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Body found in crashed vehicle

Written on 5 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

California Highway Patrol officers discovered human remains in a white Chevy truck found 30 feet off of Painted Cave Road in Santa Barbara County on Thursday. [KEYT] A Santa Barbara Sheriff helicopter crew spotted the truck of Highway 154 around... (Continue reading)

Great white shark tosses kayak

Written on 30 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A Central Coast water recreation area has been temporarily closed after a great white shark displayed violent behavior on Saturday. State Park officials told KCOY the 12-foot-long shark swam between two fishermen in kayaks and at one point lifted one... (Continue reading)

$4 million in marijuana found on Central Coast beach

Written on 2 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Narcotics Detectives, responding to a report of a Panga boat Thursday morning, found 2,000 pounds of marijuana under a cliff next to the boat. Employees at the Cojo Ranch, near the Point Conception Lighthouse discovered the... (Continue reading)

Predator Karsai at home in Santa Barbara County

Written on 16 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A sexually violent predator has been released from a state hospital and will live in northern Santa Barbara County. (Santa Maria Times) Tibor Karsai, 60, had been incarcerated at Coalinga State Hospital and now will live in a motor home... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student death likely accidental

Written on 10 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Sheriff’s officials in Santa Barbara County said Tuesday that Cal Poly student Giselle Ayala, 18, most likely died last weekend from falling off a cliff along the oceanfront community where she’d gone for a spring break party. [PressDemocrat] Sheriff’s spokeswoman... (Continue reading)

Body found in the Ocean near Santa Barbara beach

Written on 7 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the death of a young woman whose fully clothed body was found in the water at a popular surfing spot near the University of California, Santa Barbara. At around 8:20 a.m. on Saturday,... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara DA says sexual predator should live in SLO

Written on 21 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A sexual predator twice convicted of rape could become San Luis Obispo’s newest transient if the Santa Barbara District Attorney completes a “Hail Mary.” [Noozhawk] The California Third District Court of Appeal will hear arguments Wednesday on the proper parole... (Continue reading)

SLO County high schools planning new leagues

Written on 24 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Principals at high schools in San Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara Counties will vote on proposed changes to athletic leagues in March which are slated to change the face of high school sports. [KSBY] One of the proposals, for... (Continue reading)

Panga boat driver kills Coast Guard officer

Written on 3 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 42 comments

A panga boat suspected to be used for smuggling drugs rammed into a Coast Guard boat early Sunday morning, killing an officer off the coast of Santa Barbara County. [Noozhawk] The Coast Guard spotted the panga boat around 1 a.m.... (Continue reading)

Union Bank to lay off up to 400 Central Coast employees

Written on 29 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Union Bank officials are heading up the coast from Santa Barbara, through San Luis Obispo County to Monterey, handing out layoff notices to hundreds of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust employees at 14 branches, several employees said. Union Bank’s purchase... (Continue reading)