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Teen hops fence at Grover Beach elementary school, prompting lockdown

Written on 29 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Officials placed Fairgrove Elementary School in Grover Beach on lockdown Wednesday after a 19-year-old man hopped a fence and started walking around a field on the campus. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 2 p.m., Jordan Anthony Costa, 19, of Grover... (Continue reading)

College administrator repeated racial slur, on unpaid leave

Written on 28 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The vice president of business services at Santa Barbara City College was placed on unpaid leave after she repeated a racial slur while talking about gender and racial issues on campus. [Cal Coast Times] During a gender equity work group... (Continue reading)

Cambria man arrested for assaulting daughter

Written on 28 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A 41-year-old Cambria man who crashed his truck into a crowded bakery last year is back in custody after allegedly assaulting his 9-year-old daughter and causing her to bleed profusely. [Tribune] On Sunday, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrived... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria chase morphs into deadly apartment fire

Written on 28 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An attempted traffic stop in Santa Maria on Tuesday turned into a chase that ended with a man and his girlfriend barricading themselves in an apartment bathroom and setting the home on fire. The man died, and his girlfriend was... (Continue reading)

SLO County and employee union agree on terms of planned strike

Written on 28 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

If San Luis Obispo County’s primary employees union makes good on its threat to strike, the work stoppage will have to occur between Dec. 11 and Dec. 14, and 160 essential employees will have to sit it out in order... (Continue reading)

Driver crashes into CHP vehicle on side of Highway 101

Written on 28 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A driver slammed into a CHP vehicle that was parked in the center divider on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo Monday morning. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 11 a.m., CHP Officer Molinar, of the San Luis Obispo unit, was... (Continue reading)

CHP identifies Atascadero man killed in single vehicle crash

Written on 27 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The California Highway Patrol has identified a 50-year-old Atascadero man who was killed in a single vehicle crash early Sunday morning as Eric J. Polmanteer. [Cal Coast Times] At about 12:15 a.m., Polmanteer was headed northbound on El Camino Real... (Continue reading)

Assemblyman proposes bill to help PG&E with Camp Fire costs

Written on 26 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A California assemblyman has announced plans to introduce a bill that would help PG&E absorb liabilities from the deadly Northern California Camp Fire, but would stop short of doing away with a legislative doctrine that holds utilities responsible for wildfire... (Continue reading)

California Democratic Party chairman accused of sexual harassment

Written on 26 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The openly gay chairman of the California Democratic Party is facing allegations of sexual assault or harassment of staff members, accusations lodged by the party’s third-in-command. [SF Chronicle] On Saturday, party Vice Chairman Daraka Larimore-Hall sent an email to the... (Continue reading)

Tainted romaine lettuce likely from the Central Coast

Written on 26 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A nationwide E. Coli outbreak that has resulted in more than 30 hospitalizations and prompted health officials to instruct consumers to stay away from romaine lettuce may have started in Monterey County. Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner Henry Gonazles said the... (Continue reading)