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HEALTHY LIVING

Red Cross: Many hurricane deaths could have been prevented

Posted 11:44 AM 5/23/2013 by NBC News

The American Red Cross has analyzed deaths associated with Hurricane Sandy and found many of them might have been prevented.

Sandy made landfall along the northeastern coast last October.

The Red Cross recorded 117 deaths, many due to drowning.

Forty-five percent of those deaths (More)
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Muslim hardliners ID London terror suspect

Posted 11:42 AM 5/23/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON (AP) - Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun.

Former al-Muhajiroun head Anjem Choudary identified the man as (More)
TRUE VIEW 6 WEATHER

Winds will whip the Central Coast again today

Posted 11:40 AM 5/23/2013 by Dave Hovde

A wind advisory is in place for the coastal areas of SLO and SB county until 9pm tonight.

Gusty west to northwest winds are expected this afternoon and evening for the Central Coast and the antelope valley. There will still be gusty conditions through the mountains and below passes and (More)
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Winds continue to produce marine advisories

Posted 11:34 AM 5/23/2013 by Dave Hovde

A gale warning remains in effect until 3 am Friday for northwest winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts between 30 to 35 knots through early Friday morning.

That will make steep short-period seas that will will range from 7 to 12 feet.

A gale warning means winds of 34 to 47 knots are (More)
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Winds crank today and remain breezy into the weekend

Posted 11:28 AM 5/23/2013 by Dave Hovde

Gusty northwest winds will continue today across the central coast and while it will not be as windy over the holiday weekend it'll still be breezy in the afternoons. An area of low pressure will linger over the western United States through early next week with areas of night through morning low (More)
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CALIFORNIA NEWS

Gov. Brown keeps pressing climate change crusade

Posted 11:23 AM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown is warning scientists and policymakers that they are losing the war on climate change and urged them to become advocates for the planet. He calls the challenge "daunting." A team of climate change experts gave Brown a new (More)
PISMO BEACH

UPDATE: Body of woman hit and killed by train in Pismo found

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Posted 11:12 AM 5/23/2013 by Donna Winnick, KSBY News

A train struck and killed a female pedestrian in Pismo Beach shortly after 9 last night.

The incident took place in the area of Frady Lane and the 101 overpass.

During the course of the investigation, Pismo Beach Police found that the woman was attempting to cross the railroad (More) • Video (1)
SANTA MARIA

Eleventh person charged in Ibarra murder

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Posted 10:56 AM 5/23/2013 by Katie Ferber & Cameron Polom, KSBY News

An eleventh person has been charged in the murder of Anthony Ibarra, the Santa Maria man killed in March.

Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley said Ramon Maldonado, Junior, 14, has been charged with first degree murder with a gang enhancement in Ibarra's death. He is the son (More) • Video (1)

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CENTRAL COAST

Former Moore, Oklahoma woman tells of daughter's ordeal during tornado

Posted 10:44 AM 5/23/2013 by Kathy Kuretich

A woman who lived in Moore, Oklahoma for decades before moving to Pismo Beach in 1991 spoke exclusively with KSBY, Wednesday. Her daughter, a teacher at Moore Central Junior High, as well as her seventh and eighth grade students were inside their school when the tornado ripped through her town. (More) • Video (1)
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NATIONAL NEWS

Lawmakers square off over scheduled hike in student loan rates

Posted 10:42 AM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. House says student loans' interest rates should be pegged to the financial markets. The House on Thursday passed a bill that would tie interest rates to 10-year Treasury bills. The measure would head off a doubling of interest rates on subsidized Stafford (More)
NATIONAL NEWS

Experts predict busy hurricane season

Posted 10:35 AM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. The prediction by the National Oceanic and (More)
LOCAL SPOTLIGHT

Righetti welders take state title

Posted 10:18 AM 5/23/2013 by Dan Shadwell

Righetti High School has quite the welding team. In fact, they just won the state championship.. and as anyone can tell you who's ever worked with a super-hot, finicky substance, that's as much an art, and that's today's Local Spotlight... You can almost think of the team members as (More)