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Suspected DUI driver wreaks havoc in Shell Beach

Written on 9 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A suspected DUI driver plunged off the side of Highway 101 in Shell Beach Monday night, shortly after being involved in a separate car crash. Shortly before 10 p.m., the driver was heading northbound on Highway 101... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man killed in crash identified

Written on 8 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The CHP identified the man killed in a crash on Pozo Road on Sunday afternoon as Frederick Witherspoon, 38, of Paso Robles. Shortly before 3 p.m., Witherspoon was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on Pozo Road near River Road... (Continue reading)

SLO County COVID-19 cases fall another 21%

Written on 8 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The average number of new COVID-19 cases in San Luis Obispo County fell another 21% over the past seven days, according to the California Department of Public Health. Over the past three days, SLO County reported 25 new cases, bringing... (Continue reading)

Deputies investigating suspicious death in Los Olivos

Written on 8 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a suspicious death, which may be connected to a car crash that occurred in Los Olivos Sunday evening. At 6:12 p.m., a 911 caller alerted authorities to the 6200 block... (Continue reading)

One person killed in motorcycle crash near Pozo Saloon

Written on 8 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN One person died Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle crash near the Pozo Saloon. Shortly before 3 p.m., the motorcyclist slid, lost control and crashed on Pozo Road down the street from the saloon, according to Cal Fire.... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man sentenced to 11 years for interstate meth conspiracy

Written on 7 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A 36-year-old Los Osos man was sentenced last month to more than 11 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in three states, according to the Northern District of Iowa U.S. Attorney’s Office. On Feb. 8, 2020, a... (Continue reading)

Deputies searching for Cambria car burglars

Written on 6 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies are asking the public to help identify two men suspected of burglarizing cars in Cambria last month. On Feb. 28, thieves broke into two cars parked at the Santa Rosa Creek Trail Head State... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay High School teacher accused of misusing funds

Written on 5 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The former auto shop teacher at Morro Bay High School allegedly sold vehicles repaired by students without depositing funds from the sales back into a school account. [Tribune] Additionally, ex-automotive technology teacher James Bueno used school club... (Continue reading)

SLO County now has three available vaccines, cases continue to drop

Written on 5 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

San Luis Obispo County announced today that it received its first allocation of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which it will reallocate to several local pharmacies. The county’s three public COVID-19 vaccine clinics will continue to administer the... (Continue reading)

DUI driver sentenced to 15 years to life for fatal Nipomo crash

Written on 5 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Santa Maria man has received a sentence of 15 years to life in prison for causing a 2018 DUI crash in Nipomo that killed an 82-year-old woman. Edgar Saul Rojas Morales, 25, narrowly avoided a murder... (Continue reading)