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Deputies seize 5,031 marijuana plants in North County

Written on 20 Jul, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A two month investigation has led to the arrests of four people and the confiscation of 5,031 plants discovered in the Los Padres National Forest south of Santa Margarita Lake Road, according to a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s press... (Continue reading)

Santa Margarita property owners vote down water reliability tax

Written on 25 May, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 44 comments

Santa Margarita property owners voted overwhelmingly against a San Luis Obispo County drought reliability plan that would have required the creation of an assessment district, according to San Luis Obispo County Clerk Recorder Julie Rodewald. The plan, spearheaded by SLO County... (Continue reading)

Motorcyclist killed in head-on collision

Written on 9 May, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A Paso Robles man is dead following a head-on collision that occurred on Highway 229 east of Santa Margarita shortly after 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Darin Moore, 48, was rounding a corner on his motorcycle when he swerved into the... (Continue reading)

Wine review: Sinor-LaVallee is Mr. Pinot

Written on 2 Nov, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

By ADAM MONTIEL When I first moved here almost ten years ago, I did not see wine as approachable. Maybe the stigma with wine came from things I may have seen in TV or movies, perhaps picking up a wine... (Continue reading)

Santa Margarita man arrested for attempted murder

Written on 4 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Morro Bay Police arrested a Santa Margarita man for allegedly holding his girlfriend hostage and assaulting her early Tuesday morning. Following an argument at a Morro Bay hotel on Atascadero Road, Romen Homero Deleon, 31, allegedly took his girlfriend’s cell... (Continue reading)

Jim Patterson decides to go for three

Written on 11 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Jim Patterson announced his intentions Wednesday to break the so-called “5th District curse” and win a third term on the  San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors. [Tribune] Both David Blakely and Mike Ryan previously failed in their attempts at... (Continue reading)

High speed chase ends in fatal crash

Written on 17 Mar, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

UPDATE: Jeffrey Douglas Filipponi, 32, of Santa Margarita died earlier today when he crashed his Acura while fleeing from police on the ramp from Highway 101 to Highway 58. Original story: A high speed chase that started in Pismo Beach... (Continue reading)

Missing dog found in Santa Margarita

Written on 28 Dec, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Otto, the chocolate lab dog who was swept away in a swift current ten days ago in Upper Lopez Canyon is safe at home tonight. A rancher in Santa Margarita found the missing dog Tuesday morning when he went out... (Continue reading)

Two dead in accident in Santa Margarita

Written on 1 Dec, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 8 comments

Two bodies were found in a car that crashed down an embankment on Highway 58 south of Creston early Wednesday morning. It appears the vehicle, which was occupied by a male and a female, went off the road, down an... (Continue reading)

Brush fire in Santa Margarita

Written on 29 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 2 comments

Firefighters are battling a 50 acre brush fire in a rural area of Santa Margarita near the top of California State Route 229 within less then a mile from homes. The fire was started by fire crews burning brush. The... (Continue reading)