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February, 2021

Multiple employees flee California’s unemployment agency

Written on 15 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN More than 1,500 staff and managers have departed California’s fraud-stricken unemployment agency since coronavirus measures took effect last March. [LA Times] Last month, officials acknowledged the state of California has paid out at least $11 billion in... (Continue reading)

Home invasion suspect identified as SLO resident

Written on 14 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department has identified the man who assaulted an elderly woman during a home invasion in San Luis Obispo as 38-year-old Johnny Jesse Roman Jr. On Saturday morning, Roman allegedly invaded a home on the... (Continue reading)

Two San Luis Obispo police officers on paid administrative leave

Written on 14 Feb, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department has placed two officers on paid administrative leave over the past three months. Law enforcement officers are routinely put on leave during investigations into potential wrongdoing. Officer Blake Etherton has been... (Continue reading)

Deputies describe SLO home invasion suspect

Written on 14 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office describes the thief who robbed and injured an elderly woman during a home invasion Saturday in rural SLO as an approximately 6 feet tall, gray haired, heavyset man in his 60s. In the... (Continue reading)

Deputies searching for suspect in home invasion in rural SLO

Written on 13 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man accused of a home invasion in rural SLO and the theft of a truck on Saturday, according to investigators. In the morning, a man allegedly invaded a home on... (Continue reading)

SLO Brew closing downtown location after three decades in business

Written on 13 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN After more than three decades of operating in downtown San Luis Obispo, SLO Brew is permanently closing its central establishment. The Carrisa by SLO Brew is closing in large part because of coronavirus business restrictions. The downtown... (Continue reading)

$2,500 reward in San Luis Obispo anti-Semitism case

Written on 13 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is offering a reward of $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for anti-Semitic graffiti found on a Jewish fraternity house in San Luis Obispo last weekend. Between... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay teacher allegedly sent sexually explicit texts to students

Written on 12 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A female Morro Bay High School student alleges former teacher Tyler Andree pursued a relationship with her, and he also exchanged sexually explicit messages with her. [Tribune] Police arrested Andree, 24, on Monday for allegedly having sex with an underage... (Continue reading)

Indoor dining and hair care reopening soon in SLO County

Written on 11 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

If San Luis Obispo County continues to have low coronavirus positivity rates, multiple businesses can either reopen or relax restrictions as the county moves from the purple to the red tier as soon as next week, said Dr. Penny Borenstein,... (Continue reading)

Person of interest in Kristin Smart disappearance arrested on a weapons charge

Written on 11 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Paul Flores, the lone suspect in the Kristin Smart disappearance case, was arrested on a weapons charge on Thursday. Los Angeles police officers arrested Flores in Rancho Palos Verdes on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm.... (Continue reading)