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Santa Barbara buyback nets more than 200 guns

Written on 16 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Santa Barbara police collected nearly 240 guns Saturday in exchange for Vons gift cards and cash. [KEYT] The police department held the city’s first gun buyback program in conjunction with The Coalition Against Gun Violence. Event organizers planned to exchange... (Continue reading)

DOJ investigating Congresswoman Lois Capps’ office

Written on 9 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

The day before one of Congresswoman Lois Capps’ former representatives was sentenced in a fatal DUI accident, DOJ and FBI agents were interviewing sources regarding wrongdoing by Capps’ district director. [PeterLance] On May 27, Marquest J. Meeks, a Public Integrity... (Continue reading)

Morua sentenced, slams Congresswoman Lois Capps

Written on 29 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

After a Santa Barbara Superior Court judge sentenced Congresswoman Lois Capps’ former representative Raymond Morua to 20 years to life for manslaughter, Morua apologized to the victim’s family before making harsh accusations against his former boss. [KEYT] In December, Morua,... (Continue reading)

Lois Capps’ office murder and coverup scandal

Written on 22 May, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 84 comments

Award winning investigative reporter Peter Lance’s series on the murder and coverup scandal plaguing Congresswoman Lois Capp’s office was published in the Santa Barbara News Press and touted in multiple journalism publications in early May, but primarily ignored in San... (Continue reading)

Capps holds panga prevention meeting

Written on 23 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Congresswoman Lois Capps met with federal, state and local law enforcement officials Monday to disuss warding off panga boat smuggling operations along the Central Coast. [KSBY] Law enforcement officials from San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties attended the... (Continue reading)

Mallory Dies parents sue driver, Capps and the U.S. government

Written on 20 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The parents of the woman fatally injured when a legislative aide for Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara struck her and then drove away filed a lawsuit against the driver Raymond Morua, Capps and the federal government. [KEYT] Morua, 32, left... (Continue reading)

Former Capps aide facing 20 years to life

Written on 16 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A former Lois Capps aide who is accused of causing a deadly collision in Santa Barbara is facing 20 years to life in prison after agreeing to a plea deal with prosecutors. [KSBY] Raymond Morua, a former district staffer for... (Continue reading)

Dies plan to file claim against House of Representatives

Written on 23 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

The parents of the woman fatally injured when a legislative aide for Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara struck her and then drove away are planning to file a claim against the House of Representatives. [Noozhawk] Attorney Robert Stoll, who represents... (Continue reading)

Capps to require background checks for employees

Written on 16 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Following the death of a 27-year-old woman in an accident caused by a then aide to Rep. Lois Capps, the congresswoman announced that she plans to make all current and future employees undergo criminal background checks. [KSBY] Ex-Capps district representative... (Continue reading)

Capps fires aide arrested for hit and run

Written on 10 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Congresswoman Lois Capps fired a Santa Barbara district staff aide who is accused of critically injuring a woman in a felony DUI and hit and run Friday. [KCOY] Santa Barbara police arrested Raymond Morua, 32, after he allegedly struck a... (Continue reading)