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California welfare cards spent in cruise ships, casinos

Written on 4 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 15 comments

Just when it seems like we’ve heard about the worst in California government waste comes this nugget: More than $69 million has been withdrawn from state-issued welfare debit cards at casinos across the country and on cruise ships. [LA Times]... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande plane crashes on Catalina

Written on 3 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A plane registered to Sabovich and Sons of Arroyo Grande, crashed shortly after takeoff from Catalina Island Sunday afternoon, injuring the pilot and two passengers. [Examiner.com] The 1956 Cessna 310 twin engine light aircraft crashed about one-half mile southeast of... (Continue reading)

Boat capsizes in Morro Bay, one dead

Written on 2 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs | No comments

One person is dead and two are seriously injured after their fishing boat capsized in Morro Bay shortly before 2 p.m. on Saturday. [Tribune] Emergency personnel found two of the boaters on the beach and a third in the surf... (Continue reading)

Teenage murder victim identified

Written on 1 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Police have identified the teenage girl who was murdered last weekend as Dystiny Myers, 15, of Santa Maria. [KCOY] Myers’ badly-burned body was found last Saturday east of Santa Margarita. The teen had graduated from El Camino Junior High in... (Continue reading)

Cortez responds to questions about his health

Written on 1 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 38 comments

Former Pismo Beach police chief and candidate for county Sheriff, Joe Cortez, issued a statement Friday morning, responding to questions being raised about his health. “I was contacted today by a local reporter asking about a medical matter during my... (Continue reading)

Schwarzenegger reduces marijuana penalties

Written on 1 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation this week to reduce the penalty for minor marijuana possession in California. [Salem-News] Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 1449, which changes the crime of possession of less than an ounce of marijuana from a misdemeanor punishable only... (Continue reading)

Templeton mother arrested for drugs

Written on 1 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Detectives arrested the 47-year-old mother of an alleged drug dealer after she accepted and signed for two pounds of Mephedrone at her home on the 100 block of Dandelion in Templeton on Thursday. On Sept. 21, Tracy Hall’s son, 18-year-old... (Continue reading)

California Valley man shoots dog on leash

Written on 30 Sep, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 9 comments

A man allegedly took two shots at a dog a woman was walking by his California Valley home. While the unnamed woman and her dog were walking along Del Rosa Road, Hector Sanchez, 38, allegedly shot pellets at the animal... (Continue reading)

Murder victim was 15-year-old Santa Maria girl

Written on 30 Sep, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 10 comments

The body found on Sunday in Santa Margarita has been identified as a 15-year-old Santa Maria girl. Firefighters working to put out a grass fire found the unidentified girl’s burning body in a shallow grave off Park Hill Road a... (Continue reading)

Whitman admits hiring undocumented housekeeper

Written on 30 Sep, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 33 comments

Meg Whitman admitted Wednesday that she paid an undocumented worker to clean her residence and provide other services in her home for nine years but insisted that she had been unaware of the woman’s immigration status. The Republican gubernatorial candidate,... (Continue reading)