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Police raid massage parlors

Written on 18 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

A sweep of nine massage parlors located in San Luis Obispo County failed to produce any arrests for prostitution amidst numerous complaints from concerned residents. [Tribune] Paso Robles police and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents checked the immigration status... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach man’s plane strayed into Obama’s airspace

Written on 17 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

A plane loaded with a large amount of marijuana was forced to land after it strayed into President Barack Obama’s no-fly zone over Los Angeles on Thursday. [LATimes] U.S. Air Force jet fighters forced the pilot of the four-seat Cessna... (Continue reading)

Pair accused of doing meth in front of a child

Written on 16 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

A man and a woman are suspected of doing methamphetamine at a hotel room they shared with the woman’s nine-year-old son. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested Clyde Cody Roberts, 22 of San Miguel and Shanna Diane Calderwood, 34,... (Continue reading)

Oceano man stabbed multiple times

Written on 16 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

An unknown suspect stabbed an Oceano man repeatedly early Thursday morning. The victim, a 23-year-old man, was in his car on Highway 101 during the attack. At about 2 a.m., the victim checked himself into the emergency room at Arroyo... (Continue reading)

No hay for lottery winners’ horses

Written on 16 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A California lottery winner was arrested Wednesday after Fresno County sheriff’s deputies found eight starving horses on the ranch Jose Francisco Romo purchased following his $40 million win in 2001. According to reports in the Fresno Bee, Romo, 47, has... (Continue reading)

SLO city, union hit impasse

Written on 15 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

San Luis Obispo city Manager Katie Lichtig announced negotiations with the employees’ union have stalled prompting the city to officially report Wednesday that their bargaining efforts are at an impasse. As a result, negotiations will transition into a more formal... (Continue reading)

State’s job outlook brightens

Written on 15 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

New jobs in California added over the next two years should decrease the state’s unemployment rate to 10 percent, according to an optimistic economic forecast by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. [Los Angeles Times] Predictions are for 500,000... (Continue reading)

Burglary suspect arrested in Grover Beach

Written on 15 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Police arrested a man they suspect burglarized numerous cars in the communities of Oceano, Grover Beach and Arroyo Grande early Wednesday morning. Grover Beach police found Matthew Ortega, 21, inside a car on Oak Park Boulevard that did not belong... (Continue reading)

Affirmative action fight not over yet

Written on 14 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Another scrap is brewing in the protracted battle over preferred treatment for minority student applicants to California schools as opposition to Proposition 209 lingers. SanFranciscoChronicle Challenging the 1996 voter ban on affirmative action based on race or gender are 55... (Continue reading)

School aide admits to sex with student

Written on 14 Feb, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The after school programs aide at the Lillian Larsen School in San Miguel admitted to deputies she had sex with a 14-year-old boy she met on campus. [Tribune] In late January, a teacher at the school spotted Sarah Drown, 20,... (Continue reading)