By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office employee left his handgun in a public bathroom at the county jail on Monday morning, after which
–A San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office rural crime deputy, along with a North County resident deputy came upon a case of possible animal neglect last month while conducting an unrelated animal neglect investigation in California Valley.
Five domestic pigs were found to be in an enclosure, standing in nearly two feet of mud, with no food or water. The pigs were in distress due to the near-freezing temperatures while half-submerged in mud. The owner of the livestock was nowhere to be found, and it appeared that the animals were abandoned. Deputies made the conditions habitable for the pigs, gave them food and water, and left a note for the property owner to contact the sheriff’s office.