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Santa Cruz deploying water cops to combat drought

Written on 4 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Touting strategies like deploying “water cops” and sending abusers to “water school,” the city of Santa Cruz has emerged as California’s leader in the water conservation push during the current drought. [Mercury News] Santa Cruz has instituted a policy of... (Continue reading)

Oil spill near Santa Maria

Written on 4 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Firefighters in Santa Barbara County are at the scene of a nearly 1,260 gallon oil spill on Palmer Street south of Orcutt. Shortly before 5 a.m., emergency crews responded to a suspected pipeline break that sent oil spilling across the... (Continue reading)

Accused child molester turns himself in

Written on 4 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A man on the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office’s most wanted list turned himself in to authorities on Friday. Paul Jacob Speer, 39, is charged with 20 counts of committing lewd acts with a child under the age of... (Continue reading)

Eighteen-foot shark spotted in Morro Bay

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

A fisherman spotted a shark estimated to be about 18 feet long at the mouth of the Morro Bay harbor on Friday. The report marked the fourth shark sighting in San Luis Obispo County in a span of less than... (Continue reading)

Texting information permitted in Cliff’s Resort trial

Written on 2 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Lawyers for the family of a woman who was struck by a vehicle and killed while crossing Shell Beach Road unsuccessfully attempted to bar defendants from showing the victims cell phone information to the jury at the trial that started... (Continue reading)

California Men’s Colony issues 66 layoff notices

Written on 2 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The health care services department at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo sent out 66 layoff notices giving a six months warning of layoffs to take effect Dec. 1. Every psychiatric technician at the facility received a notice... (Continue reading)

California appellate court rules in favor of bullet train

Written on 1 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

The state of California can resume its work on a planned $68 billion bullet train following an appellate court decision Thursday that reversed an earlier ruling. [Mercury News] Last year, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kinney ruled that the state... (Continue reading)

Kashkari goes homeless in bid for governor’s mansion

Written on 1 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 34 comments

The former U.S. Treasury official who administered the federal government’s bank bailout program recently spent a week living as a homeless man in Fresno. [LA Times] Multimillionaire Laguna Beach resident Neel Kashkari is the Republican candidate for the California governorship.... (Continue reading)

California crippling drought deepens

Written on 1 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

California drought deepens with areas of exceptional drought going from 36 percent of the state last week to 58 percent of the state this week. The same week that California began handing at fines for wasting water, the state deemed... (Continue reading)

Police cruiser crashes during high-speed chase

Written on 31 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Atascadero police arrested a Creston man who led officers on a high-speed chase Monday that ended with a wrecked police cruiser. On Monday at about 2:50 a.m., two Atascadero police officers attempted to pull over a car for vehicle code... (Continue reading)