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Cal Poly students arrested for firing gunshots on campus

Written on 17 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Cal Poly police officers arrested a pair of students who allegedly fired gunshots on campus and had a weapons cache inside their on-campus apartment or dormitory.  Shortly after 10 p.m. on Nov. 11, while on patrolCal Poly... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police arrest Romanian men over card skimmers in ATMs

Written on 17 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach police officers on Wednesday arrested two men from Romania for allegedly placing skimming devices inside ATMs in the South County city. On Tuesday, officers found a skimming device inside the Grover Plaza Bank of America... (Continue reading)

SLO County to consider terminating high-level employee

Written on 17 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is holding a special meeting Friday afternoon to discuss the discipline or termination of a high-level employee. At 1:30, the board will hold a special meeting. The discussion regarding... (Continue reading)

California’s unauthorized immigrant population declines but still highest in U.S.

Written on 16 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN California’s population of immigrants who are in the United States illegally or under temporary permission decreased by 150,000 between 2017 and 2021, according to a report published Thursday. [LA Times] The nonpartisan Pew Research Center report counts... (Continue reading)

Central Coast professor charged in death of Jewish protestor

Written on 16 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE Central Coast deputies arrested a college professor and pro-Palestine protestor Thursday morning on an involuntary manslaughter charge for the death of a Jewish protester. Loay Alnaji’s bails is set at $1 million. On Nov. 5, there were... (Continue reading)

Teens with pellet guns prompt Templeton Middle School lockdown

Written on 15 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Two high school students with pellet guns prompted a lockdown of Templeton Middle School on Wednesday morning. [KSBY] At about 10:30 a.m., a witness reported a suspicious person in the area of Templeton Middle School. Authorities placed... (Continue reading)

Inspectors to evaluate safety of Georgia Brown Elementary School in Paso Robles

Written on 15 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District voted unanimously on Tuesday to seek a structural comprehensive inspection of Georgia Brown Elementary School after multiple members of the community voiced concerns over the structural and environmental safety of... (Continue reading)

SLO County employee under criminal investigation, placed on leave

Written on 15 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN District attorney’s office investigators served search warrants on Tuesday at the home and office of a San Luis Obispo County employee who has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcomes of investigations into the worker’s actions.... (Continue reading)

Pickup truck slams into fence outside house in SLO

Written on 14 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A driver crashed a pickup truck which rolled over and slammed into a white picket fence outside a house in San Luis Obispo Tuesday morning.  The white Ford pickup crashed at about 8:30 a.m. on Broad Street... (Continue reading)

Police repeatedly find skimming devices in Grover Beach ATMs

Written on 14 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach police are warning the public that officers have found several ATM skimmers on card reading devices over the past few weeks, particularly at a walk-up Bank of America automated teller machine.  Thieves have targeted the... (Continue reading)