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SLO holiday gift scare, prank video

Written on 7 Dec, 2015 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

The following video features San Luis Obispo magician Rich Ferguson performing an epic holiday gift prank. Hit the YouTube subscribe button and get updates about new videos. .   Don’t miss links to local videos, like CalCoastNews on Facebook.... (Continue reading)

Suspicious fires break out in Oceano

Written on 7 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

At least three fires broke out in Oceano Sunday, according to the Five Cities Fire Authority. Officials have deemed the fires suspicious, and law enforcement in investigating. First, crews responded to multiple fires at or near a transient camp. The... (Continue reading)

Los Osos general manager’s days appear to be numbered

Written on 6 Dec, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 52 comments

By KAREN VELIE Following a review of Los Osos Community Services District General Manager Kathy Kivley’s performance and an investigation into misappropriation of funds, Kivley spoke with legal counsel and quickly left the Dec. 3 board meeting. A CalCoastNews’s analysis... (Continue reading)

Rash of car burglaries in Morro Bay

Written on 6 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Police are investigating reports of more than a dozen cars burglaries on Saturday morning in Morro Bay. Between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m., the suspects stole items from cars parked on several streets on the south side of the city.... (Continue reading)

Spike in guns sales following San Bernardino shooting

Written on 6 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

California gun stores saw a spike in gun and ammunition sales following the Wednesday shooting in San Bernardino that killed 14 people and wounded 21 others. Worries of stricter gun laws following mass shootings generally result in an increase in... (Continue reading)

11 homicides in Santa Maria this year

Written on 5 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A Friday night deadly shooting marks the 11th homicide in this year in Santa Maria. Shortly after 9:30 p.m., a man was shot and killed in his car near the corner of Sonya Lane and Depot Street. As police processed... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student arrested for threat to diversity leader

Written on 5 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

University police arrested a Cal Poly student Friday for sending a death threat to the leader of the SLO Solidarity student group. Hundreds of students, faculty members and even Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong joined SLO Solidarity in pro-diversity rallies... (Continue reading)

San Bernardino massacre was an act of terrorism

Written on 4 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 43 comments

The FBI announced Friday evening that it has determined the shooting in San Bernardino that killed 14 people and wounded 21 others on Wednesday was an act of terrorism. Shortly after Tashfeen Malik and her husband Syed Farook opened fire... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student did not die from bacterial meningitis

Written on 4 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Reports that a Cal Poly student likely died last week from bacterial meningitis are incorrect, the San Luis Obispo County’s Public Health Department announced Friday. Sophomore Nicholas Reid Brown, 20, died while visiting his family in San Diego on Thanksgiving... (Continue reading)

To reduce violence, solve issues with people not guns

Written on 4 Dec, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 27 comments

OPINION by OTIS PAGE While President Barack Obama cites Climate Change as our nation’s greatest threat, he rationalizes the San Bernardino massacre as a gun issue initially discounting the terrorist implications. His insistent conclusion that the guns are the problem... (Continue reading)