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KCOY anchor’s daughter contracts Enterovirus D68

Written on 25 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The daughter of KCOY anchor Paula Lopez became the first confirmed case of Enterovirus D68 in Santa Barbara County this week. [KCOY] Alana Ochoa, 15, is a junior at Santa Barbara High School. After having trouble breathing, she sought medical... (Continue reading)

Wild high speed chase lands Los Osos woman in jail

Written on 18 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE A Los Osos woman who led Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies on a high speed chase with speeds that reached over a 100-mph was arrested along with her two companions on Friday, officers said. At about 2:45... (Continue reading)

Firefighters help elderly woman

Written on 28 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Two Santa Barbara City Firefighters went back to a call location during their free time to help make an 81-year-old woman’s home safer. [KCOY] Captain Kevin Bryant and crew from Fire Station 6 were called to the home in the... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara settles police brutality case

Written on 13 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

The Santa Barbara City Council agreed to pay a man $120,000 in a police brutality case that was settled out of court in just one of two cases filed against an officer who has since left the force. In 2011,... (Continue reading)

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)

Trade guns for Vons gift cards in Santa Barbara

Written on 10 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 61 comments

Those who value Vons gift cards more than firearms will have the opportunity to swap commodities on Saturday in Santa Barbara. [KEYT] The Santa Barbara Police Department will host a gun buyback program from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at... (Continue reading)

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)