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Another body found in San Luis Obispo

Written on 4 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By CCT STAFF The San Luis Obispo Police Department is investigating the death of a person whose body was found on a city sidewalk Saturday morning. Shortly after 6 a.m., a caller reported a body on the 4400 block of... (Continue reading)

Fire damages mobile home in Pismo Beach

Written on 3 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By CCT STAFF A fire broke out in a mobile home at a Pismo Beach trailer park on Friday. Early Friday morning, callers reported a blaze at the Hacienda Del Pismo mobile home park, according to Cal Fire. Firefighters contained... (Continue reading)

Harrison resigns from SLO County Planning Commission

Written on 3 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 37 comments

By CCT STAFF Shortly after declining a Nipomo Citizen of the Year award, Jim Harrison resigned from the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission. Community members have voiced outrage over a group of Facebook posts Harrison shared which were highly... (Continue reading)

Planning commissioner gives up Nipomo Citizen of the Year award

Written on 3 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By CCT STAFF Amid outrage over Facebook posts highly critical of Islam and linking Democrats to Nazis, San Luis Obispo County Planning Commissioner Jim Harrison has turned down the Nipomo Citizen of the Year award he was previously slated to... (Continue reading)

Government watchdog challenges career politician

Written on 3 Jan, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL I identified as a traditional democrat for half my life because then and now, I wanted the little guy to have a fighting chance! This has to do with my life experience. I grew up relatively... (Continue reading)

Construction halted at SLO marijuana shop

Written on 3 Jan, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By CCT STAFF San Luis Obispo inspectors halted construction at a marijuana retail shop last month because the applicants had failed to procure a building permit. In November, the owners of Megan’s Organic Market, Megan Souza and Eric Powers, were... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach police searching for armed robbery suspect

Written on 2 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By CCT STAFF Police are searching for an armed man who robbed a store in the Pismo Beach Outlets on Thursday. At about 1:22 p.m., the man walked into Vitamin World, brandished a handgun and demanded cash. The robber then... (Continue reading)

Car drives off California cliff, then disappears

Written on 2 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By CCT STAFF An SUV missed a turn on Highway 1 in San Mateo County on Monday, plunged off a cliff and then disappeared along with its driver. [Mercury News] Dash cam footage shows the SUV missing the turn and... (Continue reading)

Man stabbed, another assaulted in Santa Maria

Written on 2 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By CCT STAFF A suspect or suspects stabbed a man and assaulted another, leaving him with head trauma, early in the morning on New Year’s Day in Santa Maria. At about 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, callers reported the attack in... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man accused of attempting to burn down a church

Written on 1 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By CCT STAFF A 27-year-old man was arrested on New Years Eve for allegedly attempting to burn down Saint Mary of the Assumption Church in Santa Maria. At about 9 a.m on Wednesday, church staff discovered a man burning objects... (Continue reading)