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Field of dreams fades in Santa Maria

Written on 8 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An independent baseball scout and agent from Morro Bay now says he won’t be helping bring a professional baseball team to Santa Maria because city officials there have not been cooperative. (Santa Maria Times) Jim Hayes had been part of... (Continue reading)

Whales nearly eat divers near Morro Bay

Written on 23 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Two humpback whales nearly swallowed two scuba divers Saturday near Morro Bay. [KCOY] The divers had just completed a dive and surfaced when two humpbacks leapt out of the water with mouths wide open, narrowly missing the humans. A cameraman... (Continue reading)

Twin sea otters born in Morro Bay

Written on 1 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A sea otter in Morro Bay gave birth to rare twin pups about a week ago bringing researchers and photographers to Morro Rock. [Wired] The mom and siblings can be seen floating near a kelp bed by Morro Rock. The... (Continue reading)

Equipment failure in Morro Bay caused outage

Written on 24 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 54 comments

An outage of two PG&E transmission lines in Morro Bay Sunday evening caused more than 150,000 Central Coast customers to lose power. [Tribune] The outage started around 9:30 p.m. Sunday and lasted until about 12:20 a.m. Monday. Residences lost power... (Continue reading)

Man killed in Morro Bay boating accident

Written on 24 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

One man is dead and another injured after the boat they were fishing from overturned south of the jetty in Morro Bay. Because of dense fog and low visibility, the friends drifted too close to shore and a wave capsized... (Continue reading)

Boaters injured after vessel capsizes in Morro Bay

Written on 23 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Two people were injured Sunday morning when the vessel they were in overturned south of the jetty in Morro Bay. [KSBY] At about 7:40 a.m., a wave capsized the boat. Suffering from minor injuries, one of the boaters made it... (Continue reading)

Humane Society wants Morro Bay Aquarium shut down

Written on 13 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 39 comments

The Humane Society of the United States released a statement Wednesday asking the city of Morro Bay not to renew the Morro Bay Aquarium’s lease. The run down aquarium is the home to sea lions, otters and other marine animals.... (Continue reading)

Bear at Morro Rock sends high school into lockdown

Written on 10 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

A 250-pound animal sent Morro Bay High School into lockdown Thursday and garnered the attention of multiple law enforcement agencies. [Tribune] Around 6:30 a.m. Thursday, a citizen spotted a young black bear at Morro Rock and reported it to the... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay Friends of the Library gives thanks

Written on 26 Apr, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | No comments

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Morro Bay Friends of the Library, I would like to thank the 400 plus attendees and volunteers who made our April 14 open house such a smashing success. We were pleased... (Continue reading)

Los Osos mobile marijuana dispensary robbed

Written on 28 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies have three people in custody for an alleged strong-arm robbery of a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Osos. [Tribune] On Wednesday, two men and a woman allegedly took marijuana and cash from a female... (Continue reading)