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Rottman Group’s Annex property on the auction block

Written on 3 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

Atascadero’s plan to have a retail center, dubbed the Annex, across the street from an approved Wal-Mart appears to have ended, at least for now. On April 24, as part of a bank foreclosure, five Rottman Group properties which are... (Continue reading)

Pit Bulls attack dog in Nipomo

Written on 3 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

On March 22, Mary O’Hara was walking her boxer Cassius in Nipomo when two unleashed pit bulls attacked her dog. [KSBY] One of the unleashed dogs grabbed the boxer’s back and the other his neck. A neighbor of O’Hara beat... (Continue reading)

Two local men punched while protecting teen

Written on 2 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a transient after he punched two men who came to the rescue of a 14-year-old girl the transient was harassing. At about 12:30 p.m., Roy Jones approached the teen who was sitting on a bench... (Continue reading)

FBI spied on Muslim meetings

Written on 2 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

FBI agents infiltrated “community outreach’ programs conducted by Muslims in the San Francisco Bay area for four years starting in 2004, according to recently-released documents made public by the American Civil Liberties Union. [San Francisco Chronicle] Agents took names and... (Continue reading)

Prowler roams SLO neighborhood

Written on 2 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Over the past two weeks, San Luis Obispo police have received four reports of a prowler in the area of South Street and King Court. Twice residents discovered the male prowler inside their homes. He fled when confronted. In one... (Continue reading)

Worker permits for illegals aim of bill

Written on 31 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

Two California lawmakers, a Republican and Democrat, have introduced a measure to grant work permits to undocumented immigrants who have been living in the state for years. (Sacramento Bee) “We’re tired of waiting for a federal solution,” said the pair,... (Continue reading)

Do you want fries with that?

Written on 30 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

A former employee of the Arroyo Grande McDonald’s says she was coerced into prostitution, at times having sex with up to 12 men a night,  by the restaurant’s former manager, according to Courthouse News. Shelley Lynn filed a lawsuit against... (Continue reading)

SLO County Sheriff duped by counterfeiters

Written on 29 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff department officials suspect someone posting bail slipped two fake $50  bills past  a sheriff employee in March. [SLONewTimes] Chief Deputy Rob Reid told the New Times the bills looked and felt real. One of the... (Continue reading)

Nipomo construction manager’s truck firebombed

Written on 29 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The construction manager of a housing project in Nipomo awoke early Wednesday morning to find his truck engulfed in flames, the result of a firebombing. [KSBY] Caught on video, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies are looking for an arsonist... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande cross burning suspects claim innocence

Written on 29 Mar, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The  four defendants accused of committing a hate crime against a black teen in Arroyo Grande last year refused the San Luis Obispo District Attorneys office offer of plea agreements. As a result, a trial was set for May 7.... (Continue reading)