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Smoker ignites fire at commercial storage yard in Paso Robles

Written on 26 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

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

Written on 25 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

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

Written on 23 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

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

Written on 23 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

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

Written on 23 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

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

Written on 22 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

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)

Vehicle plunges off cliff in Shell Beach, driver missing

Written on 22 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Investigators are searching for the occupant or occupants who were inside an SUV that plunged off a cliff in Shell Beach Wednesday night and landed on the beach below. At about 10:55 p.m., a 911 caller reported... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles woman sentenced to prison for attempted murder

Written on 22 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Paso Robles woman was sentenced to nine years in prison on Wednesday for attempting to murder a teen with a pocket knife. [Tribune] On Jan. 14, 2020, Michaela Twyman, 25, stabbed a then-16-year-old boy in the... (Continue reading)

Fire damages home, injures resident in Atascadero

Written on 22 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A fire damaged a home on El Camino Real north of Del Rio Road in Atascadero on Wednesday afternoon. One person suffered minor injuries. The fire burned an acre and several fences, and then spread to the home. An Atascadero... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo shuts down parks to stop bullying and harassment

Written on 21 Jul, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A group of skateboarders allegedly engaged in a harassment campaign targeting members of a San Luis Obispo youth roller derby league that included throwing food; yelling obscenities, including racial slurs; offering drugs; and making threatening gestures with... (Continue reading)