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Hit and run driver arrested

Written on 29 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Police arrested a 34-year-old Oceano man Monday morning who allegedly fled the scene of a traffic accident two days earlier which left a motorcyclist injured on a Grover Beach roadway. Jason W. Wallin was taken into custody following an investigation... (Continue reading)

Seeking the death penalty’s demise

Written on 29 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

Urging termination of California’s death penalty, an advocacy group launched a ballot initiative effort Monday, just days after a similar proposal stalled in the legislature. Taxpayers for Justice announced a signature-gathering campaign aimed at giving state voters a chance to... (Continue reading)

Elected coroners vary from appointed in reporting suicides

Written on 29 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

In the vast majority of California counties, including San Luis Obispo County, elected sheriffs have the final say in determining the manner of death in coroners’ cases. [CaliforniaWatch] Researchers at Temple University concluded in a new study that the political... (Continue reading)

Journalist Richard Palmer dies in Hawaii

Written on 28 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Former Central Coast reporter and newspaper editor Richard Palmer died at his home in Hawaii Thursday after a long bout against a rare form of cancer. He was 63. Born in Santa Monica, Palmer graduated from Cal Poly with a... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles shooting sends man to hospital

Written on 28 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

A Paso Robles man remains in the hospital after being shot in the torso on Saturday at approximately 11:15 p.m. Responding to calls of shots fired, police arrived at the 3200 block of Spring Street where they found an adult... (Continue reading)

Blakeslee: Violent ASH assault could have been prevented

Written on 27 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Senator Sam Blakeslee said the violent assault of a female psychiatric technician at Atascadero State Hospital should have been prevented. “The violent beating of a female psych tech on Wednesday night could have, and should have, been avoided,” Sen. Sam... (Continue reading)

Say what? Prisoners’ phones in jeopardy

Written on 27 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Smuggling cells phones into California correctional facilities has become so commonplace that even Charlie Manson got caught twice with one, and now the state legislature is taking a step toward preventing further proliferation of the devices behind bars. An Assembly... (Continue reading)

No job? Too bad. Don’t even apply

Written on 26 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

“Unemployed need not apply.” It’s a phrase that has ignited an online firefight involving some of the nation’s biggest Internet job sites and aroused deeply-held philosophical divides, but a San Luis Obispo County web executive believes such a policy would be... (Continue reading)

Three murder suspects bagged

Written on 26 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A prime suspect in the August 22 motel stabbing death of a 55-year-old Paso Robles resident was arrested by police Thursday, along with a female companion. A third man thought by officers to be involved also sits in the San... (Continue reading)

Kettleman City landfill hit with large penalties

Written on 25 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Operators of a Kettleman City landfill face $1 million in collective penalties for improperly analyzing toxic waste while the nearby community of mostly low-income farmworkers is plagued by birth defects. [LATIMES] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that Chemical... (Continue reading)