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More attacks at ASH

Written on 5 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

No arrests have been made yet in the aftermath of two attacks this week by patients on Atascadero State Hospital employees. [Tribune] A psychiatric technician was assaulted Friday, said hospital officials, and another incident the following day involved a patient... (Continue reading)

Handgun open carry law unconstitutional?

Written on 4 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 98 comments

A California resident filed a lawsuit arguing that a law prohibiting the open carrying of an unloaded handgun is unconstitutional. [CaliforniaWatch] Charles Nichols filed the lawsuit in federal court against the state seeking to overturn restrictions on where he can... (Continue reading)

Cold case murder suspect arrested in Paso Robles

Written on 4 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A man suspected of a nearly 30-year-old murder in south Monterey County was arrested in Paso Robles in 2011 on a domestic charge. [Californian] Ubaldo Solis Sanchez, 51, served time in San Luis Obispo County Jail before he was transferred... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly is good value: Kiplinger

Written on 4 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Cal Poly is one of a dozen California universities to make Kiplinger’s list of the 100 top values in public colleges during 2011-12. [SFChronicle] Kiplinger, the Washington, D.C.-based publisher of business and personal finance advice, ranks each year the public... (Continue reading)

Walmart return line bandit struck again?

Written on 3 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The robbery of a Paso Robles Walmart on Saturday is oddly similar to a heist that occurred at a Gilroy Walmart a week earlier. In both cases, a white man wearing a ball cap walked up to the cashier at the... (Continue reading)

South SLO County shooter hits three homes

Written on 3 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 80 comments

A ground and air search for a shooter responsible for peppering homes on three streets with bullets Sunday afternoon ended after San Luis Obispo Sheriff deputies discovered a man target shooting with a rifle on the north side of the... (Continue reading)

Gesell takes SLO police helm

Written on 2 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

San Luis Obispo’s new police chief, Stephen Gesell, will be introduced Tuesday by city officials following what is being described as a “competitive recruitment and intensive selection process.” Most recently, Gesell was interim police chief in Atascadero following a 20-year... (Continue reading)

Two killed in Paso Robles crashes

Written on 1 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Two people are dead and one is seriously injured as the result of two crashes that occurred in Paso Robles on Sunday morning. Shortly after 3 a.m., the driver of a Ford pickup traveling westbound on Linne Road near Long... (Continue reading)

Robber hits Paso Robles Walmart

Written on 1 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A man robbed the Walmart on Niblick Road in Paso Robles on Saturday at about 7:30 p.m. taking an undisclosed amount of cash. The man waited in the store’s return line and then walked up to the counter with a... (Continue reading)

Community college changes on horizon

Written on 30 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

California’s public education system has been a world-class model of efficiency and affordability for five decades, but no longer. Gradual overloading and budget restraints have gutted the once-proud model, and that in turn is opening the door for enterprising private,... (Continue reading)