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Balloon Fest 2012, event photos

Written on 13 Dec, 2012 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

The sun dawns on a huge group of excited teenagers all intensely engaged and excited by an opportunity to do science and engineering on Dec. 8. Eighty-Seven students in 24 teams from local middle and high schools compete to answer... (Continue reading)

Dystiny Myers murder suspect was a police informant

Written on 11 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE One of the people accused of participating in the violent murder of Dystiny Myers was an informant for the Santa Maria Police Department gang suppression unit, a detective testified on Monday. Ty Michael Hill is facing the... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria woman’s torture trial starts next week

Written on 30 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 46 comments

A Santa Maria woman who allegedly punished her then 2-year-old daughter for playing with her makeup by holding the child’s hands in scalding tap water almost three years ago is scheduled to begin trial next week. [SantaMariaTimes] Lorena Arenas, 26,... (Continue reading)

CHP officer’s DUI case headed to trial

Written on 27 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

A California Highway Patrol officer who crashed his 2004 Ford Explorer in Arroyo Grande while allegedly under the influence of drugs may be headed to trial. [Noozhawk] Michael Mallory, 37, who was acting as the public information officer for the... (Continue reading)

Thanksgiving day drive-by shooting in Santa Maria

Written on 23 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

A passenger traveling in a vehicle shot a man in Santa Maria early Thanksgiving morning. [KCOY] Santa Maria police say that a four-door, white Acura pulled up to a man walking home on the 600 block of W. Cypress Steet... (Continue reading)

More safety violations at Maldonado family farm

Written on 6 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 52 comments

Since Abel Maldonado announced his plans to run for congress, his 6,000-acre farm in Santa Maria has had three Cal/OSHA citations for issues regarding employee safety. Since the 1990s, Agro-Jal has accumulated dozens of Cal/OSHA violations and hundreds of thousands... (Continue reading)

Newspaper publishes phony anti-Lois Capps letter

Written on 23 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

The Santa Maria Times, on Saturday, posted a phony letter to the editor slamming Congresswoman Lois Capps’ performance and claiming a Democratic Club had refused to endorse the democratic candidate for the 23rd District. “As a Democratic Club we should... (Continue reading)

Gang members arrested for attempted murder and torture

Written on 11 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Santa Maria police arrested two gang members Wednesday for attempting to murder and torture of a man in June [KSBY]. Simon Gutierrez and Johnny Lugo stabbed the man, also a gang member, on North Broadway in Santa Maria, police said.... (Continue reading)

Oceano murder suspect’s friend wore a wire

Written on 28 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A Santa Maria gang member who has denied killing a teenager and wounding another during a drive-by shooting in Oceano, talked about the day of the murder with a friend who was wearing a wire. [SantaMariaTimes] During a preliminary hearing... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria teen claims officer raped her

Written on 14 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 56 comments

A former Police Explorer in Santa Maria filed a federal lawsuit on Aug. 7 against the city, members of its police department and the estate of Officer Albert Covarrubias Jr., alleging that Covarrubias used his position of authority to rape... (Continue reading)