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Nearly 5,000 customers lost electricity in Morro Bay

Written on 1 Aug, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A power outage caused nearly 5,000 customers to lose electricity in Morro Bay early Thursday morning. The outage started at about 1 a.m. and affected the southern and central parts of Morro Bay. As of 8 a.m., only 499 customers... (Continue reading)

SLO Tribune eliminating Saturday print publication

Written on 31 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

The SLO Tribune is slashing one day a week of print publishing after parent company McClatchy reported a net loss of $42 million in the first quarter of 2019. [Cal Coast Times] Starting in November, the 80-year-old newspaper will no... (Continue reading)

Key witness in SLO murder-for-hire trial on sex offender registry

Written on 31 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The key witness in a murder-for-hire trial took the stand Tuesday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court and admitted during cross examination that he is a convicted sex offender with a criminal history related to child pornography. [Cal Coast Times]... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police arrest dental receptionist for prescription fraud

Written on 31 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A dental office receptionist allegedly stole numerous prescriptions, which she filled out and sent through a pharmacy where her husband picked them up, according to the Paso Robles Police Department. [Cal Coast Times] At about 11:30 a.m. on Monday, a... (Continue reading)

Rescuers searching for missing Santa Barbara County employee

Written on 30 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Rescue crews are searching in the Los Padres National Forest for a Santa Barbara County employee who did not return from a three-day hike on time. [Cal Coast Times] Wesley Welch is a business manager and fiscal and policy analyst... (Continue reading)

SLO firefighter accused of threatening to shoot minorities

Written on 30 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

The San Luis Obispo man charged with hate crimes for allegedly threatening to shoot minorities moving into his neighborhood is a retired SLO city firefighter. [Cal Coast Times] Richard Orcutt, 62, worked for the San Luis Obispo Fire Department for... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara teen arrested for murder of Rome police officer

Written on 29 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

One of the two teens arrested for a high-profile murder of a police officer in Rome is a Santa Barbara City College student, while the other is also from California. [KCOY] On Friday, 35-year-old Mario Rega, a member of Italy’s... (Continue reading)

Three people shot and killed at the at Gilroy Garlic Festival

Written on 29 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 43 comments

A gunman opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival Sunday evening, killing three people and wounding at least 12 others before being shot and killed by police. [Cal Coast Times] One of the victims who died was a six-year-old boy.... (Continue reading)

Discarded smoking materials blamed for Atascadero fire

Written on 28 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A fire ignited by smoking materials destroyed an Atascadero single family residence on Saturday, according to the Atascadero Fire Department. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 6 p.m., a resident at a home on the 4000 block of Carrizo Road reported... (Continue reading)

Woman injured in jet ski accident at Lake Nacimiento

Written on 28 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A woman was injured Saturday when two jet skis crashed head-on at Lake Nacimiento in Northern San Luis Obispo County. [KSBY] In the afternoon, a witness on another boat rescued the female victim from the lake and called 9-1-1. Medical... (Continue reading)