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Good riddance Hubner

Written on 31 Jul, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 2 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District has finally parted ways with their new administrator. In just over a year Gerhardt Hubner has turned what was a district emerging from a heavy cloud of litigation... (Continue reading)

Atascadero police sued over racial profiling

Written on 31 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

A lawsuit filed this month in San Luis Obispo Superior Court alleges Atascadero police unlawfully detained, questioned and searched a black man after spotting him with a white woman who happens to be his wife. The lawsuit alleges the Atascadero... (Continue reading)

Man stabs woman at Mitchell Park in SLO

Written on 30 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

While trying to stab a man during an altercation at Mitchell Park Friday night, a 37-year-old transient instead stabbed a woman who intervened, according to the San Luis Obispo Police Department. The woman survived the attacked, and officers tracked down... (Continue reading)

DUI rollover crash in Atascadero sends passenger to hospital

Written on 29 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A Visalia man who was driving under the influence of alcohol crashed his SUV on Highway 101 Friday morning, causing the vehicle to rollover and a passenger to end up in the hospital, according to the CHP. Around 7:20 a.m.,... (Continue reading)

Rattlesnake bites on the increase in SLO County

Written on 29 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

San Luis Obispo County hospitals have treated five people for rattlesnake bites this year, and treatment is not cheap. It cost about $30,000 a patient to treat rattlesnake bites. Rattlesnake season — when the snakes are not hibernating in their... (Continue reading)

California prosecutor and son of Watergate figure arrested for child porn

Written on 28 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A California deputy attorney general who is the son of a prominent figure from the Watergate scandal was arrested this week and charged in federal court with possession of child pornography. [Union-Tribune] Federal prosecutors say investigators found child porn at... (Continue reading)

DA’s office and city of SLO feud over ballot measure

Written on 28 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A feud has broken out between the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office and the city of San Luis Obispo over the city’s upcoming special election. The districts attorney’s Office says it appears the city unlawfully repealed the rental... (Continue reading)

Suspects on the run after stabbing in Bubblegum Alley

Written on 28 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Police are searching for three suspects involved in a stabbing in San Luis Obispo’s Bubblegum Alley last week. Around 12:30 a.m. on July 19, three Hispanic males physically assaulted a male victim at the popular tourist destination with one of... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach man charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting woman

Written on 27 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A 38-year-old Pismo Beach man is in San Luis Obispo County Jail on charges of kidnapping to commit rape and sexual penetration with a foreign object while the victim is intoxicated. Atascadero police arrested David Ebrahimi Ardebili in Paso Robles... (Continue reading)

Man arrested for slapping phone out of 12-year-old girl’s hand in Pismo Beach

Written on 27 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

After a video of the incident went viral on social media, Pismo Beach police arrested a 43-year-old Bakersfield man who slapped a phone out of the hands of a 12-year-old girl during an altercation at a South County gas station.... (Continue reading)