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Leland Yee sentenced to five years in prison

Written on 25 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Former Democratic State Sen. Leland Yee received a five-year prison sentence for vote selling. Yee was arrested in 2014 after an FBI sting caught him promising votes and guns to an undercover agent who was funneling him contributions. [LA Times]... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara man sentenced for raping homeless women

Written on 25 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A 35-year-old Santa Barbara man received a 32-year prison sentence Wednesday for raping two homeless women. Daniel Rico Fabian, 35, previously pleaded no contest to two counts of forcible rape, according to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office. Both... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man leads CHP on wild cross-county chase

Written on 25 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Morro Bay man led California Highway Patrol officers on a chase across both San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties that ended with him hanging off a cliff and clinging to a knife. Officers captured Trevor Michael Crain, but... (Continue reading)

SLO County considering cloud seeding

Written on 24 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

At a hearing on water supply options for South County, a public works official said San Luis Obispo County staffers are looking into the possibility of increasing rainfall by cloud seeding. [Tribune] Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification... (Continue reading)

Mistrial declared in murder case of elderly Solvang woman

Written on 24 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A Santa Maria judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the case of a 90-year-old Solvang woman who is accused of murdering her terminally ill daughter. The mistrial occurred, in part, because jurors watched media coverage of a separate verdict in... (Continue reading)

Debbie Peterson for District 3 Supervisor

Written on 23 Feb, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 71 comments

OPINION by OTIS PAGE As an aging genetic Republican and an individual of distinct conservative values, I am reluctant to admit that I have come to admire others of different persuasions, especially in a political context. Debbie Peterson is a... (Continue reading)

California Republicans dwindling, independents rising

Written on 23 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 34 comments

Republican Party membership is on the decline in California, while an increasing number of voters are registering “no party preference.” Democratic Party membership in California has flat lined recently, according to a report issued Monday by Secretary of State Alex... (Continue reading)

Human remains found in rural Arroyo Grande

Written on 23 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A man found a skull and bones while walking around his property in rural Arroyo Grande. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office says the skull and bones are the remains of a young Native American, but investigators have yet... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles motorcyclist killed in Central Valley

Written on 23 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A 45-year-old Paso Robles man died Saturday after crashing his motorcycle in Fresno County. The CHP has identified the victim as Ronnie Allen Ochoa. [Fresno Bee] Around 7:30 p.m., Ochoa was riding east of Coalinga, heading southbound on Sutter Avenue.... (Continue reading)

Big money backing Paso’s water district plan

Written on 22 Feb, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 16 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN A North County electorate widely divided by a proposed water district plan will decide the issue in just two weeks amid a flurry of last-minute campaigning by both sides. The proposal has been a contentious one since... (Continue reading)