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State audit finds lax oversight fosters judicial misconduct

Written on 29 Apr, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

An audit of California’s judicial performance agency found that weaknesses in its oversight have created opportunities for judicial misconduct to persist, according to the audit. On Thursday, California State Auditor Elaine M. Howle released a report on flaws in the... (Continue reading)

Firefighters free a woman after she crashed into a tree

Written on 29 Apr, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A woman suffered major injuries and needed to be extricated from her vehicle after crashing into a tree on Saturday in Atascadero. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 3 p.m., the woman’s car slammed into a tree alongside Highway 41 near... (Continue reading)

California killer with pentagram tattoo beheads his cellmate

Written on 29 Apr, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A man already serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for murder allegedly tortured and beheaded his cellmate in what authorities are describing as a sadistic act. [LA Times] On the morning of March 9, guards at Corcoran... (Continue reading)

Gong threatens to close North County office, without more funding

Written on 28 Apr, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Clerk Recorder Tommy Gong plans to close the North County office, which is located above the Atascadero Library, unless the Board of Supervisors increases his funding, Gong said. [Cal Coast Times] County administrators... (Continue reading)

Man killed in ATV crash at Oceano Dunes

Written on 28 Apr, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A man was killed at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area Friday afternoon in a single vehicle accident. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 2 p.m., a 35-year-old Sacramento man was riding with a group of friends when he broke... (Continue reading)

Creston man accused of fabricating stolen car alibi

Written on 27 Apr, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Officers arrested a Creston man on Friday for falsely claiming his truck, which was involved in a hit-and-run accident in Atascadero, had been stolen. [Cal Coast Times] On April 3, Richard Lawrence Gonzalez’s truck made an unsafe lane change on... (Continue reading)

Masked man robs bank in San Luis Obispo

Written on 27 Apr, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Police are looking for a suspect wearing an “old man” mask and sunglasses who robbed the U.S. Bank in San Luis Obispo on Friday. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 5 p.m., the male suspect entered the U.S. Bank at 3991... (Continue reading)

SLO nursing home sued over woman’s death

Written on 27 Apr, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

An elderly woman died after a San Luis Obispo nursing facility administered too much insulin to her, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed on Wednesday by the woman’s family. [KSBY] In Aug. 2017, Kathleen Hutchinson, 85, when she moved... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach marijuana shop owner charged for illegal grow

Written on 26 Apr, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Santa Barbara County prosecutors have filed charges against the co-owner of a Grover Beach pot shop, who is accused of providing fraudulent information used to obtain licensing for a marijuana grow in Los Alamos. [KSBY] Brian Touey has pleaded not guilty... (Continue reading)

SLO High computer lab arsonist accused of serial shoplifting

Written on 26 Apr, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

One of the three men convicted of setting fire to the San Luis Obispo High computer lab in 2016 returned to court this week for a shoplifting case in which prosecutors allege he stole hundreds of dollars worth of products... (Continue reading)