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Cal Poly float wins humor prize in Rose Parade

Written on 2 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The Cal Poly rose float won the Bob Hope Humor Trophy Tuesday for the most comical entry into the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade. [KCOY] Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Pamona’s joint effort float, “Tuxedo Air” consisted of penguins... (Continue reading)

CHP investigators discover video of hit and run vehicle

Written on 1 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

California Highway Patrol investigators have discovered surveillance footage of the truck involved in a hit and run that injured a San Luis Obispo Police officer on Monday morning. Investigators identified the pickup that crashed into the back of San Luis... (Continue reading)

Driver crashes into SLO police cruiser and flees

Written on 31 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo Police said a man crashed into the back of a police cruiser before fleeing northbound on Highway 101 Monday at about 6:15 a.m. Shortly after Sgt. Jeff Booth entered the highway from the Prado Road on-ramp, an... (Continue reading)

New laws overlooked in 2012

Written on 31 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Californians began 2012 with the news that they could no longer purchase the delicacy of shark fin soup, and six months later they had to give up foie gras. Governor Jerry Brown signed nearly 900 bills into law in 2012,... (Continue reading)

California still withholding state parks funds

Written on 31 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

California will not return money directly to nonprofits that provided funding for state parks threatened by budget cuts without knowledge of a $54 million agency surplus. [Sacramento Bee] AB 1478, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in September, reallocated... (Continue reading)

Los Osos feud escalates to stabbing

Written on 30 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A long-standing feud led to a 58-year-old man stabbing and slashing a Los Osos man multiple times on Sunday. Edward Tolosko allegedly broke into the victim’s home at 3205 Clark Valley Road at about 12:55 p.m. and accosted him with... (Continue reading)

Templeton felon accused of assault

Written on 30 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A Templeton man is in jail after he was accused of assaulting another person while wielding a gun. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies responded to reports of gunfire and a possible assault with a deadly weapon to a home... (Continue reading)

Lightning strikes plane landing in Los Angeles

Written on 29 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A lightning bolt struck a Delta Air Lines plane just before it landed at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday morning. [LA Times] Flight 284 had nearly completed a 10-hour, 15-minute journey from Tokyo when lighting struck the plane around 8... (Continue reading)

Brown appoints new San Luis Obispo County judge

Written on 28 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Governor Jerry Brown appointed U.S. Magistrate Rita Coyne Federman a San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge Thursday. Federman, 50, has served on the U.S. District Court’s central district of California since 2004. She fills a vacancy created when Judge Teresa Estrada-Mullaney... (Continue reading)

SLO apartment fire injures two

Written on 28 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Two firefighters sustained minor injuries and a dog died Thursday in what fire officials called “a rapidly-spreading fire” at a two-story apartment building at 729 Pismo Street in San Luis Obispo. None of the building’s nine residents were hurt, although... (Continue reading)