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Stewart Title $10.5 million settlement in the works

Written on 10 Jun, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE More than 400 investors who were defrauded by former North County developer Kelly Gearhart will receive a portion of their losses if all parties agree to a proposed $10,530,570 settlement claim to be paid by Stewart Title.... (Continue reading)

Senate committee calls for more equity in Paso water district

Written on 10 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A California Senate committee and a state legal agency are recommending that legislators amend a bill creating a water district in Northern San Luis Obispo County such that it would allow for more equity in representation of residents in the... (Continue reading)

Trade guns for Vons gift cards in Santa Barbara

Written on 10 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 61 comments

Those who value Vons gift cards more than firearms will have the opportunity to swap commodities on Saturday in Santa Barbara. [KEYT] The Santa Barbara Police Department will host a gun buyback program from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at... (Continue reading)

Fire burns trailer in Pismo Beach RV park

Written on 10 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A fire burned an trailer in a Pismo Beach RV park early Tuesday morning. The blaze broke out around 2:19 a.m. in a 40-foot trailer at the Holiday RV Park located at 100 South Dolliver Street in Pismo Beach. No... (Continue reading)

California deems gray wolves endangered species

Written on 9 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Hunting gray wolves is now prohibited in California. [Press Herald] The California Fish and Game Commission voted 3-1 last week to deem gray wolves an endangered species. Gray wolves had nearly disappeared from California but are now expected to grow... (Continue reading)

Great white shark closes Santa Barbara beach

Written on 9 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol closed a popular beach Sunday after several beachgoers reported seeing a great white shark. [KEYT] At least seven people told harbor patrol officers that they saw a great white shark swimming close to shore off Leadbetter... (Continue reading)

DOJ investigating Congresswoman Lois Capps’ office

Written on 9 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

The day before one of Congresswoman Lois Capps’ former representatives was sentenced in a fatal DUI accident, DOJ and FBI agents were interviewing sources regarding wrongdoing by Capps’ district director. [PeterLance] On May 27, Marquest J. Meeks, a Public Integrity... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles plane crash victims identified

Written on 8 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Two Paso Robles men died Saturday morning when the single engine plane they had just taken off in crashed near Vineyard Drive. John Warren, 66, was piloting the plane belonging to his passenger Robert Berg, 82. They were the only... (Continue reading)

Two men killed in Paso Robles plane crash

Written on 7 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A single engine plane crashed Saturday morning near Vineyard and Fair Hills roads in the Paso Robles area killing two men, according to Cal Fire. Shortly after 10 a.m., the plane took off from a private air strip at a... (Continue reading)

Man injured in car/ motorcycle crash in SLO

Written on 7 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Tank Farm Road in San Luis Obispo was closed for several hours on Friday after a sedan crashed into a motorcycle. At approximately 3:40 p.m., a 90-year-old San Luis Obispo woman traveling westbound on Tank Farm Road attempted to turn... (Continue reading)