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Oil drilling threat stirs Santa Maria angst

Written on 26 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

An 890-acre parcel in Santa Maria is being eyed by an oil company for possible drilling, but an official of Amrich Energy says no plans are on the immediate horizon. (Santa Maria Times) The so-called Area 9 is part of... (Continue reading)

Murdered Santa Maria man owed drug taxes

Written on 12 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Santa Barbara County Grand Jury transcripts suggest that a Santa Maria gang brutally murdered and tortured 28-year-old Anthony Ibarra over a drug tax debt. [KEYT] Gang members tortured and killed Ibarra on March 17 at a residence on West Donovan... (Continue reading)

Central Coast hit with massive power outage

Written on 23 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

More than 148,000 residences from Solvang to Cambria are without power from an outage that started at about 9:30 p.m. on Sunday. PG&E online says that the outage was caused by interruption to a main transmission line. Santa Barbara County... (Continue reading)

Drive-by killer gets 158 years

Written on 11 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A Santa Maria man was sentenced Monday to 158 years in state prison for the drive-by murder of Arroyo Grande teenager Gabriel Salgado. The youth was gunned down Nov. 17, 2011, by Armando Yepez while standing on a street corner... (Continue reading)

Vehicle chase from Oceano to Santa Maria ends in crash

Written on 20 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A probationer led officers on a chase from Oceano to Santa Maria on Sunday before crashing her vehicle. At 6:20 p.m., a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputy spotted Jeanne Sepeda, 32, driving near the intersection of 19th and Paso... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria police searching for man who escaped custody

Written on 6 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Santa Maria police officers are searching for a man who escaped custody. On Sunday, officers arrested Juan Coria Olayo, 24, on drug- and theft-related charges. After officers transported Olayo to the police department, the unattended suspect wiggled out of his... (Continue reading)

Undocumented immigrants march for citizenship in Santa Maria

Written on 2 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

About 80 protesters marched in Santa Maria Wednesday, calling for a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. [KCOY] The protesters marched to the corner of Main St. and Broadway, where they held signs, many of which saying, “The time is... (Continue reading)

Orcutt woman escapes abuse charges

Written on 18 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Criminal child abuse charges against an elderly Orcutt woman will not be refiled after a Santa Maria jury failed to reach a verdict, ending a three-year legal odyssey. (Santa Maria Times) Bertha Savoy, 74, a longtime special education teacher, had... (Continue reading)

10 suspects now in custody for Santa Maria murder

Written on 9 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Santa Maria police arrested a 10th suspect Tuesday in the murder of Anthony Ibarra, whom officers found dead in the back of a U-Haul truck last month. [KCOY] Officers arrested 29-year-old Jason Castillo for murder with a gang enhancement shortly... (Continue reading)

Paso’s Jay Hall dies after motorcycle crash

Written on 5 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A Paso Robles man whose motorcycle collided with an automobile in Santa Maria April 3 has died, and relatives have identified him as 59-year-old Julian “Jay” Hall. Hall was leaving a gas station and turning onto Betteravia Road when his... (Continue reading)