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Woman dies at Twin Cities after attending music festival at Lake San Antonio

Written on 30 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A Ventura woman died at Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton early Sunday after being transported away from a music festival at Lake San Antonio in southern Monterey County. Doctors pronounced 20-year-old Ventura College student Baylee Ybarra Gatlin dead at... (Continue reading)

Kitchen fire breaks out at downtown SLO restaurant

Written on 29 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A fire broke out at downtown San Luis Obispo restaurant Eureka! on Saturday night. Firefighters arrived at the scene with a hook-and-ladder truck and contained the blaze to the restaurant’s kitchen before extinguishing the flames. Authorities closed roads in the... (Continue reading)

One person dies, four injured in Santa Maria DUI crash

Written on 29 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

One person was killed and four others were injured in an allegedly alcohol-induced accident in Santa Maria early Sunday morning. Just after midnight, there was a crash at Railroad Avenue and Donovan Road. Officers arrived at the scene and found... (Continue reading)

Intoxicated SLO man steals vehicle and crashes it

Written on 29 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An aspiring San Luis Obispo car thief succeeded in his attempt to break into a vehicle and get behind the wheel, but his car theft bid came to a quick end when he tried to drive the automobile. Officers then... (Continue reading)

Central Coast man dies while diving off Key Largo

Written on 28 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A 56-year-old man from the Central Coast of California died Friday while diving off Key Largo, Florida.   Dimitry Altschuller and his wife booked an excursion on a commercial diving vessel during a trip to Florida. During his second dive,... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay teen arrested for allegedly making threats

Written on 27 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Police arrested a Morro Bay High School student Thursday on suspicion of making threats against the school after another teen reported spotting the alleged threats on social media. Officers contacted the teen’s mother who cooperated fully with police and brought her son... (Continue reading)

AG man arrested for embezzlement

Written on 27 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Pismo Beach police arrested a 50-year-old Arroyo Grande man on Thursday who is accused of fraud and felony embezzlement after he claimed he was the owner of a majority of properties from north Shell Beach to Avila Beach. Avila allegedly... (Continue reading)

ICE arrests 188 people, 9 in Santa Maria

Written on 27 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Federal immigration agents arrested 188 people in a five-day operation that targeted criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and immigration fugitives. In the raids that concluded on May 24, agents arrested nine people in Santa Maria. Of those arrested, 146 were Mexican nationals.... (Continue reading)

McNamara Realty to pay $30,000 to settle asbestos case

Written on 26 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

San Luis Obispo real estate and property management company McNamara Realty has agreed to pay $30,000 in order to settle a civil case over illegal removal and disposal of asbestos-containing material. Following an investigation conducted by the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Driver convicted of manslaughter in North County Christmas Eve crash

Written on 26 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A San Luis Obispo County jury convicted a Las Vegas truck driver of four counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for the deaths of four San Miguel residents in a 2014 Christmas Eve crash. Philip Ken Trujillo now faces... (Continue reading)