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Judge overturns California’s assault weapon ban

Written on 5 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A federal judge overturned California’s assault weapon ban on Friday, saying the law is unconstitutional because it violates the Second Amendment. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of the Southern District of California compared the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife... (Continue reading)

Dust-up over man removing ribbons in San Luis Obispo and officer

Written on 4 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s investigator last month spotted a Cal Poly student removing blue ribbons honoring slain police detective Luca Benedetti while driving Benedetti’s widow, leading to a heated confrontation. The investigator ended up... (Continue reading)

Fire damages property next to San Luis Obispo homeless shelter

Written on 4 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A vegetation fire broke out early Friday morning on the property adjacent to the Prado Road homeless shelter in San Luis Obispo, burning debris and one vehicle. The fire started shortly before 2 a.m. at 46 Prado... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo adopts budget, opts not to defund police

Written on 4 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

BY JOSH FRIEMAN Despite calls from members of the public to defund the police and shift money into other programs, the city of San Luis Obispo is increasing the SLO Police Department’s budget. On Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo City... (Continue reading)

SLO County deputies searching for suspected child molester

Written on 3 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies have searching unsuccessfully for weeks for a man suspected of molesting children and are now appealing to the public for help finding the suspect. David Paul Wilson, who last lived in... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man found guilty of child sex crimes, facing life in prison

Written on 2 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County judge on Wednesday found a Paso Robles man guilty of 16 felonies and 36 misdemeanors for sexually abusing four children and videotaping three dozen other victims. Jason Robert Porter, 49, faces the... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man charged with multiple firearm offenses

Written on 2 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A probation search conducted last week at a Nipomo man’s home allegedly netted a pair of illicit rifles and ended with the suspect’s arrest. On May 27, members of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Gang Task... (Continue reading)

Former SLO County man on death row dies in prison

Written on 1 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County man who murdered a woman and her three children in Nipomo in 1986, and had been on death row since the following year, died on Memorial Day. Correctional officers found Richard Allen... (Continue reading)

Hundreds observe Memorial Day in Atascadero

Written on 1 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Hundreds gathered at the Faces of Freedom Memorial in Atascadero on Memorial Day to honor soldiers who died while fighting for the United States. The memorial at the Atascadero Lake Park, created in 2008, was built to honor all of... (Continue reading)

Two motorcyclists killed in Northern Santa Barbara County crashes

Written on 1 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A pair of motorcyclists died in crashes in Northern Santa Barbara County during Memorial Day weekend. First, a motorcyclist crashed in Santa Maria at about 8 a.m. Sunday. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which... (Continue reading)