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Frosty the hitman

Written on 24 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

This inflatable Christmas decoration stands guard over a home in the 1900 block of Vine Street in Paso Robles, serving to remind all that these holidays are viewed in many different ways by many different people. Without further comment, CalCoastNews... (Continue reading)

Environmental hazards of pot farms

Written on 24 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Marijuana growers  are siphoning water, spraying pesticides, chopping down trees and leaving California’s wilderness areas strew with litter, scientist said. [LATimes] State scientists recently studied aerial imagery of a small tributary of the Eel River, the spawning grounds for endangered... (Continue reading)

SLO County high schools planning new leagues

Written on 24 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Principals at high schools in San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara Counties will vote on proposed changes to athletic leagues in March which are slated to change the face of high school sports. [KSBY] One of the proposals, for... (Continue reading)

SLO man arrested for fatal hit and run

Written on 23 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Officers arrested a San Luis Obispo man for hit-and-run after two female pedestrians were struck and killed late Friday on Highway 154 near Lake Cachuma in the Santa Ynez Valley. [Noozhawk] The two currently unnamed women — aged 54 and... (Continue reading)

Woman killed in Paso Robles crash

Written on 22 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A 49-year-old woman died Saturday afternoon after her car went off the roadway into a wooded area near the intersection of Adelaida Road and Nacimiento Lake Drive in Paso Robles. Mary C. Stacey died at the scene. In January, Stacey’s... (Continue reading)

Hill rationalizes verbal assault on Thoma

Written on 21 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 52 comments

(EDITOR’S NOTE: On Friday, Adam Hill distributed an email apologizing for his attack on Bill Thoma, promising to be more civil in the future in his dealings with the public. That was preceded by CalCoastNews’ publication of this rambling self-justification... (Continue reading)

Solvang man and his plane missing

Written on 21 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Two full days of searching have turned up no trace of a plane piloted by a Solvang man that disappeared earlier this week over the high country of Yosemite National Park. [Noozhawk] The plane was en route from the Santa... (Continue reading)

Body of San Miguel man found in riverbed

Written on 21 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The San Luis Obispo County Coroner’s Office identified the body of a man found deceased in a riverbed in the San Miguel area as 54-year-old Clifton Bruce Roberts of San Miguel. The sheriff’s office says Robert’s body was lying in... (Continue reading)

Driver crashes into San Luis Obispo liquor store

Written on 21 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A driver crashed into the building of Laurel Lane Liquors Thursday morning in San Luis Obispo, destroying many wine bottles. [Tribune] The driver allegedly ran a stop sign on Augusta Street at Laurel Lane around 10:15 a.m. The car drove... (Continue reading)

Sonic boom from F-22 rocks the Central Coast

Written on 20 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

An F-22 fighter aircraft flying off the coast of California caused a sonic boom that shook the Central Coast Thursday morning, according to an Edwards Air Force Base spokesman. People all over San Luis Obispo County said they felt shaking... (Continue reading)