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Americans die younger than other nations

Written on 15 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

Americans are living longer than ever before, but compared with the healthiest nations in the world, their life expectancy is shorter and falling behind. Even Californians, who fare better than the national average, are living shorter lives than their peers... (Continue reading)

Black bear kills chickens in San Luis Obispo

Written on 15 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A 500-pound black bear broke into a chicken coop at the 1800 block of San Luis Drive in San Luis Obispo early Wednesday morning and began killing chickens. Police fired pepper balls at the bear in order to drive it... (Continue reading)

Parkinson pledges to reopen Smart investigation

Written on 15 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson renewed his pledge Tuesday night to reopen the investigation into missing Cal Poly student Kristin Smart. [KSBY] Parkinson made the comments at a public forum in Cambria, one in a series of recent... (Continue reading)

Suspect wanted in San Luis Obispo stabbing

Written on 14 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

UPDATE: Following up on a tip, San Luis Obispo police arrested suspect Jesus Gitierrez at Laguna Lake on Tuesday afternoon. He was booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail on an assault with a deadly weapon charge with a parole... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo man stabs ex-girlfriend

Written on 14 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A San Luis Obispo resident stabbed his ex-girlfriend multiple times in an alleged attempt to kill her on Tuesday at about 3:25 a.m., police said. At 3:10 a.m., several family members and friends of John Charles Ramos, 21, called police... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande police officer hits pedestrian

Written on 14 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

An Arroyo Grande police officer hit a pedestrian on Wesley Street in the Village shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday. The unnamed officer was making a left turn in his police car from West Branch Street to Wesley Street when... (Continue reading)

SLO County plans to cut health clinic funding

Written on 14 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors agreed at a meeting on Monday to cut $800,000 from Community Health Centers of the Central Coast. Plans to reduce the CHC’s budgets from $3 million to $2.2 million could result in... (Continue reading)

California city managers paid more than Brown

Written on 13 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Katie Lichtig gets $308,408 in total compensation as the manager of San Luis Obispo, a city with about 700 employees and 41,000 residents. That’s almost twice the salary of the governor, responsible for 44,000 employees and 37 million people. [Bloomberg]... (Continue reading)

Person hurt in California Valley mobile home fire

Written on 12 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A person inside a mobile home in California Valley got out with minor injuries after an electrical problem in the home started a Sunday morning fire. The blaze completely destroyed the mobile home located in the 14000 block of Cooperopolis.... (Continue reading)

Oceano agrees to settlement with terminated manager

Written on 11 Jun, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

At a special meeting on Friday, Oceano officials agreed to pay former General Manager Raffaele Montemurro $12,408 in a settlement agreement in which both parties agreed not to file a lawsuit or any claim against the other. Montemurro’s settlement was... (Continue reading)