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SLO council considering another raise for city attorney

Written on 6 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council will decide Tuesday whether to grant City Attorney Christine Dietrick a 4.5 percent raise in pay based on performance while line level employees salaries are either frozen or facing cuts. On March 27, the... (Continue reading)

SLO County firefighters battled three small fires

Written on 6 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Firefighters in San Luis Obispo County were busy Sunday battling several small fires. [KSBY] In the 3900 block of Upper Lopez Canyon Drive in Arroyo Grande, a fire slowly burned three acres before firefighter were able to contain the blaze.... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria police searching for man who escaped custody

Written on 6 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Santa Maria police officers are searching for a man who escaped custody. On Sunday, officers arrested Juan Coria Olayo, 24, on drug- and theft-related charges. After officers transported Olayo to the police department, the unattended suspect wiggled out of his... (Continue reading)

Alleged assailant hides in Oceano lagoon

Written on 4 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

An Oceano man allegedly stabbed another man and then fled into the lagoon near Airpark Drive in an attempt to flee San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies on Friday shortly after 8 p.m. Chance MacAire, 23, and the victim, a... (Continue reading)

Spring Fire rages in Ventura County

Written on 4 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

More than 28,000 acres have been charred by the Santa Ana wind fueled Springs Fire in Ventura County, but the weather has now changed and the fire is 30 percent contained, according to a report from CalFire at 7:30 a.m.... (Continue reading)

Brown: Early prison release for some

Written on 3 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Low-risk and elderly inmates in California state prisons would be released early in an effort to reduce institutional crowding, Gov. Jerry Brown announced Wednesday. (Los Angeles Times) Brown was responding to a federal court order requiring a plan to accomplish... (Continue reading)

Dick Mason’s radio deal falls through

Written on 3 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Former Paso Robles talk show host Dick Mason’s plans to buy an Oregon radio station fell through after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) nixed the deal. [NewsRegister] In September, after five years of hosting Sound Off, Dick Mason left Paso... (Continue reading)

$4 million in marijuana found on Central Coast beach

Written on 2 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Narcotics Detectives, responding to a report of a Panga boat Thursday morning, found 2,000 pounds of marijuana under a cliff next to the boat. Employees at the Cojo Ranch, near the Point Conception Lighthouse discovered the... (Continue reading)

Santa Ana winds spur California fires

Written on 2 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Dozens of Central Coast firefighters are working to battle the Springs Fire in Ventura County which has already burned more than 8,000 acres, according to CalFire. The fire is ten percent contained and firefighters have allowed some residents back into... (Continue reading)

Proposed pipeline to link San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties

Written on 2 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Lake Nacimiento water management officials want to construct a pipeline to divert extra water to Monterey County. [MontereyCountyWeekly] Nacimiento Lake fills up three times faster than Lake San Antonio, located a few miles to its north in Monterey County. During... (Continue reading)