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Court overturns part of conviction in Arroyo Grande cross burning case

Written on 17 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A California appellate court has overturned two of the four convictions of a San Simeon man currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for his involvement in the 2011 cross-burning incident in Arroyo Grande. [Tribune] In June 2012, a San Luis... (Continue reading)

New red panda cubs at the Charles Paddock Zoo

Written on 16 Oct, 2014 in Discovered, Featured | One comment

The City of Atascadero and the Charles Paddock Zoo  announced Thursday the arrival of two new red panda cubs at the zoo. The cubs were born at the zoo on June 26, but have been kept under wraps until zoo... (Continue reading)

Five San Luis Obispo radio stations to be sold to new media company

Written on 16 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A new media company, Dimes Media of Camarillo, announced it has entered into an agreement with Mapleton Communications to purchase five San Luis Obispo market radio stations. The five stations are the first Dimes Media acquisition. Mapleton is attempting to... (Continue reading)

Sex offender spotted near SLO school, then arrested for parole violation

Written on 16 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a registered sex offender Tuesday who was spotted walking in front of an elementary school. But, the arrest had no relation to Robert Anthony Menendez’s presence near Sinsheimer Elementary. Rather, police arrested Menendez, a 35-year-old... (Continue reading)

Did Santa Maria police catch serial robbers?

Written on 16 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Following a string of 10 reported robberies in two weeks in the Santa Maria area, police have made three arrests in connection with one of the cases. [KSBY] Santa Maria police arrested David Wilkerson, 18, and two juveniles for robbing... (Continue reading)

Sixty-year-old Guadalupe man arrested for raping 6-year-old

Written on 16 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Guadalupe police arrested a 60-year-old man Tuesday who is accused of raping a 6-year-old child. [KSBY] Juan Hernandez Lopez, of Guadalupe, is charged with rape, intercourse with a child under 10, lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14,... (Continue reading)

SF Bay Guardian shutters after 48 years

Written on 15 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

One of the West’s first and most widely-known alternative newspapers, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, closed its doors Tuesday. Editor Steven T. Jones, a former star reporter for San Luis Obispo’s New Times, said the announcement took his entire staff... (Continue reading)

Big guns show for Arroyo Grande Council meeting

Written on 15 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 157 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Arroyo Grande city officials imported backup law enforcement fire power for Tuesday’s council meeting, but a tightly-regimented gathering of citizens remained in check as debate surrounding a July 3 City Hall incident continued to simmer. At Police... (Continue reading)

Dirty dealings at Arroyo Grande Council meeting

Written on 15 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 61 comments

OPINION By TORY RAND As I walked into the Arroyo Grande City Council Chambers on the evening of Oct. 14, after having done so many times over the last year, I immediately noticed one thing, instead of the usual six... (Continue reading)

Dying Lompoc woman names her killer

Written on 15 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

As she was dying, a Lompoc woman named the man who is believed to have fatally shot her Monday night. [KEYT] Lompoc police found the woman in the backyard of a home in the 300 block of North Daisy Street,... (Continue reading)