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Detectives recover nearly $5,000 Los Osos residents lost in crypto scam

Written on 13 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives have recovered nearly $5,000 out of approximately $17,000 that a cryptocurrency scammer stole from victims in Los Osos two years ago. On Sept. 12, 2022, the victims informed the San Luis... (Continue reading)

Two injured in two vehicle crash on Highway 1 near Cambria

Written on 13 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Two vans crashed on Highway 1 south of Cambria resulting in at least two people requiring transport to local hospitals, according to the CHP. Shortly after 1 p.m., two white vans crashed at the intersection of Highway... (Continue reading)

Officers identify pedestrian killed on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo

Written on 13 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE CHP officers identified the man hit and killed while walking on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo on Sept. 1 as 26-year-old Cesar Salinas-Ruiz of Oxnard. Salinas-Ruiz was walking in a northbound lane at the Madonna Road... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police seeking public’s help regarding crash

Written on 13 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department is seeking the public’s help as it investigates a crash that left two children with major injuries on Sept. 7. Shortly after 6 p.m., a caller reported the two-car collision at... (Continue reading)

Valley fever cases on the rise in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 12 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE In the first seven months of 2024, there were 188 confirmed cases of Valley Fever in San Luis Obispo County, as cases of the virus soar in multiple counties. During the same period in 2023, there were... (Continue reading)

Nipomo woman killed in Highway 58 crash near Santa Margarita

Written on 12 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 21-year-old Nipomo woman killed in a crash on Highway 58 near Santa Margarita early Thursday morning.  Shortly before 1 a.m., a 1997 Ford F-150 crashed on Highway 58 east of Highway 229. The F-150 overturned, and... (Continue reading)

Teen from Arroyo Grande dies after jet ski collision

Written on 12 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 19-year-old man from Arroyo Grande died following a jet ski collision in Northern California last weekend. [KSBY] On Saturday, Dominic Marshall Lencioni was involved in a jet ski crash, after which he was taken to Mercy... (Continue reading)

Days after spending 11 years in prison, Carpenteria man reoffends

Written on 10 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Days after being released from 11-years in prison for sex crimes against children, Giovanni Gonzalez, 34, of Carpinteria was arrested for reoffending. He pleaded guilty in February to one count of receipt of child pornography. A federal... (Continue reading)

Five California men allegedly kidnapped migrants, held then for ransom

Written on 10 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE Five California men allegedly kidnapped migrants to the United States and held them for ransom, while demanding cash from their families in exchange for their safe return, federal prosecutors announced on Monday. An indictment, returned July 30,... (Continue reading)

One person injured in two-car crash in San Luis Obispo

Written on 10 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE One person was injured in a two-car crash in San Luis Obispo on Tuesday morning. Shortly before 6 a.m., a caller reported a crash at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Santa Rosa Street. Officers arrived to... (Continue reading)