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Famous nomad arrested in SLO for camping

Written on 16 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 70 comments

By KAREN VELIE Since the 1800s, people have traveled up and down California bedding down alongside their pack mules or horses, but not now, especially not in the city or county of San Luis Obispo. While working as a landscaper,... (Continue reading)

Nancy Johnson concedes Morro Bay council race

Written on 16 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

The city of Morro Bay no longer needs to pick a winner or non-winner in the race for its final council seat. [Tribune] Incumbent Councilwoman Nancy Johnson said Sunday that she is conceding the election to challenger John Headding. Johnson... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara buyback nets more than 200 guns

Written on 16 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Santa Barbara police collected nearly 240 guns Saturday in exchange for Vons gift cards and cash. [KEYT] The police department held the city’s first gun buyback program in conjunction with The Coalition Against Gun Violence. Event organizers planned to exchange... (Continue reading)

Newspaper delivery driver robs Arroyo Grande home

Written on 14 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

A newspaper delivery driver was arrested for robbing the home of an Arroyo Grande woman while she was on vacation, just days after she informed the local news paper she would be out of town. [SLO New Times] In January,... (Continue reading)

Vote count complete in SLO County but Morro Bay council race undecided

Written on 13 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

San Luis Obispo county elections officials have counted all of the votes cast in the 2014 primary election, but the results of the Morro Bay city council race are still unclear. Newcomers Matt Makowetski and John Headding finished first and... (Continue reading)

California bill to raise standard of consent for student sex

Written on 13 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

A bill in the California legislature may change the way college students engage in sexual activity. [CBS LA] Democratic state senators Kevin de Leon and Hannah Beth Jackson have introduced a bill that would require state run universities to adopt... (Continue reading)

Could Kevin McCarthy be the next majority leader?

Written on 13 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 39 comments

Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), a congressman who prior to redistricting represented Paso Robles, is becoming one of the quickest official to become majority leader in congressional history. [Washington Post] Following Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) primary loss on Tuesday, McCarthy, 49, is... (Continue reading)

Is Paavo Ogren a Jedi master?

Written on 13 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Questions remain as to why San Luis Obispo County Public Works Director Paavo Ogren is leaving his post to head the embattled six-employee Oceano Services District, but Ogren is undoubtedly leaving the county in style. At the June 17 board... (Continue reading)

Staff sergeant dies following training exercise at Camp Roberts

Written on 12 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 53 comments

A staff sergeant at Camp Roberts in San Luis Obispo County died after suffering a heart attack during a training exercise on Wednesday, shortly after a local hospital released him back to duty. Raul Escobedo, 41, first complained of chest... (Continue reading)

Oxnard pays $6.7 million to settle to police gunning of innocent man

Written on 12 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

The city of Oxnard will pay $6.7 million to the family of an innocent man police shot repeatedly and killed in October 2012. [KEYT] Alfonso Limon was walking home with his brother from a workout at a local high school... (Continue reading)