Daily Briefs


Deputies arrest man for brandishing gun at Central Coast mission

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Sunday afternoon for brandishing a replica gun at the Santa Ines Mission in Solvang. At about 4:45 p.m., a 911 caller reported a man walking in the garden area... (Continue reading)

Gunman kills Kern County deputy and three others

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A gunman shot and killed his two sons and their mother inside a home in Wasco on Sunday, then shot and killed a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy, prior to dying in a firefight. The gunman, a 41-year-old... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay Councilman Robert ‘Red’ Davis dead at 76

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Morro Bay City Councilman Robert “Red” Davis died at his home on Saturday at the age of 76. [Tribune] Davis was in the middle of serving his second term on the Morro Bay council. He was first... (Continue reading)

Person killed in single vehicle crash in Shandon

One person was killed in a single vehicle crash in Shandon on Sunday evening, according to Cal Fire. Shortly before 7 p.m., a white sedan drove into a ditch about 10 feet off Highway 41 near Wood Canyon Ranch Road.... (Continue reading)

Smoker ignites fire at commercial storage yard in Paso Robles

A fire that burned a commercial storage yard on Riverside Avenue in Paso Robles on Sunday afternoon was started by discarded smoking material. Shortly after 4 p.m., a caller reported a fire burning vegetation between two commercial properties near Black... (Continue reading)

CHP officer injured in crash in rural Santa Margarita

A California Highway Patrol Officer was injured Saturday morning in a single car collision in rural Santa Margarita, which led to a helicopter transporting the officer to a local hospital. [KSBY] Shortly before 9 a.m., the officer was responding to... (Continue reading)

Attorney convicted of serial rapes in Santa Barbara County

By Josh Friedman An attorney who had been registered to practice law in Nevada, yet showed up in Isla Vista living in his “Mirror Bus” and stalking women, has been convicted of 14 charges related to numerous sexual assaults. On... (Continue reading)

Concerned citizen assaulted at Mission Plaza in SLO

By JOSH FRIEDMAN After starting a fight at Mission Plaza in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday, a man allegedly attempted to stab a person who tried to break up the altercation and then punched the individual who intervened in the... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay teacher sentenced to jail for sex offenses

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo judge sentenced a former Morro Bay High School teacher teacher on Wednesday to four months in jail for having sex with a 17-year-old student and sending sexually explicit messages to another underage student.... (Continue reading)

Body of teen found three years after Montecito mudslides

After three years, searchers in Montecito found the body of a teen lost during the deadly mudslides on Jan. 9, 2018, putting the number of bodies recovered at 22 with one person still missing. [KCOY] Searchers found the body of... (Continue reading)