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SLO County Assistant District Attorney Dobroth seeking 15% raise

Written on 24 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Assistant District Attorney Eric Dobroth is seeking a temporary 15% pay raise while District Attorney Dan Dow is deployed to the Middle East. While on deployment, Dow will retain his elected seat while... (Continue reading)

Group of armed robbers hit pizza parlors in Arroyo Grande, Orcutt

Written on 24 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Three people are in jail after they allegedly robbed Domino’s Pizza parlors in Arroyo Grande and Orcutt on Friday night. Shortly after 9 p.m., two masked men entered the Domino’s Pizza on East Grand Avenue in Arroyo... (Continue reading)

Truck bursts into flames on Highway 101 in Shell Beach

Written on 23 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A fire engulfed a semi-truck on Highway 101 in Shell Beach on Friday night, sending smoke billowing into a nearby residential area and prompting reports of explosions.  Shortly after 9 p.m., a caller reported a truck on... (Continue reading)

Ventura bus driver hits, runs over bicyclist from Goleta

Written on 23 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

BY KAREN VELIE A bus driver is facing a felony charge of hit-and-run after he allegedly struck and ran over a bicyclist from Goleta while driving a Ventura County bus on Thursday. Shortly before 10 a.m. a caller reported a... (Continue reading)

Person struck and killed on Highway 101 near Los Alamos

Written on 23 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A driver struck and killed a pedestrian on Highway 101 north of Los Alamos in northern Santa Barbara County Friday night. The collision occurred at approximately 11:26 p.m. on northbound Highway 101 just south of Cat Canyon... (Continue reading)

Three Santa Maria men kidnap teenager, hold him for ransom

Written on 22 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Federal agents on Friday arrested three Santa Maria men who kidnapped a 17-year-old boy this week in San Bernardino County and then held him for ransom, while threatening the teen’s mother that they would cut off her... (Continue reading)

SLO gym owner charged with secretly filming women in a bathroom

Written on 22 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE The owner of an all women’s gym in San Luis Obispo is now facing criminal charges of secretly filming partially dressed women in a bathroom after a pregnant woman found a spy camera at the gym. Cole... (Continue reading)

SLO Tribune owner pays nearly $20 million to settle SEC charges

Written on 22 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE McClatchy, the owner of the San Luis Obispo Tribune and 29 other newspapers, agreed to pay $19.4 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the firm improperly traded securities, according to an April settlement that... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande developer sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for fraud

Written on 21 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE An Arroyo Grande developer was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison today for using stolen identities to fraudulently obtain more than $1.3 million in loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19... (Continue reading)

Hit-and-run driver allegedly kills worker in Goleta

Written on 21 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a driver who allegedly struck and killed a maintenance worker in Goleta on Wednesday, then fled the scene.  Shortly after 3 p.m., a vehicle struck a person on Storke Road by... (Continue reading)