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Great white shark closes Santa Barbara beach

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

Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol closed a popular beach Sunday after several beachgoers reported seeing a great white shark. [KEYT] At least seven people told harbor patrol officers that they saw a great white shark swimming close to shore off Leadbetter... (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)

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)

Santa Barbara turning to desal to curb drought

Written on 20 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The city of Santa Barbara is preparing to open its untapped desalination plant in order to cope with the ongoing drought. [KEYT] Santa Barbara constructed the plant in 1991 following a five-year drought, but the city only used it in... (Continue reading)

Group flies Central Coast dogs to no-kill shelters

Written on 19 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

An animal adoption welfare group flew 72 dogs out of the Santa Barbara Airport on private planes to no-kill shelters in Idaho, Oregon and Montana on Saturday. [KCOY] Wings of Rescue flew the dogs to less crowded shelters in the... (Continue reading)

DUI crash kills three in Santa Barbara

Written on 23 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A woman allegedly driving under the influence slammed into a car in Santa Barbara early Monday morning, killing three people and leaving a fourth in critical condition. [KEYT] At 12:46 a.m. Monday, 52-year-old Kimberly Kreis crashed her white Ford Mustang... (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)

Central Coast fish thieves arrested

Written on 15 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Department of Fish and Wildlife wardens arrested two Santa Barbara County men Sunday for allegedly stealing from other fishermen and commercial fish markets to resell in Hollywood. The two licensed fishermen, John Wilson, 53, of Santa Ynez and Kai Griffin,... (Continue reading)