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KCOY lays off 13 people

Written on 5 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

UPDATE: KCOY laid off meteorologist Jim Byrne and 12 others on Wednesday. KCOY parent company Cowles California Media Company is consolidating in order to cut costs, inside sources said. Many news staffers will be replaced with its Salinas news team which... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara doctor accused of trading sex for drugs

Written on 5 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

A Santa Barbara physician was arrested Wednesday on federal drug trafficking charges and allegations the doctor traded pain killers for sex. Julio Gabriel Diaz, 63, allegedly wrote prescriptions for powerful painkillers, such as OxyContin, for “patients” who were drug addicts... (Continue reading)

Firefighter dies on hike

Written on 5 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A California Men’s Colony inmate firefighter on a routine training hike collapsed and died Tuesday at Camp San Luis National Guard Base, according to a Cal Fire press release. The man, whose name has not been released pending notification of... (Continue reading)

More attacks at ASH

Written on 5 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

No arrests have been made yet in the aftermath of two attacks this week by patients on Atascadero State Hospital employees. [Tribune] A psychiatric technician was assaulted Friday, said hospital officials, and another incident the following day involved a patient... (Continue reading)

Handgun open carry law unconstitutional?

Written on 4 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 98 comments

A California resident filed a lawsuit arguing that a law prohibiting the open carrying of an unloaded handgun is unconstitutional. [CaliforniaWatch] Charles Nichols filed the lawsuit in federal court against the state seeking to overturn restrictions on where he can... (Continue reading)

Cold case murder suspect arrested in Paso Robles

Written on 4 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A man suspected of a nearly 30-year-old murder in south Monterey County was arrested in Paso Robles in 2011 on a domestic charge. [Californian] Ubaldo Solis Sanchez, 51, served time in San Luis Obispo County Jail before he was transferred... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly is good value: Kiplinger

Written on 4 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Cal Poly is one of a dozen California universities to make Kiplinger’s list of the 100 top values in public colleges during 2011-12. [SFChronicle] Kiplinger, the Washington, D.C.-based publisher of business and personal finance advice, ranks each year the public... (Continue reading)

Walmart return line bandit struck again?

Written on 3 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The robbery of a Paso Robles Walmart on Saturday is oddly similar to a heist that occurred at a Gilroy Walmart a week earlier. In both cases, a white man wearing a ball cap walked up to the cashier at the... (Continue reading)

South SLO County shooter hits three homes

Written on 3 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 80 comments

A ground and air search for a shooter responsible for peppering homes on three streets with bullets Sunday afternoon ended after San Luis Obispo Sheriff deputies discovered a man target shooting with a rifle on the north side of the... (Continue reading)

Gesell takes SLO police helm

Written on 2 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

San Luis Obispo’s new police chief, Stephen Gesell, will be introduced Tuesday by city officials following what is being described as a “competitive recruitment and intensive selection process.” Most recently, Gesell was interim police chief in Atascadero following a 20-year... (Continue reading)