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Coast Union High grad stars as naked survivalist

Written on 20 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A graduate of Coast Union High School in Cambria has become the high scoring survivalist on the Discovery Channel reality Show “Naked and Afraid.” [Tribune] Forrest Galante, 25, survived three weeks in a Panamanian jungle amid stormy weather and without... (Continue reading)

Woman struck by Capps’ aid is dead

Written on 12 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

The Santa Barbara women struck by an alleged DUI driver died Wednesday from injuries she suffered more than five days earlier. The family of Mallory Rae Dies, 27, had life support turned off and Dies was pronounced dead at 3:15... (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)

Santa Barbara Police officer shoots suspect

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

A Santa Barbara Police officer shot a suspect on Friday who allegedly assaulted the officer. Shortly before midnight, officers responded to calls of a man brandishing a deadly weapon at a home on the city’s Westside. According to police, the... (Continue reading)

Capps’ aide arrested for hit and run

Written on 6 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

An aide to Congresswoman Lois Capps allegedly critically injured a women in a hit and run incident Friday. Shortly after midnight, Raymond Morua, 32, struck the 27-year-old woman in Santa Barbara, police said. After glancing at the woman, he drove... (Continue reading)

Former Lois Capps supporter mounting 2014 challenge

Written on 3 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

A former liberal Lois Capps supporter is running as a conservative Republican against the15-year incumbent congresswoman. Santa Barbara City Councilman Dale Fancisco announced at a San Luis Obispo North County Tea Party meeting Monday evening that he will run against... (Continue reading)

Fast and Furious actor dies in crash

Written on 2 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Santa Barbara resident “Fast and Furious” actor Paul Walker died Saturday afternoon in a fiery car crash in Valencia. [NYPost] Best known for his role in auto-racing movies, the 40-year-old died while joy riding as a passenger in a cherry-red... (Continue reading)

Fire inspection conman strikes Santa Barbara

Written on 8 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A New York man running a nationwide scam charged a Santa Barbara restaurant more than $900 for a phony fire inspection. Michael Angelo Carrion, 47, is accused of posing as a fire inspector and scamming businesses in Atlanta, Georgia and... (Continue reading)

SLO woman sues Santa Barbara hospital over sexual assault

Written on 26 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A San Luis Obispo woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging a nursing assistant at a Santa Barbara rehabilitation hospital sexually assaulted her while she was recovering from a brain tumor. [Independent] The lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara Superior Court states... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara police officer shoots suspect

Written on 3 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A Santa Barbara police officer shot and killed a man wielding a six-inch knife Sunday night. [Independent] The man holding the knife approached the police officer around 11:30 p.m. Sunday near the corner of Victoria and De La Vina streets, according... (Continue reading)