2 injured in CVS armed robbery
Ventura police are searching for two men involved in a brutal armed robbery of a CVS store on Friday that sent two employees to the hospital. Both employees were in stable condition on Friday. At...
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Author: Karen Velie
California Coastal Commission episode reignites fight
OPINION by STEVEN T. JONES I was struck by two things this week while witnessing the firing of the director of the California Coastal Commission: Dr. Charles Lester’s ouster should outrage all...
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Man stabbed during argument over sunglasses
One man is in the hospital with three stab wounds and another is in jail following a violent dispute over a pair of sunglasses outside the Sportsman in Santa Barbara on Wednesday. Shortly after...
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Judge rules: Atascadero sub-basin part of Paso Robles basin
By KAREN VELIE A Santa Clara County judge ruled Wednesday that the Atascadero sub-basin is part of the Paso Robles basin raising new questions regarding an offset ordinance and a proposed water...
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Partisanship and participation: A reply to Matt Kokkonen
OPINION by MICHAEL LATNER On Jan. 30, candidate for the 24th Congressional District Matt Kokkonen published an editorial in CalCoastNews, in response to his not being initially invited to a...
Read MoreElderly AG woman led police on high-speed chase
A 70-year-old Arroyo Grande woman led California Highway Patrol officers on a chase in Santa Barbara County on Tuesday that covered more than 20 miles. The CHP is investigating whether she was drunk at the time. [KSBY] Shortly...
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Report: Water district plan endangers basin’s future
By DANIEL BLACKBURN A new, wide-reaching state law ostensibly intended to “sustain” water basins throughout California actually opens the door to privatization of the Paso Robles aquifer, according...
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Depressed man suspected of torching Los Osos home
A depressed man is suspected of starting a fire in Los Osos on Monday afternoon that completely destroyed his home and seriously burned him. [KSBY] In the early afternoon, the family of Mark Hannah,...
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2 stabbed, 8 arrested in Santa Maria
In two separate altercations Saturday in Santa Maria, eight people were arrested and two ended up in the hospital. Shortly before 2 a.m., officers were dispatched to an altercation on the 600 block...
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Sanitation district employee speaks out
Opinion by Scott Mascolo I am the first of two people to be terminated by former administrator John Wallace from the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District for standing up for what we...
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California overpaid employees more than $700,000
California overpaid at least $700,000 to state employees last month. And now the state wants the money back. Approximately 20,000 state employees got too much money in their paychecks. The state...
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Santa Maria farms laying off 878 workers
By John Lindt, publisher of Sierra2theSea Some strawberry fields are not forever. El Dorado Berry Farms, a family owned and operated farming company which has grown its own strawberries and...
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Former Grover Beach police chief double dipping again
By KAREN VELIE Grover Beach Police Chief Jim Copsey is slated to again receive a salary and pension simultaneously while he works as interim city manager following City Manager Robert...
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SLO father and son arrested for fatal stabbing
A father-son duo from San Luis Obispo were arrested this week for the December 2014 murder of a 14-year-old boy in Northern California. The teen was stabbed in Eureka and left bleeding for more than...
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5 officials in Texas city arrested for corruption
All but one top official in Crystal City, Texas was arrested Thursday under a federal indictment that accuses them of taking bribes and having city employees perform work at an illegal gambling...
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