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5 reasons not to miss the best wine, surfing and film event ever

Written on 28 Apr, 2015 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

For the past five years, the Central Coast has been home to California’s preeminent wine and surfing event. With a Hollywood style movie premiere, a vintage car show, a surfing contest and a free concert on the beach, Wine, Waves... (Continue reading)

Laura Capps rules out run in 2016

Written on 28 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

The daughter of Rep. Lois Calls announced Monday that she will not join the congressional race to replace her mother, though she did not rule out a possible campaign in the future. Earlier this month, Lois Capps said she would... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man tells police to shoot him

Written on 28 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Armed with a knife and a large rock, a Santa Maria man dared police to shoot him during a 2.5-hour standoff on Monday. [KEYT] Santa Maria police responded to a call about a disturbance and found Juan Angel Salinas Pena... (Continue reading)

North County mother and son killed in accidents last weekend

Written on 27 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Just hours after his mother died in a car crash in Santa Margarita on Saturday, an Atascadero man died in a motorcycle accident on Sunday. On Saturday afternoon, Donna Dean Magee, 56, of Templeton died in a single vehicle accident.... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay Recreation and Parks Director ousted

Written on 27 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

After more than 26 years with the City of Morro Bay, Recreation and Parks Director Joe Woods was dismissed from his position on Friday. Woods was an at-will employee. Under the terms of his contract, the city will pay him... (Continue reading)

California college students displaced amid alleged financial aid scam

Written on 27 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A popular for-profit college chain is shutting down than two dozen campuses and displacing more than 10,000 California students. [LA Times] Orange County company Corinthian Colleges Inc., which has operated the Everest, WyoTech and Heald college systems in California and... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County leads California in bike deaths

Written on 27 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 72 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Motor vehicle crashes are a frequent sight for many California motorists, but state roads are also plagued with bicycle collisions, and the Central Coast is a leading contributor to the problem, data from the California Highway Patrol... (Continue reading)

Small quake shakes North County

Written on 27 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A 3.1 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter near San Simeon shook areas of Northern San Luis Obispo County and Southern Montery County early Monday morning. Shaking began at 1:48 a.m. The quake’s epicenter was approximately 9 miles north of San... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles teen to be charged as an adult in robbery case

Written on 26 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A Paso Robles teen is being charged as an adult for allegedly participating in a bungled jewelry store robbery in downtown Napa that left a store clerk in critical condition. [Napa Valley Register] On April 19, Dylan Jacob Moore, 17,... (Continue reading)

Bomb squad removes pressure cooker from SLO sidewalk

Written on 26 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

The San Luis Obispo Police Department called in the bomb squad Saturday night to remove a pressure cooker someone left setting in front of the Del Monte Café on Santa Barbara Street. At about 8:30 p.m., a passerby spotted the... (Continue reading)