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Lawsuit against SLO County public defender’s office dropped

Written on 24 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The attorney who filed a malpractice lawsuit against the law firm that provides public defender services to San Luis Obispo County is dropping the case, citing her client’s health as the reason for doing so. [Cal Coast... (Continue reading)

PG&E planning more power outages in northern and central California

Written on 24 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN In another preemptive move to reduce wildfire risk, PG&E shut off power across parts of Northern California on Wednesday, and the utility is considering creating more outages in the coming days, which could possibly affect San Luis... (Continue reading)

Burglary suspect leads officers on high-speed chase in SLO County

Written on 24 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By CCT STAFF A burglary suspect led officers on a high-speed chase from San Luis Obispo to Atascadero on Thursday before she crashed into a tree, according to the CHP. Early Thursday morning, San Luis Obispo police officers followed the... (Continue reading)

Lawsuit exposes Atascadero teacher’s lecherous behavior

Written on 24 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By CCT STAFF A lawsuit filed earlier this week against the Atascadero Unified School District for not protecting its students details how a former teacher used his wards to make child pornography. Chris Berdoll, 48, was a sixth grade teacher... (Continue reading)

SLO puts its pigeons on birth control, stop the flies

Written on 23 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN To combat the large amount bird feces and flies in and around a downtown creek, the city of San Luis Obispo has decided to lure pigeons into going on birth control. [KSBY] Hundreds of pigeons have created... (Continue reading)

Fentanyl overdose deaths spike in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 23 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department officials are warning of an “alarming” increase in deaths from fentanyl overdoses over the past five months. Between May and October, 10 people died in SLO County as a result... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande planning to shift to district voting system

Written on 22 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By CCT STAFF The Arroyo Grande City Council is expected to sign a resolution on Tuesday evening agreeing to transition from an at-large electoral system to by-district voting by the 2022 election, a move that is intended to appease a... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria Taco shop murder suspect arrested in Mexico

Written on 22 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The suspect accused of shooting and killing a 33-year-old man in Santa Maria earlier this month has been caught in Mexico and extradited to Santa Barbara County, police say. [Cal Coast Times] At about 3:30 p.m. on... (Continue reading)

Bales sentenced to more than six years for death of Morro Bay pastor

Written on 22 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Los Osos woman who struck and killed a Morro Bay pastor while driving intoxicated was sentenced to state prison for six years and four months on Monday, though she could quickly be appearing before a parole... (Continue reading)

Did Santa Maria police officers assault DUI suspect?

Written on 21 Oct, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

By CCT STAFF A group of Santa Maria police officers appear to rough up a suspected DUI driver after ordering him to crawl on the street, while multiple bystanders videotape the incident. Officers stopped the suspected DUI driver on the... (Continue reading)