A Cambria man who stabbed his brother in the head with a screwdriver was found guilty of first degree murder on Monday. A jury found Brandon Henslee, 23, guilty of murdering his brother Tyler Hanks, 20, in 2012 at a... (Continue reading)

Prof banished from class after GOP slurs

Written on 23 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

Republicans are “dead or dying white people” who have “raped this country,” a Michigan State University professor told his students — just before being relieved of his teaching duties by university officials. (The Blaze) The comments from Professor William Penn... (Continue reading)

Illegal immigrants may soon become lawyers in California

Written on 23 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 67 comments

A bill that would allow illegal immigrants to become lawyers is sitting on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk. [SacramentoBee] Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez introduced Assembly Bill 1024 as urgency legislation earlier this month after the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments... (Continue reading)