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Sheriff revamps report of drug bust

Written on 10 Jan, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 79 comments

By CCN STAFF Details of a December drug raid provided by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department have undergone alterations since Sheriff Ian Parkinson complained in a letter to radio station KVEC about CalCoastNews’ reporting of the incident. Parkinson’s... (Continue reading)

Velie banished by KVEC’s Ron Roy

Written on 10 Jan, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 148 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN CalCoastNews’ Karen Velie has been bounced from the airwaves of KVEC/920 following station management’s receipt of a critical letter from San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson. Velie, the news site’s publisher and co-founder, was informed of... (Continue reading)

CHP officer shot in Paso Robles testifies in trial of shooter

Written on 10 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

California Highway Patrol Officer Adrian Ayala testified Thursday that he thought would die from multiple wounds he received during a shootout in Paso Robles with a San Diego man. [KSBY] Ayala said that Clifford Scott Jr. shot him three times... (Continue reading)

Helicopter rescues sailor from boat crash by Piedras Blancas

Written on 10 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescued a sailor who crashed his boat into rocks near Piedras Blancas Lighthouse early Thursday morning. [Tribune] The sailor was a middle-aged man sailing alone from the Bay Area to Morro Bay in a 32-foot... (Continue reading)

Man with machete stands off Santa Barbara SWAT team for eight hours

Written on 10 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A SWAT team standoff with a Santa Barbara man in possession of a machete lasted more than eight hours Wednesday night and Thursday morning. [KSBY] Investigators obtained a search warrant Wednesday for the home of a 39-year-old man who is... (Continue reading)

Mayor Debbie Peterson elected as Coastal Commission nominee

Written on 9 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

The San Luis Obispo County City Selection Committee elected Grover Beach Mayor Debbie Peterson on Jan. 3 as its nominee for an open seat on the California Coastal Commission. Less than two weeks after the Grover Beach Council removed Peterson... (Continue reading)

Trial begins for man accused of causing shootout in Paso Robles

Written on 9 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Opening statements began Wednesday in the trial of San Diego resident Clifford Scott, whom prosecutors accuse of starting a shootout with a California Highway Patrol officer in Paso Robles in 2012. [Tribune] On Oct. 27, 2012, a CHP officer pulled... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande broker running for supervisor

Written on 8 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Arroyo Grande real estate broker Mike Byrd announced Wednesday that he intends to run for the District 4 San Luis Obispo County Supervisor seat. Byrd applied for the vacant District 4 seat following the death of Supervisor Paul Teixeira last... (Continue reading)

Report shows homeless languishing in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 8 Jan, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 63 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County is ranked third in the nation for the highest percent of homeless who sleep unsheltered and is bucking the national trend of reducing homelessness, according to a 2013 U.S. Department of Housing and... (Continue reading)

Recalled Los Osos board member wins election in Iowa

Written on 8 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Former Los Osos Community Services District board member Stan Gustafson, whom voters recalled in 2005, won a special election Tuesday for an Iowa House of Representatives seat. [Des Moines Register] Los Osos voters recalled Gustafson in September 2005 after contractors... (Continue reading)