Daily Briefs


Solvang man and his plane missing

Two full days of searching have turned up no trace of a plane piloted by a Solvang man that disappeared earlier this week over the high country of Yosemite National Park. [Noozhawk] The plane was en route from the Santa... (Continue reading)

Body of San Miguel man found in riverbed

The San Luis Obispo County Coroner’s Office identified the body of a man found deceased in a riverbed in the San Miguel area as 54-year-old Clifton Bruce Roberts of San Miguel. The sheriff’s office says Robert’s body was lying in... (Continue reading)

Driver crashes into San Luis Obispo liquor store

A driver crashed into the building of Laurel Lane Liquors Thursday morning in San Luis Obispo, destroying many wine bottles. [Tribune] The driver allegedly ran a stop sign on Augusta Street at Laurel Lane around 10:15 a.m. The car drove... (Continue reading)

Sonic boom from F-22 rocks the Central Coast

An F-22 fighter aircraft flying off the coast of California caused a sonic boom that shook the Central Coast Thursday morning, according to an Edwards Air Force Base spokesman. People all over San Luis Obispo County said they felt shaking... (Continue reading)

ASH employees violently assaulted

An Atascadero State Hospital patient spent the night in San Luis Obispo County Jail following a violent assault on two ASH employees that left one in the hospital. Two psychology technicians were attempting to break up an altercation involving two... (Continue reading)

George Taylor pleads guilty to assisting wife’s suicide

Longtime Los Osos resident George Taylor plead guilty Wednesday to assisting the suicide of his wife Gewynn and will appear in San Luis Obispo Superior Court for sentencing on Jan. 16. [KCOY] Taylor, 86, agreed to a suicide pact with... (Continue reading)

California gun sales skyrocket after school shooting

In the aftermath of an election and another school shooting, firearm sales in California are at an all-time high. [PressEnterprise] Friday’s shooting at a Connecticut school in which a gunman shot and killed 20 children and six adults with a... (Continue reading)

California college goes in lockdown after report of gunman

San Jose City College went into lockdown Tuesday evening following the report of a gunman on campus. [Mercury News] A call to police around 4:30 p.m. warned of a gunman in the Technology Center on the San Jose City College... (Continue reading)

Fracking gets government attention

Oil companies in California utilizing hydraulic fracturing — fracking — will be required to disclose that information if Gov. Jerry Brown has his way. (Sacramento Bee) The governor said Tuesday it would be the first application of such a regulation,... (Continue reading)

Sanitation plant’s continuing violations costly to community

The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District was slapped with another notice of violation on Tuesday for continuing environmental failures at the plant which are likely to result in more fines. Investigators from the Environmental Protection Agency and the... (Continue reading)