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GOLETA – Police departments throughout the Central Coast will be joined by the CHP with the singular focus of keeping the roads free of drunk drivers and those under the influence. More than 250 checkpoints will take place in the state through Jan. 3. Law enforcement officers say they hear a lot of stories when [...]
ARROYO GRANDE – Who shot two horses, one mortally wounded, at the Varian Arabians Horse Complex in rural Arroyo Grande, and why? San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies are trying to answer those questions. Varian’s staff told investigators they heard multiple gun shots from the nearby roadway around 8:30 Wednesday night. While checking the pasture [...]
SANTA BARBARA – Sergio Quintana, the suspect in the Christmas Day stabbing, was arraigned Thursday, represented by Santa Barbara defense attorney Joseph Martinez. Quintana entered not guilty pleas to both counts; attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, in Santa Barbara County Superior Court. Senior Deputy District Attorney Joyce Dudley formally filed special allegations, [...]
CAMARILLO – A man was killed and his wife critically injured in a house fire in Camarillo this morning. Rodeline Garcia Conde, 56, was pulled from his home by firefighters at around 7 a.m. Paramedics pronounced him dead a few minutes later, said Craig Stevens, a Ventura County senior deputy medical examiner. Conde’s wife was [...]
WASHINGTON,DC – Federal health officials said Wednesday they have cut billions of dollars from the projected cost of a program to push doctors and hospitals to use electronic medical records, suggesting their previous estimates overstated the number of health care providers likely to adopt the technology. The goal to create a digital health record for [...]
WASHINGTON, DC- There has been a lot of discussion online and in the mainstream media about our response to various critics of the President, specifically former Vice President Cheney, who have been coming out of the woodwork since the incident on Christmas Day. I think we all agree that there should be honest debate about these [...]
SACRAMENTO – Hammered by a housing downturn that contributed to the state’s budget crisis, California is boosting protections for home buyers and punishing brokers who mislead borrowers and steer them into costly loans. Statutes requiring individual loan officers to register with the state, making it a crime to give inaccurate information during the mortgage-application process [...]
HAWAII -President Obama will receive a report Thursday detailing how some government agencies failed to share or highlight potentially relevant information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before he allegedly tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, while others were insufficiently aggressive in seeking out what was known about him, administration officials said Wednesday. [...]
SACRAMENTO – On Jan. 1, 2010, a slew of new California laws will go into effect, intended to help finance transportation projects, improve safety for emergency vehicles and tow trucks, and crack down on DUI offenders. “The new laws are designed to make our roadways a safe place for motorists,” said California Highway Patrol Commissioner [...]