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Man shot in Paso Robles

Written on 30 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

An altercation in the parking lot of the Dry Creek Apartment complex in Paso Robles ended with a 25-year-old man being shot on Saturday. Witnesses told police that at about 11:15 p.m. the suspect shot the victim and then fled... (Continue reading)

Trader Joe’s barbeque chicken salad recalled

Written on 28 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Federal food inspectors initiated a recall of Trader Joe’s barbeque chicken salads because the onions used in the salad may be contaminated with listeria bacteria. United States Department of Agriculture officials announced in a press release on Friday that Huxtable’s... (Continue reading)

California departments hoarding more than $2.3 billion

Written on 27 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

While California legislators vote to cut funding to schools and healthcare, state departments have underreported more than $2.3 billion, according to a analysis of 500 special funds by the Mercury News. Following the discovery that state parks had underreported $54... (Continue reading)

State prisons regurgitating felons

Written on 27 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

There are 38,000 more felons in California county jails and other local lockups and programs, thanks to a relatively new state policy dubbed “realignment” which officials hope will reduce what had been a rapidly-growing prison population. Results of a study... (Continue reading)

Player choked by Bob Knight in ’97 dies in Nipomo

Written on 27 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Neil Reed, the former Indiana University basketball player who went public in 1997 with a claim that then coach Bob Knight had choked him during a practice, died Thursday of a heart attack in Nipomo. He was 36. Reed had... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles attorney accused of improper charges

Written on 27 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The California State Bar ruled a Paso Robles attorney improperly collected a fee from a client in 2008  and has threatened to suspend the attorney’s license for the second time in recent years. [Tribune] The state bar judge determined Adam... (Continue reading)

Judge delays reinstating homeless ticketing ban

Written on 26 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge said Wednesday that he would hold off making a decision on whether to grant another preliminary injunction barring police from ticketing homeless who sleep in their vehicles until after... (Continue reading)

House votes for oil drilling off California coast

Written on 26 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

In an election-year swipe at President Barack Obama’s energy policies, the Republican-led House on Wednesday voted to revoke Obama’s five-year plan for offshore drilling, replacing it with its own more ambitious plan for gas development that opens up areas of... (Continue reading)

Man attacked with hammer in Paso Robles

Written on 26 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Officers arrested a 38-year-old man for attempted murder Tuesday after he allegedly beat a man with a hammer in rural Paso Robles. Roger Glenn West allegedly hit the unnamed victim multiple times with a hammer during a dispute over money... (Continue reading)

Abel Maldonado fails to disclose tax returns

Written on 25 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

Republican congressional candidate Abel Maldonado continues to refuse to release his tax returns, even after he agreed to do so more than four weeks ago. [KSBY] In response to a challenge by his opponent, Congresswoman Lois Capps who had released... (Continue reading)