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California state senator took bribes for aiding workers’ comp fraud

Written on 1 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

California Democratic State Senator Ronald Calderon accepted bribes from a Southern California hospital executive running a workers’ compensation scheme, as well as from undercover FBI agents posing as Hollywood executives, according to a sealed FBI affidavit. [Al Jazeera] Earlier this... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay council puts city attorney on administrative leave

Written on 1 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

The Morro Bay City Council placed City Attorney Rob Schultz on administrative leave during a special closed session meeting Thursday. [Tribune] The council has been discussing firing Schultz since September, and the city’s special counsel Steven Simas is negotiating a... (Continue reading)

Atascadero appeals FEMA inelgibility finding

Written on 1 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Atascadero officials have filed an appeal with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) objecting to a demand that the city return $2.7 million in aid related to the 2003 San Simeon Earthquake. Office of the Inspetor General (OIG) and FEMA... (Continue reading)

SLO coin store rammed with U-Haul

Written on 1 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Burglars rammed a San Luis Obispo coin shop with a U-Haul truck early Wednesday morning before looting the store. Around 5 a.m. Wednesday, San Luis Obispo police officers responded to the report of a burglary in process at California Coin... (Continue reading)

Pay TSA, keep your clothes on

Written on 31 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Travelers can now pay the U.S. Transportation Security Administration $85 and avoid the hassle of taking off shoes and jackets and removing laptops from cases at airports. [KCOY] The TSA Pre-Check program currently allows select passengers to receive expedited screening... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach chief doing double duty

Written on 31 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The Grover Beach City Council voted unanimously to make Police Chief Jim Copsey the assistant city manager and chief of police concurrently starting on Oct. 28. Copsey is now responsible for stepping in if the city managers is unavailable, helping... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles carjacking and Atascadero robbery suspects arrested

Written on 31 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Atascadero police arrested two Monterey County men Tuesday for a carjacking at knifepoint that occurred Sunday in Paso Robles. One of the suspects is also accused of robbing an Atascadero liquor store. Around 7:30 p.m. Monday, a man robbed Stagecoach... (Continue reading)

Gibson plants 500 trees while calling for ag moratorium

Written on 31 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 119 comments

By KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson planted 500 new citrus trees on his rural Cayucos property several months ago while pushing to impose tough water conservation measures on agriculturalists in the Paso Robles... (Continue reading)

Blackburn’s ‘Human Harvest’ now in eBook

Written on 30 Oct, 2013 in Discovered, Featured | 12 comments

Dorothea Montalvo Puente was still planting her victims around  the yard of her Sacramento Victorian home when she first sidled up to reporter Dan Blackburn, initiating an acquaintanceship that would eventually provide rare and perceptive insight into the mind of... (Continue reading)

Fire burns SLO mobile home

Written on 30 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

An extension cord-induced fire burned a mobile home in San Luis Obispo Tuesday evening. The overloading of power strips inside a trailer on a property at the corner of Orcutt Road and Johnson Avenue caused the mobile home to catch... (Continue reading)