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Arroyo Grande man accused of pepper spraying protesters in Templeton

Written on 21 Sep, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested an Arroyo Grande man who pepper sprayed a group of demonstrators on a Highway 101 overpass in Templeton Tuesday morning. [Tribune] At about 9 a.m., a group of six to... (Continue reading)

Blood evidence, an alleged confession, and the prosecution rests

Written on 21 Sep, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN and KAREN VELIE Witnesses in the Kristin Smart murder trial testified this week about human blood found under a defendant’s home and an alleged confession, before the prosecution rested its case on Tuesday. The defense will call... (Continue reading)

Cleanup started after gasoline spill at station in Paso Robles

Written on 20 Sep, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles firefighters are working to clean up 50 gallons of gasoline after a hose on a truck removing gas from a station in Paso Robles broke on Tuesday evening. At about 7 p.m., a truck from... (Continue reading)

Judge sentences Santa Barbara man to 45 years in prison for fatal crash

Written on 20 Sep, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A judge on Monday sentenced a Santa Barbara man to 45 years in prison for driving into oncoming traffic on Highway 154 and killing a mother and her two young children in 2019. Several months after John... (Continue reading)

SLO County power outages continue, 2,305 customers without electricity

Written on 20 Sep, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE More than 2,300 PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo are without power on Tuesday morning as power outages are becoming common events. In an area northwest of Paso Robles, 2,106 customers lost power at 10:31 a.m. The... (Continue reading)

SLO County gas prices up slightly, find the lowest prices

Written on 19 Sep, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE While gas prices continue to fall in most of the country, prices in California are still inching back up. During the past week, the average price of gas in San Luis Obispo County increase one cent to... (Continue reading)

More than 1,700 PG&E customers lose power in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 19 Sep, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN More than 1,700 customers lost power as a result of an outage in North County and another near Lopes Lake on Monday. [KSBY] Shortly after 11 a.m., an outage impacting areas surrounding Highway 58 and extending north... (Continue reading)

Firefighters extricate two people from crash on Highway 101 in SLO

Written on 19 Sep, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Firefighters extricated two individuals following a single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo early Monday morning. Shortly after midnight, a caller reported the crash between Los Osos Valley and Madonna roads, according to the... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man killed in a jet crash in Reno, video

Written on 18 Sep, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE A Paso Robles man was killed when the jet he was racing in the Reno Air Races on Sunday crashed. During the third lap, 61-year-old Aaron Hogue went high around the Guy Pylon, according to a video... (Continue reading)

Missing man found in Santa Barbara County

Written on 18 Sep, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The missing elderly man who was last seen driving a recreational vehicle in Atascadero has been found in Santa Barbara County and reunited with his family. Michael Larson, 76, was reported missing at about noon on Saturday.... (Continue reading)