Home  »  Archives

Daily Briefs


Paso Robles apartment complex fired upon twice over weekend

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Paso Robles police responded to two shootings at a single apartment complex over the weekend. As of Sunday afternoon, officers did not locate any suspects or victims. It is unknown whether any injuries occurred during the shootings at an apartment... (Continue reading)

Two arrested in fatal hit-and-run

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Sheriff’s deputies captured two men fleeing from the scene of a fatal hit-and-run incident Saturday in Shandon after an intensive air and ground search. Vincente Muniz Montes, 38, of Shandon, is reported by officials to have been driving a 1994... (Continue reading)

Two injured in Morro Bay home invasion

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Morro Bay police are looking for one of three men who committed a home invasion on Sunday shortly after 5 a.m., the second home invasion in four days in San Luis Obispo County. Three men allegedly broke into the apartment,... (Continue reading)

Knives used in Paso Robles attacks

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Knives were flying Sunday in Paso Robles as police reported two incidents, both on Pine Street, one of which involved the stabbing of a 16-year-old youth. Officers responded to the scene of the first reported incident in the 1100 block... (Continue reading)

SLO vandal leaves multi-block blood trail

Written on 18 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A 21-year-old San Luis Obispo man was arrested for vandalism Sunday morning after he bled profusely on private and public property. After a heavy night of drinking, Matthew Faura punched out a window on Broad Street causing a deep laceration... (Continue reading)

Sheriff deputies charged with assault

Written on 18 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney filed assault charges against two deputies who work in the jail for allegedly beating an inmate. On June 17, deputies Robert Kirsch, 30, and Christopher Johnson, 28, allegedly assaulted Charles Alonzo Owens, an inmate... (Continue reading)

Man robs Grover beach home, punches residents in the face

Written on 16 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A Grover Beach man punched residents in the face while robbing their home early Thursday morning. Michael L. Davis Jr., 27, was stealing items from a home on the 600 block of Rockaway Avenue around 4 a.m. Thursday when the... (Continue reading)

Injured SLO hiker rescued from Bishop Peak

Written on 16 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Several emergency response agencies combined to rescue a hiker who broke his leg Thursday night after falling off a steep section of a Bishop Peak trail. Around 9:25 p.m. Thursday, a 19-year-old man fractured his lower leg on the Foothill... (Continue reading)

News of offshore fracking upsets lawmakers

Written on 15 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

Two California senators have told the California Coastal Commission that the practice of offshore tracking, which only recently has come to light, is “cause for grave concern.” Offshore hydraulic fracturing — a method of extracting oil and natural gas —... (Continue reading)

Car thieves caught in Avila Beach

Written on 15 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputies arrested two suspected car thieves Wednesday in Avila Beach. [Tribune] Early Wednesday, a 2012 Chevy Impala passed a sheriff’s patrol car heading in the opposite direction. The deputies ran the plates of the Impala... (Continue reading)