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Driver slams into Oceano power pole, spurs outage

Written on 7 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

More than 6,500 customers lost power Thursday after a woman crashed her vehicle into a power pole in Oceano. [Tribune] Shortly before 2 p.m., the woman lost control of her vehicle while driving on Halcyon Road. The vehicle then collided... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man accused of burglary, forgery sprees

Written on 7 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Following a several month investigation, Morro Bay police detectives arrested a man Wednesday for burglarizing businesses and stealing checks out of mailboxes, which he then forged to his name. Morro Bay resident Phong Thanh Tran, 44, allegedly burglarized the Dutchman... (Continue reading)

Capps edges Mitchum in testy congressional campaign

Written on 6 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 39 comments

Democratic Rep. Lois Capps won yet another election Tuesday, but she hardly cruised to victory as she has done many times in the past. Capps narrowly edged Republican challenger Chris Mitchum, who had far less financial backing, yet still managed... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles, Pismo Beach races too close to call

Written on 6 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Several candidates are bunched closely together in the Paso Robles and Pismo Beach city council races, leaving the elections in both cities too close to call at the conclusion of Tuesday night’s vote count. The San Luis Obispo County Clerk... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande cross burning convict receives reduced sentence

Written on 6 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A judge has shaved three years off the prison sentence of a San Simeon man currently in prison for his involvement in a 2011 cross-burning that occurred outside the home of an African American teen in Arroyo Grande. [Tribune] In... (Continue reading)

Fire burns small Los Osos home

Written on 6 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A small home burned in Los Osos Wednesday as firefighters struggled to avoid a downed power line that was obstructing their path to the blaze. Shortly before 3:30 p.m, an electrical issue sparked the fire that burned a 1,000 square-foot... (Continue reading)

More than 22,600 votes not yet counted

Written on 5 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

UPDATE: The number of votes not yet counted has risen to 24,948 votes because of election night non-processed votes. District 4 has 5,215 ballots remaining to be counted, Arroyo Grande has 2,095, Pismo Beach has 855 and Paso Robles has... (Continue reading)

CHP identifies man killed in Arroyo Grande crash

Written on 5 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The California Highway Patrol identified the man killed early Tuesday morning in a crash in rural Arroyo Grande as Raymond Mendoza of Oceano. Shortly before 4 a.m., the 21-year-old man was driving south on Los Berros Road when he crossed... (Continue reading)

SLO County voters back tax measures

Written on 5 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

San Luis Obispo county voters are showing few signs of tax fatigue. Voters in the cities of Atascadero, Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo each approved half-cent sales taxes Tuesday. Two school bond measure also passed — one countywide initiative... (Continue reading)

Lynn Compton wins supervisor seat

Written on 5 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 80 comments

Lynn Compton defeated incumbent San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Caren Ray on Tuesday night garnering conservatives’ control of the board. With all precincts reporting, Compton received 53.5 percent of the vote leaving Ray with 46.3 percent. A group of approximately... (Continue reading)