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Weisenberg convicted of second-degree murder

Written on 5 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A jury convicted Kaylee Weisenberg of second-degree murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in a packed San Luis Obispo courtroom Friday morning. Weisenberg, 23, crashed into and killed CHP Officer Bret Oswald while driving on South River Road on June... (Continue reading)

Child abducted from Atascadero homeless shelter

Written on 5 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs | 15 comments

A 4-year-old Atascadero boy was allegedly kidnapped from the Echo Shelter in Atascadero at about 4:30 a.m. on Friday. Police issued an Amber Alert for Jeremy Guthrie after his mother discovered him missing on Friday morning. Guthrie was last seen... (Continue reading)

Skateboarder dies in Cayucos downhill accident

Written on 5 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Seth Dunn, a 20-year-old from Fresno, died from blunt force to the head following a skateboard accident in Cayucos on Monday. [The Tribune] He wasn’t wearing a helmet as he skateboarded down Bakersfield Avenue, which has a steep incline. A... (Continue reading)

Police raid raw food cooperative

Written on 5 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Raw food enthusiasts in California took a hit this week as police raided a Venice Beach cooperative, removing $70,000 of raw, organic produce and dairy products from the shelves and placing the goods onto the back of a flatbed truck.... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man arrested for allegedly torturing girlfriend

Written on 5 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Police arrested a Morro Bay man suspected of locking his girlfriend in a closet and repeatedly assaulting her with a knife. [Tribune] Andrew David Mattson, 27, and his girlfriend allegedly engaged in an argument on Tuesday night that quickly escalated... (Continue reading)

Nazis, Nukes, and the Bible: Vandenberg to stop mixing the three

Written on 4 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

For two decades Vandenberg’s officers’ training on how to launch nuclear weapons  included instruction on the morality of war with the aid of quotes from the Bible and a former Nazi SS officer. [Truthout] The ethics briefing ended abruptly after... (Continue reading)

Weisenberg’s fate in jury’s hands

Written on 4 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The prosecution and defense made their closing arguments Wednesday in the controversial second-degree murder trial of Kaylee Weisenberg in a San Luis Obispo Superior courtroom. Now Weisenberg’s fate is up to the jury. In their closing remarks Deputy District Attorney Lee Cunningham... (Continue reading)

Three Pismo Beach shark sightings in five days

Written on 3 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Three shark sightings in five days at Pismo Beach have many tourists staying on the beach and out of the water. [KSBY] At about 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a surfer reported seeing an approximately 12-foot shark in the ocean about... (Continue reading)

Feds seek hackers to help in cyber warfare

Written on 3 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The National Security Agency has descended upon the DEF CON hacking conference to find and hire qualified hackers who understand cyber warfare. [International Business Times] “Today it’s cyber warriors that we’re looking for, not rocket scientists,” Richard George, technical director... (Continue reading)

Kern County moves closer to ban on medical marijuana

Written on 3 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Kern County supervisors took another step closer to banning the sale of medical marijuana through nonprofit collectives and cooperatives Tuesday over the objections of a crowd that filled the chambers and marched down Truxton Avenue. [The Bakersfield Californian] The supervisors voted... (Continue reading)