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Power outages and fires ravage California

Written on 30 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Large and small fires are burning in numerous California counties, and PG&E is continuing to preemptively shut off power to hundreds of thousands of residents, though many customers are having their electricity restored on Wednesday. [Cal Coast... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police searching for laundry thieves

Written on 30 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police are searching for a pair of thieves who allegedly stole about $500 worth of clothing from a laundry room at the Mustang Village apartment complex. [Cal Coast Times] Police Chief Deanna Cantrell posted... (Continue reading)

Tarzan actor Ron Ely’s son was unarmed when shot and killed

Written on 30 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

BY CCT STAFF The 30-year-old son of Tarzan actor Ron Ely feigned having a gun in an apparent suicide by officer at his parents’ Santa Barbara County home on Oct. 15. Responding to a report of a domestic dispute, deputies... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo consignment store owner accused of fraud

Written on 29 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The owner of a consignment store that operated at a single San Luis Obispo location for nearly 30 years before closing in May is facing charges for allegedly writing bad checks. The owner is also under investigation... (Continue reading)

Missing Lompoc man’s car found two years after his disappearance

Written on 29 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Investigators have found the wrecked vehicle of a Lompoc man who went missing nearly 2.5 years ago and whom still has not been found. [Cal Coast Times] Zachery Taylor Wilks, 27, left Lompoc late on May 24,... (Continue reading)

Truck crashes into 12-year-old walking to school in Atascadero

Written on 28 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A truck crashed into and injured a 12-year-old girl who was walking in a crosswalk in Atascadero on Monday morning. Shortly after 8 a.m., the girl was walking westbound in a crosswalk on El Camino Real near... (Continue reading)

California’s fires, evacuations and power outages

Written on 28 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN PG&E shut off power to nearly 1 million customers across Northern and Central California over the weekend, and a wildfire raging in Sonoma County resulted in nearly 200,000 people being forced to evacuate. Meanwhile, a wildfire is... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria hospital put on temporary lockdown

Written on 27 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By CCT STAFF After three people suffering stab wounds arrived at the Marian Regional Medical Center emergency room late Saturday afternoon, hospital administrators placed the hospital on a temporary lockdown. [KSBY] Shortly before 5 p.m., the hospital was placed on... (Continue reading)

Fire damages PetSmart in San Luis Obispo

Written on 27 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By CCT STAFF San Luis Obispo firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at the PetSmart off Froom Ranch Way on Friday morning. Shortly after 5 a.m., an employee arriving at work to find flames, smoke and water from sprinkler system inside... (Continue reading)

Woman, 2 children killed in crash on Highway 154

Written on 26 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By CCT STAFF A woman and two children were killed, a man was critically injured and a fire was started when a Camaro crashed head on into a sedan on Highway 154 on Friday, according to the Santa Barbara County... (Continue reading)