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California measure calls for sending fewer criminals to prison

Written on 6 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

California voters will decide in next month’s election whether to reclassify a host of felony crimes relating to drugs and theft as misdemeanors, thus reducing the amount of convicts sentenced to prison. [New York Times] Proposition 47 calls for redefining... (Continue reading)

Robbers succeed in string of Santa Maria heists

Written on 6 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

For the second time in less than a week, multiple closely timed robberies took place in Santa Maria with the suspects evading capture. [KSBY] Santa Maria police say that two or three suspects walked around town Saturday night robbing liquor... (Continue reading)

Body discovered in Carpenteria Salt Marsh

Written on 6 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a suspicious death after a passerby found a man’s body in the Carpenteria Salt Marsh Saturday. [KEYT] A person walking in the area discovered the body around 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Witnesses spotted responders... (Continue reading)

Possible contamination prompts chocolate recall

Written on 5 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Cal Poly has recalled six varieties of candy bars because of possible contamination. [Tribune] No contamination has yet been discovered. However, it was determined that a piece of equipment had not been properly cleaned. As a result, the candy could... (Continue reading)

Investigation continues into Margay Edwards’ death

Written on 4 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Sheriff officials investigating the death of Los Osos resident Margay Edwards said she had been staying in a hotel in Las Vegas prior to her death. On Sept. 25, two men riding quads discovered Edwards’ decomposing body in the desert... (Continue reading)

Central Coast beaches closed after multiple shark attacks

Written on 4 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Three shark attacks in two days have led to the closure of Surf, Minuteman and Wall beaches in Santa Barbara County. On Thursday, an 8 to 10 foot shark attacked a surfer near Vandenberg Air Force Base. The shark scraped... (Continue reading)

Robbers return booty, then arrested

Written on 4 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

After three participants in a Templeton burglary returned coins, jewelry and gold they had stolen, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested the three alleged thieves while putting out an arrest warrant for the fourth. On Sept. 23, while the... (Continue reading)

Deputies nab North County serial burglar

Written on 3 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Santa Margarita man Tuesday, who is accused of stealing more than $100,000 worth of property and committing at least 12 burglaries in North County. Sheriff’s investigators received reports of burglaries in North... (Continue reading)

California mayor shot and killed by wife

Written on 3 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The mayor of the Southern California city of Bell Gardens died Tuesday after his wife shot him during a domestic dispute. [LA Times] Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo, 45, was arguing with his wife, Levette, in their home Tuesday afternoon... (Continue reading)

Bicyclist killed in Nipomo hit and run identified

Written on 3 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The California Highway Patrol has identified the bicyclist killed in a Nipomo hit-and-run crash Wednesday as 48-year-old Glen Fulton of Arroyo Grande. Fulton died Wednesday morning after a driver struck him on Los Berros Road near Pomeroy Road, ejecting him... (Continue reading)