Daniel Blackburn
Daniel Blackburn is editor of KCCN.tv
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Jury views taped confession of accused Myers killer
By DANIEL BLACKBURN A gripping interrogation videotape showing sheriff’s detectives patiently breaking down murder suspect Frank Jacob York took center stage Thursday as the first week of trial of Dystiny Myers’ alleged killers concluded. The two-hour videotape concluded with York being handcuffed and informed that he was under arrest, along with his mother and three […]... (Continue Reading)
Wisto feared Myers would expose meth trade
By DANIEL BLACKBURN and KAREN VELIE County prosecutors continued Wednesday to cultivate the concept of culpability of a mother-son “criminal enterprise” in the violent slaying of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers, weaving a sordid story of life inside a drug dealing family. Rhonda Maye Wisto and her son, Frank Jacob York, are on trial for the Sept. […]... (Continue Reading)
Street rules, a shared ethos doomed Myers girl
Mother-and-son murder suspects Rhonda Maye Wisto and Frank Jacob York had “a shared ethos commanding respect” and that may have led to the savage slaying of 15-year-old Destiny Myers, a prosecutor said Monday. Deputy District Atty. Timothy S. Covello told a newly-empaneled jury during opening arguments that the defendants’ adherence to “street rules” and their […]... (Continue Reading)
Federal agency starts investigation of Family Ties and Niesen
Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the eighth in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the nonprofits managing the program.) Federal officials launched a probe of Family Ties, the nonprofit that has been at the heart of a CalCoastNews investigative series into […]... (Continue Reading)
Workers say CAPSLO charges needy for donated items, doesn’t track cash
Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the nonprofits managing the program. See CAPSLO’s top salary makers at the bottom of this story.) Four women who worked for Community Action Partnership of San Luis […]... (Continue Reading)
Homeless man hassled by CAPSLO, Family Ties
Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the nonprofits managing the program. See Social Security’s letter stopping Cliff Anderson’s disability payments and a reported accounting of his funds held by Family Ties at the […]... (Continue Reading)
Family Ties director says she was never on board
Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the nonprofits managing the program.) Family Ties, the local nonprofit charged with protecting the financial interests of homeless and indigent people’s assets has a board of directors […]... (Continue Reading)
Homeless money guardian unlicensed
Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the third in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the nonprofits managing the program. See Cliff Anderson’s check stubs and several Social Security records at the bottom of this story.) Lisa Niesen serves as the head […]... (Continue Reading)
CAPSLO soaking up nonprofit fund pool
Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the second in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the nonprofits managing the program.) For the duration of its 48-year existence, the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) has skirted public scrutiny by assigning […]... (Continue Reading)
Alleged homeless advocates accused of stealing from the poor
Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the first in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the non-profit that manages the program. See Cliff Anderson’s struggles at the bottom of this story.) Cliff Anderson lost his home in 2008 when a fire broke […]... (Continue Reading)
