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SLO County restricts hotel occupancy, campground availability

Written on 15 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

San Luis Obispo County Public Health Officer Penny Borenstein and Administrator Wade Horton passed an executive order on Friday limiting all hotels to 50 percent occupancy and county owned campgrounds to residents only in an attempt to reduced new coronavirus... (Continue reading)

Phony bomb threat suspect released from jail, on zero bail

Written on 15 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The woman accused of calling in phony bomb threat to the San Luis Obispo courthouse on Wednesday has been released from jail on a no bail release. At about 11 a.m., Carrie Maggard, 40, of Los Osos made a 911... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly administration accused of misspending student fees

Written on 15 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A state audit found Cal Poly has the highest student fees in the California State University system and the San Luis Obispo campus’s student fees have increased by 72 percent over the past eight academic years. The audit likewise found... (Continue reading)

Deputies searching for couple who snatched Templeton woman’s checks

Written on 15 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a pair of alleged thieves who are suspected of breaking into a Templeton home, stealing a purse and then using a woman’s checks in five different counties. On Feb. 18, a... (Continue reading)

SLO investigators arrest phony bomb threat suspect

Written on 14 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Los Osos woman suspected of calling in a phony bomb threat on the day her boyfriend was required to turn himself in at the courthouse, was arrested on Thursday. At about 11 a.m. on May 13, a female caller... (Continue reading)

Drunk driver crashes through hotel into coffee shop in SLO

Written on 14 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An allegedly drunk driver drove his pickup truck through a hotel room and into a coffee shop on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday afternoon. At about 3:30 p.m., the truck crashed through a room at the Los... (Continue reading)

SLO officers looking for person of interest in courthouse bomb threat

Written on 14 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo police are looking for the man who bought the phone used Wednesday to call in a bomb threat to the county courthouse on Monterey Street. At about 11 a.m., a female caller said there were two bombs... (Continue reading)

Offices in SLO County can open, restaurants delayed

Written on 13 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Gov. Gavin Newsom is allowing offices, childcare centers and gardening businesses statewide to open with modifications, while  restaurants can reopen only in the 18 counties that have met all of the governor’s guidelines. San Luis Obispo County missed one metric,... (Continue reading)

Deputies searching for Cambria restaurant burglar

Written on 13 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a suspect or suspects who broke into a Cambria restaurant last month and stole a safe. Between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. on April 13, a suspect or suspects allegedly broke... (Continue reading)

Bomb threat evacuates San Luis Obispo County Courthouse

Written on 13 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A couple major streets in downtown San Luis Obispo were closed Wednesday afternoon after someone called in a bomb threat to the San Luis Obispo County Courthouse. About 11 a.m., an unknown caller reported a bomb in the building. Bailiffs... (Continue reading)