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Drunk driver pleads no contest to murder of two kids

Written on 29 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A man who killed two children while driving drunk on Highway 166 last Labor Day pleaded no contest to two counts of second-degree murder. Jerald Brandon Holman, 37, will now receive a sentence of 30 years to life in prison.... (Continue reading)

California venture capitalists face rising liability for sexual harassment

Written on 28 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Following a wave of summer sexual harassment scandals involving venture capitalists, the state of California is considering adopting a law that would hold investors liable for harassing female entrepreneurs. The proposed bill could create a wave of lawsuits against venture... (Continue reading)

SLO City Council appeases the bike zealots

Written on 28 Aug, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 42 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

On Aug. 15, our San Luis Obispo City Council unanimously voted to ram a “cycle track”– essentially a bicycle highway—right down the throat of the Broad Street, Mission Street, and Chorro Street neighborhoods–despite the overwhelming neighborhood opposition that spoke against... (Continue reading)

Man breaks into SLO homes, stun guns 69-year-old

Written on 28 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A possible serial thief from Oceano was caught breaking into two different homes in San Luis Obispo Sunday morning. The suspect pulled a knife on the first resident and deployed a stun gun on a 69-year-old man in the second... (Continue reading)

Goleta man slices victim’s fingers with a machete

Written on 28 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Following an argument Friday night, a Goleta man badly sliced a 51-year-old male’s fingers using a machete, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s officials say the attacker and the victim were acquaintances. The attack occurred shortly before... (Continue reading)

Carrizo Plain National Monument’s fate still unknown

Written on 27 Aug, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 4 comments

OPINION by FOREST WATCH On Thursday, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke delivered his highly-anticipated recommendations to President Trump on the fate of more than two dozen national monuments that have been under review for possible reduction or elimination. The Carrizo Plain... (Continue reading)

California Republican Assembly leader ousted after cap-and-trade vote

Written on 25 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

More than a month after Assemblyman Chad Mayes broke rank and voted for a cap-and-trade bill, the Assembly Republican Caucus ousted him as its leader. [Mercury News] The Assembly Republicans held a closed-door meeting Thursday in which they unanimously decided... (Continue reading)

Judge to Aaron Ochs: ‘Your conduct is troubling’

Written on 25 Aug, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments

A San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge Wednesday admonished Los Osos blogger Aaron Ochs for “inappropriate” behavior and “troubling” conduct for his role as a regular online detractor of CalCoastNews, co-founder and reporter Karen Velie, and her family. [Cal Coast... (Continue reading)

Inmate disappears from Lompoc prison camp

Written on 25 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

For at least the fifth time over the last year, an inmate walked away from the minimum security Federal Correctional Complex in Lompocon Thursday. [KCOY] At about 4 p.m., prison officials discovered that Victor Hurtado, 42, was missing. Hurtado is... (Continue reading)

Camera catches man checking for unlocked cars in SLO

Written on 25 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a man who was caught on a surveillance camera checking for unlocked cars early Thursday morning. Around 1:45 a.m., the suspect was prowling around a driveway in the neighborhood southwest of Meadow Park.... (Continue reading)