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SLO County Jail staffer tests positive for coronavirus

Written on 11 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

An employee at the San Luis Obispo County Jail began coughing at work on July 6 and was sent home and asked to get a coronavirus test. The test came back positive. The unnamed employee had just returned to work... (Continue reading)

Vandals again trash Grover Beach Elementary School

Written on 11 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Investigators are asking the public’s help in identifying a pair of vandals who broke into the Grover Beach Elementary School on Thursday night and caused more than $1,700 in damage. Surveillance cameras captured the pair hopping a fence as they... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles City Council eyeing tax increases

Written on 11 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

The Paso Robles City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to prepare to place a 1 percent sales tax increase measure on the Nov. 2020 ballot. Paso Robles already has a .5 percent city sales tax. Voters approved the prior sales... (Continue reading)

SLO County passes 900 coronavirus cases, with four deaths

Written on 10 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

San Luis Obispo has more than 900 confirmed coronavirus cases and four deaths, as the number of new cases continues to rise. As new cases have increased, so have requests for testing. County health administrators are asking those who are... (Continue reading)

Semi-truck loaded with lettuce overturns near Atascadero

Written on 10 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A semi-truck carrying 20,000 pounds of lettuce crashed and overturned on Highway 101 south of Atascadero Friday morning. [KSBY] The truck crashed at about 2:10 a.m. near the center divider on the southbound lane of the highway approximately four miles... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande police arrest man accused of violent assault

Written on 9 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Arroyo Grande police arrested a man on Wednesday who is accused of stabbing a man multiple times in the chest, leaving the victim in critical condition. Shortly before 11 p.m. on Jan. 20, the suspect allegedly entered a home at... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly’s controversial diversity chief rescinds acceptance of the position

Written on 9 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following backlash from faculty members, staff and students, the woman whom Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong hired to serve as the university’s  vice president of diversity and inclusivity rescinded her acceptance of the position on Wednesday. Armstrong,... (Continue reading)

A third San Luis Obispo County resident dies of coronavirus

Written on 9 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By CCN STAFF A third San Luis Obispo County resident has died from the coronavirus, as the number of hospitalized patients continues to increase. The 61-year-old patient had significant underlying health conditions and was living in a long-term care facility.... (Continue reading)

Man sentenced to 6 months for seeking sex with Arroyo Grande teen

Written on 9 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A judge sentenced a 27-year-old Santa Maria man to 180 days in the San Luis Obispo County Jail on Tuesday for pursuing sex with a 15-year-old girl, who in actuality was an Arroyo Grande police officer. [Tribune] On Feb. 19,... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man pleads guilty to manslaughter

Written on 8 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A Morro Bay man, who had been facing a first-degree murder charge for stabbing to death a friend of his earlier this year, accepted a plea deal that will send him to prison for six or seven years on a... (Continue reading)