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Decline to state voters edge past Republicans in California

Written on 31 May, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Ahead of next week’s primary election, independent voters have reportedly surpassed Republicans as the second largest voting bloc in California. [Cal Coast Times] As of the close of voter registration 15 days before the June primary, there are 4,844,803 no-party-preference... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man convicted of child rape

Written on 31 May, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A Santa Barbara County jury convicted a Santa Maria man of committing numerous acts of molestation, including sexual intercourse, with two young girls. Manuel Ruiz Rios, 34, now faces life in prison, according to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s... (Continue reading)

Remains of murdered man found in Santa Margarita

Written on 30 May, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Sheriff deputies found the remains of a 38-year-old missing man in rural Santa Margarita after receiving a tip that his body was 4100 block of Stagecoach Canyon Road. [Cal Coast Times] Jared Jay Walters, 38, was reported missing to the... (Continue reading)

DA prosecuting schizophrenic man for actions while hospitalized

Written on 30 May, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

In another case pitting San Luis Obispo County law enforcers against advocates for the mentally ill, a schizophrenic Atascadero man is facing charges over an incident last year in which he struck a worker at SLO County’s psychiatric health facility.... (Continue reading)

Emotional day at Marilyn Pharis murder trial

Written on 30 May, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A nurse who treated Marilyn Pharis, the Santa Maria woman who was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant with an extensive criminal record, cried in court Tuesday and shouted that she knew the victim had been raped. [Cal Coast Times]... (Continue reading)

Six cars burglarized at trailhead on the Cuesta Grade

Written on 29 May, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Amid an apparent rash of car break-ins at trailheads, six vehicles were burglarized Saturday morning at a parking lot for the West Cuesta Ridge Trail. [Cal Coast Times] The burglaries occurred at about 9 a.m. at a parking lot located... (Continue reading)

Two people hospitalized in crashes near Lake Nacimiento

Written on 28 May, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Two separate accidents near Lake Nacimiento on Sunday each resulted in one person being hospitalized. [Cal Coast Times] At about 4:30 p.m., two vehicles collided on Nacimiento Lake Drive in the Heritage Ranch area. A total of seven people were... (Continue reading)

Raging fire guts Santa Margarita mercantile

Written on 28 May, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An early morning fire has destroyed much of the building that holds the closed Margarita Mercantile & Company in Santa Margarita. Shortly after midnight, a fire was spotted burning in an uninhabited apartment behind the Mercantile. The blaze destroyed the... (Continue reading)

SLO police arrest serial iPhone thief

Written on 27 May, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a man on Saturday who has allegedly stolen iPhones from Apple Stores all over California and Nevada. [Cal Coast Times] On Saturday afternoon, the man snatched seven iPhones from the  SLO Apple Store at 899... (Continue reading)

Two people killed in crash on Highway 166

Written on 27 May, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Two men were killed Saturday evening in a one car collision on Highway 166 near Thompson Avenue. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 11 p.m., a man in a silver Lexus was headed southbound on Highway 166 when he veered off... (Continue reading)