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SLO County hires new fire chief

Written on 9 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Cal Fire has hired a new chief to head the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department. Scotty Jalbert, currently fire chief of the Cal Fire unit that serves Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties, will take over duties in San... (Continue reading)

SLO County moves ahead with Laura’s Law

Written on 9 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors has declared it plans to adopt Laura’s Law, a state program that allows judges to order mentally ill individuals into treatment. On Tuesday, the supervisors endorsed a resolution on implementing the program.... (Continue reading)

Santa Cruz students arrested over international drug ring

Written on 9 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

Authorities have arrested six UC Santa Cruz students for running an international Ecstasy ring. All of the suspects are fraternity and sorority members. [LA Times] On Friday, investigators seized more than $100,000 in MDMA shipments from three homes in Santa... (Continue reading)

Proposed Paso Robles water district trampled by voters

Written on 8 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 42 comments

Correction: The number of Measure B-16 votes for the formation of the district was 753 and the votes against the district 2,643. In a crushing loss to large North County agribusiness interests, 77.83 percent of landowners above the Paso Robles... (Continue reading)

Reservoir levels rising in SLO County

Written on 8 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

While reservoir levels remain low in San Luis Obispo County, they are increasing noticeably as a result of this year’s rainfall. [KSBY] Lake Nacimiento has risen 16 feet since the beginning of January. Lake General Manager Mark Sandoval said he... (Continue reading)

Salinas, like Santa Maria, rife with gang violence

Written on 8 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Salinas and Santa Maria, two cities similar in size and demographics, are experiencing epidemics of gang violence. Both cities had record homicide totals last year. [KSBY] In 2015, there were 13 murders in Santa Maria and 40 in Salinas. There... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly reports attempted sexual assault at frat house

Written on 8 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Cal Poly officials issued an alert to students Monday informing them of an attempted sexual assault that reportedly occurred at a fraternity house. Between midnight and 1 a.m. Sunday, a male allegedly held down a female and tried to sexually... (Continue reading)

Should California employees go to ‘anti-gay’ states?

Written on 7 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

A California assemblyman has introduced a bill that would ban state-funded travel to states that permit discrimination based on sexual orientation. The bill targets a host of states that have adopted religious freedom laws. [Sac Bee] Evan Low, a Democrat... (Continue reading)

SLO County storm knocks out power, downs trees

Written on 7 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Heavy rain and wind knocked over trees, power poles and power lines in San Luis Obispo County as an El Nino storm swept through the Central Coast over the weekend. Thousands of customers are still without power Monday morning as... (Continue reading)

Woman plunges 100 feet off Gaviota bridge

Written on 7 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A 56-year-old woman fell 100 feet off of a railroad trestle bridge in Gaviota Sunday afternoon, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. The woman reportedly survived with moderate to major injuries. A helicopter airlifted her to Cottage Hospital... (Continue reading)