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Cal Fire burn spreads 100 acres

Written on 14 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The control burn at Montana de Oro State Park spread 100 acres beyond its charted path Tuesday. But, the unplanned fire is now 60 percent contained, Cal Fire says. Cal Fire worked with California State Parks Tuesday night to prevent... (Continue reading)

Prius sought in fatal Nipomo hit-and-run

Written on 13 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The driver of a Toyota Prius struck and killed a pedestrian Monday on the shoulder of a Nipomo road. [SLO Tribune] San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies found the victim’s body lying in grass and brush after receiving a call... (Continue reading)

Control burn jumps containment at Montana de Oro

Written on 13 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A Cal Fire control burn at Montana de Oro State Park is burning beyond containment after stronger than expected offshore winds pushed the fire across set lines onto Valencia Peak. [KSBY] “We planned extensively for this prescribed fire and deployed... (Continue reading)

Governor predicts tax will set example

Written on 13 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

More states will follow California’s lead in raising taxes for the wealthy, Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Candy Crowley. (Sacramento Bee) Voters approved Brown’s Prop. 30 by a wide margin last week. It... (Continue reading)

DMV bureaucracy restricting voters

Written on 12 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Many Californians believed they had registered to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles only to find themselves ineligible to cast a ballot on or before Election Day. [California Watch] Since its adoption in 1995, the federal “motor voter” law,... (Continue reading)

GOP fading rapidly in state

Written on 12 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 59 comments

Eventual fate of the national Republican Party may be mirrored by what has been happening in California. (San Francisco Chronicle) The state’s GOP is shrinking like cheap cotton in hot water, as Democrats have put a lock on almost every... (Continue reading)

State may shrink parole violator list

Written on 10 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Some California parole violators may soon be able to stop looking over their shoulder. State corrections officials are contemplating a program which would ignore thousands of warrants now outstanding on people who have somehow violated terms of their parole. (San... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles lender facing five years in jail

Written on 10 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Former Paso Robles lender Linda Ann Kennedy of 21st Century Financial in Paso Robles plead no contest on Tuesday to four felony counts related to fraudulent lending practices. Kennedy, 49, allegedly swindled more than 1,000 investors out of millions in... (Continue reading)

Baseball bat robber claims to be rape victim

Written on 9 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A San Luis Obispo woman suspected of burglarizing a townhouse Sunday and beating residents with a baseball bat claims to have actually been raped at the residence she is accused of robbing [KCOY]. The family of 32-year-old Sandra Lee Welsh... (Continue reading)

Heritage Ranch stabbing suspect turns himself in

Written on 9 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A man suspected of stabbing a Heritage Ranch resident following an argument last week turned himself in Wednesday evening. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Billy Benjamin Hernandez, 40, for attempted murder after he turned himself in at the... (Continue reading)