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Illegal immigrant, five times deported, charged in fatal LA crash

Written on 7 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

A 45-year-old Mexican national who has a long criminal history and has been deported from the United States five times is sitting in Los Angeles County Jail on murder and DUI manslaughter charges. [LA Daily News] Estuardo Alvarado, 45, allegedly... (Continue reading)

Former Arroyo Grande baseball star dies

Written on 7 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Former Arroyo Grande High School Baseball star Ryan Teixeira died Saturday at the age of 20. Teixeira had been battling two forms of cancer over the last two years. In 2015, Teixeira’s senior year at Arroyo Grande High, he was... (Continue reading)

Violence erupts at Berkeley pro-Trump rally

Written on 6 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Just a month after supporters of President Donald Trump and conservative speaker Milo Yiannopoulos were attacked on the UC Berkeley campus, a similar scene unfolded Saturday at a nearby park. The “March 4 Trump” rally in Berkeley quickly turned violent,... (Continue reading)

To SLO County, from your Muslim neighbors

Written on 6 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

Letter to the editor from the Muslim Community of SLO Thank you for supporting the “Get to know your Muslim neighbors” event Feb. 24. The 600 attendees included many San Luis Obispo County leaders who represented the diverse groups of... (Continue reading)

Man arrested for Orcutt saloon murder, wife arrested too

Written on 6 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who was shot and killed early Saturday morning in the back parking lot of Elmer’s bar in Old Town Orcutt. Sheriff’s officials also announced they arrested the murder suspect, as... (Continue reading)

Central Coast activists plan a “Day Without a Woman” events

Written on 5 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 58 comments

Central Coast activists are planning a general strike on March 8 as part of the “Day Without a Woman” demonstrations. Proponents are asking women to take a day off from work, school and shopping. If required to work, promoters are... (Continue reading)

SLO County supervisors weigh in on CEQA reform

Written on 5 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Late last month, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors considered the Planning Priorities Report as prepared by the Planning and Building Department that outlined what the department felt those priorities should be. That... (Continue reading)

Man shot and killed at Orcutt saloon

Written on 4 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a man at Elmer’s bar in Old Town Orcutt early Saturday morning. At about 1:30 a.m., deputies responded to a report of a man with a... (Continue reading)

Nipomo CSD cuts ties with Michael Seitz

Written on 3 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The Nipomo Community Services District has cut ties with its longtime legal counsel Shipsey & Seitz and has hired a new firm to provide legal services. Shipley and Seitz provided legal counsel services to the Nipomo CSD for more than... (Continue reading)

Prowling SLO porno watcher peering into girls’ bedrooms

Written on 3 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo police are search for a man who is allegedly shining flashlights into women’s bedrooms while standing outside watching pornography. Shortly before 4 a.m. on Thursday, a woman awoke to sounds outside her bedroom window. When the woman... (Continue reading)