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Nipomo man facing 70 additional assault charges

Written on 27 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By CCT STAFF The Monterey County District Attorney’s office added an additional 70 charges on Monday against a Nipomo man who is suspected of shooting dozens of projectiles at vehicles driving on several highways in Monterey  and San Benito counties.... (Continue reading)

Pedestrian killed in Grover Beach identified

Written on 27 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

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... (Continue reading)

Two cases of coronavirus confirmed in California

Written on 27 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

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... (Continue reading)

Famed 3 Mule nomad arrested in Paso Robles

Written on 26 Jan, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 31 comments

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... (Continue reading)

Local man stabbed, murdered in Morro Bay

Written on 26 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

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... (Continue reading)

Vigil held for murdered Oceano activist

Written on 26 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

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... (Continue reading)

Oceano board to revisit vote to punish outspoken member

Written on 25 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

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... (Continue reading)

Once upon a time in the Cayucos Tavern

Written on 24 Jan, 2020 in Discovered, Featured | 10 comments

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... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay police arrest burglars posing as maintenance workers

Written on 24 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By CCT STAFF A man and woman allegedly wore yellow vests and posed as workers Thursday while burglarizing a facility’s laundry room in Morro Bay, but they were confronted by a witness and later arrested. Shortly before 5 p.m., the... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man suspected of shooting projectiles at vehicles

Written on 24 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Officers arrested a Nipomo man on who is suspected of shooting projectiles at vehicles driving on several highways in Monterey  and San Benito counties, according to the CHP. Since Feb. 19, 2019, the CHP has investigated 69 incidents of projectiles... (Continue reading)