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Santa Maria judge dies in middle of murder trial

Written on 14 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Santa Maria Superior Court Judge Edward Bullard died Sunday in the midst of presiding over a three-defendant murder trial. [Santa Maria Times] Bullard died at the age of 59 of complications from emergency heart surgery he had last week. Following... (Continue reading)

Point San Luis Lighthouse stairs vandalized with dog epitaph

Written on 14 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

An unknown person carved and painted an epitaph to a dog called Fisher onto the Point San Luis Obispo Lighthouse beach stairs prompting the Lighthouse Keepers to ask the public to help them find the perpetrator. The stairs – built... (Continue reading)

Dazed man with loaded guns and a machete arrested

Written on 14 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a “dazed and confused” man outside Heritage Oaks Bank Wednesday morning after discovering he had loaded guns and other weapons in his car. Around 6:18 a.m., the San Luis Obispo Police Department received a call... (Continue reading)

Wisto feared Myers would expose meth trade

Written on 13 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN and KAREN VELIE County prosecutors continued Wednesday to cultivate the concept of culpability of a mother-son “criminal enterprise” in the violent slaying of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers, weaving a sordid story of life inside a drug dealing family.... (Continue reading)

Assembly bill would ban smoking in many California homes

Written on 13 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

A California Democratic assemblyman introduced a bill last month that would ban tobacco smoking in all multi-unit residences in the sate. [Huffington Post] Assembly Bill 746, authored by Marc Levine of San Rafael, would prohibit smoking in all condominiums and... (Continue reading)

DA finds no crimes in shooting of Santa Maria officer

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

Following the disciplining of nine Santa Maria police officers for their roles in the shooting death of officer Alberto Covarrubias, Jr., Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley announced Tuesday that her office found no evidence of criminal action by... (Continue reading)

Investigators estimate Vandenberg pot at $2.8 million

Written on 13 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Department of Homeland Security investigators have estimated the value of the marijuana that operators of a panga boat left on a Vandenberg Air Force Base beach last week at nearly $2.8 million. [Santa Maria Times] Vandenberg personnel discovered an overturned... (Continue reading)

Plane crashes at Paso Robles airport

Written on 12 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A single engine aircraft crashed at the Paso Robles Airport Monday afternoon while attempting to land and take off again without coming to a stop. Paso Robles firefighters responded to the crash after the failed touch and go maneuver around... (Continue reading)

Motorcyclist killed in Santa Margarita crash identified

Written on 12 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office identified the man who died in a Santa Margarita motorcycle crash Sunday as 47-year-old Charles Raffield. Raffield, a resident of Santa Margarita, died as a result of a crash on West Pozo Road... (Continue reading)

Street rules, a shared ethos doomed Myers girl

Written on 11 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Mother-and-son murder suspects Rhonda Maye Wisto and Frank Jacob York had “a shared ethos commanding respect” and that may have led to the savage slaying of 15-year-old Destiny Myers, a prosecutor said Monday. Deputy District Atty. Timothy S. Covello told... (Continue reading)