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Hill concerned with “local fringe”

Written on 16 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill is requesting citizen input about a “local fringe.” Last week, Hill appointed human resources consultant Betsey Nash to the county Civil Service Commission. Prior to the appointment, the Coalition of Labor, Agriculture and... (Continue reading)

DMV says licensing illegals will reduce collisions

Written on 16 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 59 comments

A California Department of Motor Vehicles study is recommending that the state license illegal immigrant drivers. [LA Times] The DMV study determined that unlicensed drivers, the majority of whom are illegal immigrants, cause nearly three times as many crashes as... (Continue reading)

Six SLO burglary suspects arrested

Written on 15 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Police arrested six San Luis Obispo residents who they suspect to have participated in a string of residential burglaries. Early Tuesday morning, police served several search warrants that led to the discovery of stolen property including jewelry and a handgun.... (Continue reading)

Brown declares California budget balanced

Written on 15 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Governor Jerry Brown said Thursday that the California budget deficit has disappeared, due in large to the passing of Proposition 30. [Sacramento Bee] The proposed balance budget marks the first time since the beginning of the recession that California legislators... (Continue reading)

SLO transient burglarizes shop and passes out in gas station across the street

Written on 15 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A 29-year-old transient was arrested for burglary after he insisted on sleeping inside a downtown San Luis Obispo gas station Sunday evening. When San Luis Obispo police arrived around 7:30 p.m., officers discovered that the man had burglarized a popular... (Continue reading)

Family files lawsuit against Grover Beach man, trucking company

Written on 15 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The family involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer truck that left their vehicle dangling off of a Highway 101 bridge last year has filed a lawsuit against the trucking company and the estate of the Grover Beach driver. [Noozhawk]... (Continue reading)

San Francisco bus workers making six figures in overtime

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

Ten San Francisco transit workers received more than $100,000 in overtime pay alone in the last fiscal year. [SF Gate] Head of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency signal shop Khoa Trinh clocked nearly 2,000 hours of overtime at a... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria Police shoot and kill another suspect

Written on 14 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 42 comments

In the latest in a string of officer involved shootings, Santa Maria Police shot and killed a man Sunday night at a home on East Sunset Avenue. This is the fifth officer involved shooting in the north Santa Barbara County... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara Police chief’s bogus statistics

Written on 13 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Santa Barbara Police Chief Cam Sanchez’s claims that 50 percent of all burglary arrests in November were committed by former state prisoners released because of realignment has been shown to be completely false. [Noozhawk] Speaking in front of the Santa... (Continue reading)

Women killed on Highway 154 high on drugs

Written on 13 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Law enforcement officials have confirmed that the two women who were struck and killed on Highway 154 had a variety of narcotics in their systems at the time of their deaths. [Noozhawk] Sara Ornelas, 54, of Santa Barbara, and Barbara... (Continue reading)