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Inmate slashes deputy with razor blade

Written on 31 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

An inmate at the San Luis Obispo County Jail attacked a correctional officer with a razor blade on Monday following an altercation with deputies. Atascadero State Hospital patient Jimmy Scota Martinez, 41, was transferred to the jail to await trial... (Continue reading)

Avila Beach fire almost fully contained

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

Firefighters have a fire on the ridge separating Avila Beach from Shell Beach almost fully contained. Cal Fire officials said between five and six acres of heavy brush burned in the fire that was first reported about 3:30 p.m. today.... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles men suspected of murder and kidnapping

Written on 30 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A Paso Robles father and son are suspected of shooting and killing two men at a San Ardo residence on Saturday before kidnapping a 16-year-old who was at the home. The owner of the home discovered the bodies of Hector... (Continue reading)

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)