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Four more busted in Iberra slaying

Written on 22 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Authorities in Santa Maria have taken four more men into custody in connection with Tuesday’s murder of Anthony Iberra, 28,  joining four others arrested earlier. (Noozhawk) Among those suspected of conspiracy in the torture slaying are David Murillo Maldonado, 55;... (Continue reading)

Jury deliberating Myers murder trial

Written on 22 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

BULLETIN: A jury of nine women and three men took only two hours Friday to find Rhonda Wisto and her son Jacob York guilty of all charges. (Posted earlier) The fate of mother and son defendants on trial for the... (Continue reading)

CAPSLO exonerates Dee Torres?

Written on 22 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 133 comments

Faced with allegations of numerous former homeless service employees, as well as ex-boyfriends of Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo’s Homeless Services Coordinator Dee Torres, CAPSLO officials now say they launched an investigation — and have completely exonerated Torres.... (Continue reading)

Obamacare gaining state foothold

Written on 21 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

California officials responsible for implementation of the Affordable Care Act are in Sacramento to discuss the state’s entry into the program. One state lawmaker, Assemblyman Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, was spotlighting a new Health Access California report analyzing how this state... (Continue reading)

Movie review: Oz the Great and Powerful

Written on 21 Mar, 2013 in Discovered, Featured | 3 comments

By MIRANDA FORESMAN Oz the Great and Powerful looked so very promising with its bright colors and cast of stars. The finished product, however, suffers greatly from those very same elements. For clarification, Oz the Great and Powerful is not... (Continue reading)

Chumash cemetery unearthed in Los Osos

Written on 21 Mar, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 78 comments

By KAREN VELIE Members of the Chumash community want sewer collection system excavation halted in Los Osos where Native American remains were unearthed at what is believed to an ancient cemetery. Chumash leaders are asking that the area remain intact... (Continue reading)

Another location lost for proposed homeless center

Written on 21 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

The Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo will not be able to build its proposed 200-bed homeless services center on a city owned parcel surrounding the Prado Day Center. [Tribune] A city of San Luis Obispo memo explained that... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles Motorcycle crash victim identified

Written on 21 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has identified the motorcyclist in a deadly crash in Paso Robles this weekend as Brian Smith of San Luis Obispo. On Sunday, the 44-year-old was trying to turn at 24th Street and Mountain Springs... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria murder suspects allegedly tortured their victim

Written on 21 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday that a group of alleged killers tortured their victim which would open the door for a death penalty prosecution. [KCOY] Three men and a woman are in jail on murder charges... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande woman arrested for attempted murder

Written on 20 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested an Arroyo Grande woman who is suspected of attempting to murder her husband. Shortly before 6 a.m., one of Mary Bowdey’s children called 911 to say that her parents were fighting at their... (Continue reading)