Pedestrian killed in Grover Beach identified
By CCT STAFF The Grover Beach Police Department has identified 33-year-old Justin Dean Truman Kissinger of Arroyo Grande as the pedestrian killed by a vehicle last week. Shortly before 7 p.m. on Jan. 21, Kissinger was walking across North Oak Park Boulevard near Brighton Avenue when he was struck by...
Two cases of coronavirus confirmed in California
The deadly coronavirus has spread to California; health officials have confirmed one individual each in Los Angeles and Orange counties have tested positive for the virus. [LA Times] In both of the Southern California cases, the virus was brought by travelers from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak. The...
Famed 3 Mule nomad arrested in Paso Robles
By CCT STAFF After ordering John Sears to stop walking with his mules on Nacimiento Lake Drive near Paso Robles, on Thursday afternoon a CHP officer arrested the 72-year-old esteemed nomad for resisting arrest and placed his mules into San Luis Obispo County Animal Services custody. Sears, who goes by...
Local man stabbed, murdered in Morro Bay
By CCT STAFF During an altercation at a storage unit in Morro Bay, a 53-year-old man allegedly stabbed and killed a 58-year-old man on Saturday afternoon, police said. Shortly before 4 p.m., the two Morro Bay residents, Sean Maneely and Andrew McTaggart, began yelling at one another before entering into...
Vigil held for murdered Oceano activist
A group of about 40 people participated in a candlelight vigil Saturday in remembrance of Lawrence Bross, a 90 year old Oceano resident who was killed in his own home one year ago. At the candlelight vigil hosted by the Oceano Beach Community Association, attendees honored the activist and retired...
Oceano board to revisit vote to punish outspoken member
By CCT STAFF Responding to public outrage, Oceano Community Services District Board members voted Wednesday to reconsider all committee assignments. In an attempt to control a director’s speech, the Oceano board voted 3-2 in December to bar Director Cynthia Replogle from any committee, liaison or subject matter assignments for one...
Once upon a time in the Cayucos Tavern
Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin. By DELL FRANKLIN Once upon a time, and especially when I first moved here in the late 1980s, the...
