Daily Briefs


Cal Poly professor convicted of peeping up colleague’s skirt

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A tenured Cal Poly professor in the psychology and child development department pleaded no contest on Monday to a misdemeanor charge of using his cell phone camera to record up-skirt footage of his female colleague. Meanwhile, the... (Continue reading)

Man killed in fall from SLO parking structure

An Atascadero man died after he fell from a parking structure in downtown San Luis Obispo on Saturday night. [Cal Coast Times] At about 10 p.m., callers reported an intoxicated man inside the Marsh Street parking garage, police said. While... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach planning to help fund low-cost rental units

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The city of Pismo Beach is considering providing funding to Peoples’ Self-Help Housing for a proposed 40-unit apartment complex the nonprofit plans to build. Pismo Beach currently has $3.5 million in housing in-lieu fee funds, according to... (Continue reading)

Inmate hospitalized after brawl at Lompoc prison

By JOSH FRIEDMAN One inmate was hospitalized following a Sunday morning brawl at the medium-security United States Penitentiary in Lompoc. [KSBY] In response to the skirmish, prison staffers entered the housing unit and contained the incident. One inmate sustained undisclosed... (Continue reading)

Salinas inmate escapes shortly before possible release date

By CCT STAFF An inmate with a scheduled parole date in December, escaped from the Salinas Valley State Prison on Saturday morning. Guards discovered Adam Beck, 35, missing during a routine count at 5 a.m. Beck, who was not in... (Continue reading)

Burglar targets The Mayor’s Place in Nipomo

A thief or thieves broke into The Mayor’s Place restaurant in Nipomo last week and snatched money from the cash register and donations to a local charity. [KSBY] A burglar forced open the back door causing about $700 in damage,... (Continue reading)

DUI checkpoint on Saturday in Paso Robles

The Paso Robles Police Department announced plans to conduct a DUI checkpoint in the city at an undisclosed location on Saturday evening from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. The department selects the location based on the number of previous accidents... (Continue reading)

Ex-Paso Robles church staffer charged with theft

A former office manager for the Life Community Church in Paso Robles is due in court next week on charges she embezzled more than $200,000 from the church. The SLO County District Attorney’s Office filed three felony counts of grand... (Continue reading)

PG&E agrees to $11 billion wildfire settlement

PG&E Corporation reached an $11 billion settlement regarding a group of insurance claims related to the 2017 and 2018 Northern California wildfires, PG&E announced on Friday. The company has now reached agreements with two of the three major groups of... (Continue reading)

Woman suffers major injuries in North County crash

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A woman suffered a major injuries after a car cut in front of her vehicle, causing a collision on Highway 41 near Atascadero Thursday evening, according to the CHP. Shortly before 7 p.m., Chelsea Taylor, 23, of... (Continue reading)