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Morro Bay police nab alleged Giovanni’s tip jar thief

Written on 19 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A woman from Tulare County allegedly stole the tip jar from Giovanni’s Fish Market in Morro Bay on Thursday, leading to a trio of arrests on Saturday. Shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday, the woman exited a... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara County Jail inmate dies from suspected suicide

Written on 19 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Santa Barbara County Jail inmate from Santa Maria died in a suspected suicide on Saturday. Guards at the Santa Barbara Main Jail were conducting routine security checks at about 2:20 p.m.  when they found Kean Ardie... (Continue reading)

Unemployment on the rise in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 18 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County’s unemployment rate increased in June as struggling restaurants and other small businesses continue to close, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday. The county’s unemployment rate increased to 5.8% in June, from a... (Continue reading)

Comparing Central Coast COVID-19 case rates

Written on 17 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

After five months of decreasing COVID-19 case rates, new infections in California are on the upswing again as the more contagious Delta variant spreads. The Delta strain is a leading factor in the increase in infections across the Central Coast,... (Continue reading)

Pedestrian killed by garbage truck in Morro Bay identified

Written on 16 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The Morro Bay Police Department identified the pedestrian hit and killed by a commercial trash truck on Thursday as 69-year-old Mark Evans of Twain Harte. Evans was attempting to cross Morro Bay Boulevard at Bernardo Avenue when the trash truck... (Continue reading)

Cambria asks residents to cut water use by up to 40 percent

Written on 16 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Cambria Community Services District board voted on Thursday to declare a stage 4 water shortage and to ask residents and businesses to reduce their water usage by up to 40 percent. Under the stage 4 water... (Continue reading)

Pedestrian killed on Highway 101 in Orcutt

Written on 16 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A pickup truck struck and killed a person who was walking on Highway 101 in Orcutt early Friday morning. Shortly before 1 a.m., a man was walking on Highway 101 south of Clark Avenue when he was... (Continue reading)

Garbage truck drags pedestrian several blocks in Morro Bay

Written on 15 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A large commercial trash truck hit and killed a pedestrian in Morro Bay on Thursday. Shortly after noon, a commercial garbage truck crashed into a man who was crossing Morro Bay Boulevard at Bernardo Avenue. The man’s body came to... (Continue reading)

Police nab arsonist who torched RV in San Luis Obispo

Written on 15 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a man who allegedly set a recreational vehicle trailer on fire Sunday morning, in which individuals may have been living. Shortly before 8 a.m., callers reported the RV burning in the... (Continue reading)

Deputies arrest San Luis Obispo man on weapon and drug charges

Written on 15 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 27-year-old San Luis Obispo man on Tuesday afternoon who allegedly brought firearms, heroin and methamphetamine to the Chumash Casino Resort, and then fell asleep in a parking garage. Shortly before... (Continue reading)