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Humpback whale beaches at Montana de Oro

Written on 2 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The carcass of a 35-foot humpback whale is lying on the beach at Montan de Oro State Park. [KEYT] The whale beached on Friday and has been lying there since. Scientists performed a necropsy and determined that the whale has... (Continue reading)

Slo council signs off Measure Y renewal

Written on 2 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to place a renewal of Measure Y, the city’s half-cent sales tax, on the November ballot. A simple majority vote on November 4 would extend the sales tax... (Continue reading)

Vandenberg launches carbon dioxide measuring satellite

Written on 2 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An unmanned rocket carrying a satellite to study carbon dioxide was successfully launched early Wednesday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base. At a cost of $468 million, the mission is to collect global measurements of carbon dioxide levels in the... (Continue reading)

Six Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies convicted of obstructing an investigation

Written on 1 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Six sworn officers who were working in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department were found guilty today of obstruction of justice for interfering with a federal civil rights investigation into misconduct at the Men’s Central Jail, according to a Department of... (Continue reading)

Woman arrested for attempted murder in Santa Maria

Written on 1 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Santa Maria police arrested a woman for attempted murder Monday evening after she stabbed another woman several times for no apparent reason. [KSBY] Felicia Ann Donaldson, 28, is accused of stabbing the victim multiple times on her head and neck.... (Continue reading)

Vandals strike Templeton market

Written on 1 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Rocks have flown through windows of the Templeton Market and Deli twice in the past three months. Around 1:35 a.m. on March 30, a vandal threw a rock through windows on the south side of the market Last week, a... (Continue reading)

FBI agents thwart Ventura bank robbery

Written on 1 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A Los Angeles man is in jail after his attempt to rob a Ventura bank on Monday was foiled by two FBI agents who just happened to be in the building. At about 3 p.m., Manuel Hernandez, 28, slipped a... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach council may place sales tax renewal on ballot

Written on 30 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Pismo Beach city staffers are recommending a 12-year extension of the city’s half-cent sales tax. In 2008, Pismo Beach voters approved a half-cent sales tax, which is set to expire at the end of next March. On Tuesday, the Pismo... (Continue reading)

Bear takes a swim at the SLO Country Club

Written on 30 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A 200-pound bear took a swim in a pond at the at the San Luis Obispo Country Club on Saturday afternoon before resting in a culvert in front of the 14th green. [KSBY] A golf course employee thought he saw... (Continue reading)

Boy drowns at North County party

Written on 30 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An 11-year-old Morro Bay boy died Friday evening after drowning in a lagoon at a private party near San Miguel. Michael Derick Gallegos had been swimming with other children at Star Farms, located southeast of San Miguel, around 5:30 p.m.... (Continue reading)