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Police cruiser crashes during high-speed chase

Written on 31 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Atascadero police arrested a Creston man who led officers on a high-speed chase Monday that ended with a wrecked police cruiser. On Monday at about 2:50 a.m., two Atascadero police officers attempted to pull over a car for vehicle code... (Continue reading)

Atascadero residents trying to refill lake

Written on 31 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A group of concerned residents is attempting to refill the nearly dry Atascadero Lake. [Tribune] Friends of Atascadero Lake is proposing drilling a well at a home on the 8300 block of Portola Road and piping the water to the... (Continue reading)

Meth seized in Cayucos and Morro Bay

Written on 31 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs | 3 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office arrested three suspected drug dealers and seized 7 ounces of methamphetamine  this week in Cayucos and Morro Bay. On Tuesday afternoon, a sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in Cayucos... (Continue reading)

Driver takes aim at downtown SLO law firm

Written on 30 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A speeding driver crashed through a white picket fence in downtown San Luis Obispo Monday and came to a stop on the lawn in front of a law firm. [KSBY] On Monday afternoon, a driver in a white car was... (Continue reading)

Cuesta places $275 million bond on ballot

Written on 30 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

The Cuesta College Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to place a $275 million bond measure on the November ballot. If 55 percent of voters approve of the initiative, San Luis Obispo County property owners will receive annual assessments of... (Continue reading)

Soldier run over by truck at Camp San Luis

Written on 30 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A truck crashed into a female National Guard soldier at Camp San Luis Obispo on Monday and then rolled over her lower body. The 31-year-old soldier suffered major injuries and was airlifted to a Fresno hospital for emergency surgery. Her... (Continue reading)

Robert’s Restaurant owner sentenced to one year for theft

Written on 29 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The owner of Robert’s Restaurant and Wine Bar in Paso Robles was sentenced Tuesday to one year in jail for stealing from a 99-year-old woman. Robert Clouston, 50, pleaded no contest to two felony counts of theft from an elderly... (Continue reading)

Sunken car in Laguna Lake had been stolen

Written on 29 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The Subaru station wagon found in Laguna Lake on Sunday had been missing since 2006 and was previously stolen, according to the San Luis Obispo Police Department. Police officials said that the station wagon had been reported stolen in Pismo... (Continue reading)

Average California teacher makes approximately $85,000

Written on 29 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 54 comments

The average full-time public school teacher in the state of California earns $84,889 a year. [LA Times] That figure and many others detailing school district employee pay are available in an online database recently released by Transparent California, an offshoot... (Continue reading)

Attack outside Mid-State Fair deemed a hate crime

Written on 29 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

A 25-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly assaulted an African-American man while yelling racist remarks outside the California Mid-State Fair last week. [Tribune] On July 20 shortly after 10 p.m., Ernest Martin, 50, left the fair and was walking... (Continue reading)