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California keeping lawmakers’ emails secret

Written on 14 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

California has stiff rules against viewing state legislators’ emails, the results of recent record requests show. Many other states also make it difficult to obtain lawmakers’ emails.  [OC Register] The Associated Press recently requested a week’s worth of calendar entries... (Continue reading)

Judge sides with Nipomo in South County water dispute

Written on 14 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A Santa Clara judge has tentatively rejected a legal bid by three South County cities to halt new development and new groundwater pumping on the Nipomo Mesa. [Tribune] As part of a longstanding battle over the use of the Santa... (Continue reading)

Offshore wind farm proposed near Morro Bay

Written on 13 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 49 comments

Correction: While the long blade turbines are being designed in the United States, it is not currently part of the Morro Bay project. A plan to build a wind facility off the coast of Morro Bay  is currently moving through... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles basin vote remains primarily unchanged

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

After counting more than 600 ballots postmarked March 8 but received after Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo County Clerk Recorders Office reported results that were primarily unchanged. The public resoundingly rejected the formation of a Paso Robles water district. With... (Continue reading)

SLO jury convicts man of robbing and raping prostitutes

Written on 11 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A 52-year-old Santa Maria man has been convicted of raping and robbing women at gunpoint. His victims were prostitutes. On March 14, 2013, Gregory Arthur Erwin raped and robbed a woman at the San Luis Inn and Suites in San... (Continue reading)

Cambria widow sues Monsanto over husband’s death

Written on 11 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A Cambria woman is suing agrochemical giant Monsanto, alleging a herbicide the company produces killed her husband. [KSBY] Late last year, Cambria farmer Jack McCall died of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. McCall reportedly used the... (Continue reading)

Central Coast bank robber sentenced

Written on 11 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A Bakersfield man who recently robbed two Central Coast banks received a 14-year prison sentence on Thursday. [KSBY] Johnie Dean Arnold robbed a Union Bank in Goleta on Nov. 2 and a Heritage Oaks Bank in San Luis Obispo on... (Continue reading)

Judge reinstates Jarmin and Jordan plea deals

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

A San Luis Obispo judge has reinstated plea deals that will allow hard money lenders Rod Jarmin and Tammy Jordan to escape jail time. San Luis Obispo County prosecutors had been trying for months to overturn the plea agreements, but... (Continue reading)

Court to rule on teen’s enrollment at Cuesta College

Written on 10 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A former 4.0 high school student is at risk of getting kicked out of Cuesta College on a court order. [Tribune] Bret Stephen Landen, 18, is accused of placing a fake chemical weapon at an elementary school on Sept. 11.... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police arrest homeless at river encampment

Written on 10 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

Paso Robles police have begun arresting homeless individuals who are not complying with the city’s order to evacuate their encampments along the Salinas River. On Tuesday, officers arrested five homeless people for camping and another one for having an outstanding... (Continue reading)