California woman registers dog to vote, gets ballots after death
By KAREN VELIE A California woman registered her dog to vote, cast a vote-by-mail ballot in her pet’s name, and continued getting ballots for her dog after its death. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office recently charged Laura Lee Yourex, 62, with five felonies. Yourex’s dog voted in the 2021...
Fire leads to evacuations and road closure near San Luis Obispo
By KAREN VELIE The Walnut Fire off See Canyon Road near San Luis Obispo has burned more than 20 acres leading to road closures and evacuations. Shortly before 12:40 p.m., a caller reported the fire burning near the intersection of See Canyon Road and Black Walnut Road. Twenty minutes later,...
Mainstream media absent on plans to gerrymander California
OPINION by GREG HASKIN An enormously important issue is before California voters and will be decided in just two months, yet it is unlikely that you will read or hear much about it, or at least any significant details about it, from the mainstream media. Proposition 50, called “Courage California”...
Santa Barbara Sutter Health employees demeaned patients, fired
By KAREN VELIE Sutter Health Urgent Care in Santa Barbara recently fired a group of employees who posted a video on TikTok of staffers pointing and looking disgusted over bodily fluids left on examination tables. After the TikTok video went viral, it was taken down. But by that time, others...
Arroyo Grande massage therapist accused of sexual assault
By KAREN VELIE Officers arrested an Arroyo Grande massage therapist on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a victim with a foreign object, according to the Arroyo Grande Police Department. Following up on a complaint, officers conducted an investigation into 33-year-old Jeffrey Bennett Bowers, the owner of SLO Massage Therapy on...
Paso Robles woman pleads not guilty to attempted murder
By KAREN VELIE A 56-year-old Paso Robles woman charged with attempted murder, arson, vandalism and violating a restraining order pleaded not guilty at her arraignment on Wednesday. Ryan Brink filed for divorce against Dana Valentine-Brink on June 4. Since then, deputies have arrested Valentine-Brink three times. On June 26, deputies...
Professor charged with assaulting a federal officer during immigration raid
By KAREN VELIE A 37-year-old philosophy professor who allegedly threw a tear gas canister at federal officers during an immigration raid at a marijuana farm in Camarillo in July is now facing a charge of assault on a federal officer. Jonathan Caravello is a professor at California State University Channel...
