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Driver hits parked cars, cars hit Cayucos homes

Written on 28 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Two vehicles rolled into Cayucos homes Sunday morning after a San Luis Obispo man fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into five parked cars. [Tribune] Robert Covey, 35, dozed off at 8:05 a.m. while traveling south on Highway 1,... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man dies in ATV crash

Written on 15 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A 69-year-old man died after crashing his ATV on his rural Paso Robles property Monday morning. The California Highway Patrol has identified the man as William Schaffer. The crash occurred around 9:30 a.m. Schaffer was driving a Kubota ATV, which... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police officer arrested for DUI

Written on 10 Sep, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 74 comments

A California Highway Patrol officer arrested a San Luis Obispo police officer Wednesday morning for driving under the influence and then released him without booking him into the county jail. At 2:22 a.m., a CHP officer discovered Travis Morris, 32,... (Continue reading)

Woman killed in SLO County crash

Written on 9 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A 20-year-old woman died Tuesday evening in a crash that also sparked a brush fire along Highway 166 east of Highway 33 in San Luis Obispo County. Shortly before 6 p.m., the Cuyama woman’s Chevrolet Suburban drifted off the road, went... (Continue reading)

KCOY anchor arrested for DUI, assault

Written on 7 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

Veteran KCOY news anchor Paula Lopez was arrested Sunday evening for driving under the influence and assaulting an officer after she allegedly drove the wrong way on U.S. Highway 101. At about 8 p.m., the California Highway Patrol received reports... (Continue reading)

Suspect in Goleta police chase falls on his knife

Written on 4 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Goleta man repeatedly stabbed himself in the chest and neck Thursday, but he survived with help from officers who were trying to arrest him. David Rosales Medina, 37, led California Highway Patrol officers on a chase that began on... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara motorcyclist evades police for 70 miles

Written on 24 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A motorcyclist reportedly reached speeds of up to 130 mph as he led law enforcement on a 70-mile chase across much of Santa Barbara County on Sunday. At around 1:45 p.m., a Guadalupe police offer observed Kaichi Sato, a 28-year-old... (Continue reading)

Man flees with handcuff on his wrist in Nipomo

Written on 21 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A Santa Maria man ran away from California Highway Patrol officers while he had a handcuff around his wrist, prompting an hours-long search in Nipomo. [KSBY] On Thursday morning, the CHP received a call about a possibly abandoned vehicle on... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach man Tased after threatening cop with shovel

Written on 19 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 39 comments

Officers Tased a man who used a broom and then a deadly shovel to assault a California Highway Patrol officer on Tuesday, according to the Grover Beach Police Department. Around 11 a.m., the CHP officer was working a traffic assignment... (Continue reading)

Templeton woman killed in crash identified

Written on 15 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The California Highway Patrol has identified Suzanne Tobey as the 80-year-old Templeton woman who was killed in a crash on Highway 101 in Paso Robles on Friday afternoon. Shortly after 4 p.m., Tobey drove her white 2004 Ford Explore onto... (Continue reading)