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Vandenberg launches rocket with secret payload

Written on 6 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A rocket with a secret payload launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base late Thursday night. [NBC 13] The 19-story-tall Atlas V rocket launched around 11:15 p.m. Thursday and headed toward low-Earth orbit. It is unknown what is onboard, but the... (Continue reading)

Man barricades himself in Oceano mobile home

Written on 6 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A parolee barricaded himself in a motor home at the Pismo Sands RV Park in Oceano on Thursday. Responding to reports of shots fired, San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the park and heard additional gun shots. Deputies then... (Continue reading)

Officers shoot wrong-way driver in Santa Barbara County

Written on 5 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputy and a California Highway Patrol officer shot and wounded a man driving a pick-up truck the wrong way in neighborhood outside of Goleta. [KCOY] Around 8 p.m. Wednesday, the CHP issued an alert about... (Continue reading)

15 arrested in SLO County drug ring with ties to Mexican cartels

Written on 5 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Special Operations Unit arrested 15 members of a suspected drug trafficking ring with ties to Mexican cartels during a bust Wednesday morning. The bust spanned three counties and concluded a five-month investigation into a... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach lodge permit approved

Written on 5 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The Grover Beach City Council unanimously approved a coastal development permit Monday to construct an 11,000-square-foot conference center and a lodge in Grover Beach near the entrance to the Oceano Dunes. The council also approved the project’s architectural plans. This... (Continue reading)

Gambling addiction leads to bank robbery?

Written on 4 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Investigators are looking at a Paso Robles man’s gambling addiction as a possible motive for his alleged robbery of a Cambria bank. [KSBY] Last Month, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Valentine at his Heritage Ranch home for the... (Continue reading)

Fire evacuates SLO Old Navy shoppers

Written on 4 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A ventilation system fire prompted the evacuation of the San Luis Obispo Old Navy store Tuesday evening. San Luis Obispo firefighters responded to the fire at Old Navy around 7:16 p.m. Tuesday and promptly extinguished the flames. The fire occurred... (Continue reading)

Salvation Army bell ringers banned from Arroyo Grande plaza

Written on 4 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

Salvation Army bells will not be ringing in front of the Arroyo Grande Walmart this Christmas season. [Tribune] The Five Cities Center, a shopping plaza that includes Walmart and Albertsons, has banned fundraising in front of its stores. “I love... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay negotiating separation agreement with city manager

Written on 4 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 151 comments

The Morro Bay City Council’s special attorney Steven Simas is negotiating a separation agreement with City Manager Andrea Lueker. [Tribune] The council spent an hour and a half in closed session Tuesday deliberating a severance package for Lueker but did... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach woman found dead in parking lot

Written on 3 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Three passers-by found the body of a 50-year-old Grover Beach woman Saturday afternoon in shrubbery next to a shopping center parking lot. [Tribune] The passers-by noticed the woman around 4:08 p.m. Saturday near the 100 block of South 16th Street... (Continue reading)