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THE POZO FIRE, BURNING IN NORTH-EASTERN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY (NEAR HIGHWAY 58 AND SANTA MARGARITA) IS 100 PERCENT CONTAINED. FIREFIGHTERS WILL REMAIN ON-SCENE MOPPING-UP, AND MAKING SURE THERE ARE NO FLARE-UPS IN THE AREA. THE BRUSHFIRE BURNED 11 HUNDRED AND 51 ACRES. NO STRUCTURES WERE THREATENED BY THIS WILDLAND BLAZE.
LOCAL PEST CONTROL COMPANIES SAY CALLS TO ERADICATE BED BUGS HAVE INCREASED IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. THE INCREASE OF PEOPLE TRAVELING SEEMS TO BE THE COMMON FACTOR IN MOST OF THE INFESTATIONS OF THE TINY BUG. PEST CONTROL EXPERTS RECOMMEND WASHING ALL CLOTHES AFTER RETURNING FROM A TRIP…AND DRYING THEM ON HIGH, BECAUSE HEAR WILL KILL THE EIGHT-OF-AN-INCH LONG BUGS.
A FORMER BEN LOMOND MARKET MANAGER HAS BEEN ORDERED TO STAND TRIAL ON CHARGES OF KILLING A CO-WORKER. 41 YEAR-OLD MICHAEL McCLISH IS CHARGED WITH KILLING JOANNA “ASHA” VEIL AND HER UNBORN DAUGHTER BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2006. IF HE IS CONVICTED ON ALL OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, McCLISH COULD FACE LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.
McCLISH IS CURRENTLY SERVING AN 18-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR A SEX CRIME CONVICTION.
A FINAL DECISION IS EXPECTED TO BE MADE NEXT WEEK ABOUT WHO WILL PRODUCE THIS WINTER’S MAVERICK’S BIG WAVE SURF CONTEST. ALTHOUGH STAFF MEMBERS WITH THE SAN MATEO COUNTY HARBOR DISTRICT HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT MAVERICK’S SURF VENTURES CONTINUE DOING IT, A NEW NON-PROFIT GROUP KNOWN AS THE JAY MORIARTY SURFERS GROUP THINKS IT’S BECOME TOO COMMERCIALIZED. THE NON-PROFIT WANTS TO PRODUCE THE WORLD-RENOWNED EVENT THIS YEAR.
HARBOR DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION NEXT WEDNESDAY, AT A MEETING THAT IS SLATED TO BEGIN AT 7 P.M.
A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST NIGHT IN NORTH MONTEREY COUNTY. HE WAS FOUND AROUND 9:30 P.M. IN HIS MAHER ROAD DRIVEWAY. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.