House fire in Arroyo Grande
Correction: Early reports from several sources witnessing the fire from a neighboring home that the fire was a home on Garden Street or Nelson Street were incorrect. A fire started in a backyard shed on Whiteley Street and spread to a four unit building on Ide Street in Arroyo Grande...
Man killed in fall from Santa Maria Mall parking garage
A body was discovered Saturday afternoon on the road outside the Santa Maria Town Center parking garage. Police investigators have not yet said whether they suspect the cause of the fall to be accidental or criminal. At about 5:15 p.m., police received reports that a victim had fallen from the...
Is Marx flip-flopping on rental inspection ordinance?
Amid public outrage over a rental inspection program, San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx asked city staff to put the city’s rental inspection ordinance on a March agenda for review and discussion. Marx said she selected a date five months away in order to provide staff time to gather information...
Man arrested for violent Pismo Beach carjacking
Pismo Beach police arrested a man suspected of a violent carjacking and stabbing Saturday night. Shortly after 7 p.m., a man was leaving Coco’s Restaurant on Five Cities Drive in Pismo Beach when the suspect stabbed him in the parking lot and took off in his black Ford truck. Police found...
Post Diablo suggestions lacking
OPINION by GORDON MULLIN After reading the extensive opinion piece by the Tribune’s editorial board, “Seeking economic help post-Diablo Canyon,” I was struck not so much with the suggestions proffered but by the absence of any proposals that will, in fact, work. The Trib’s litany of suggestions to alleviate the...
Santa Barbara police officer headed to jail for fraud
A 28-year-old Santa Barbara police officer was sentenced Friday to 120 days in jail for workers compensation fraud, according to Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley Jacob Finerty pled to four counts of felony workers’ compensation fraud. Following a recommendation from the Santa Barbara County Probation Department, Judge...
SLO man dies after questionable fall from rooftop
The body of a 72-year-old man was discovered Friday afternoon on the first floor rooftop of the Anderson Hotel on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo. He had fallen from an apartment on an undisclosed upper floor. Police investigators are working to determine if the man’s fall was criminal or...
