Home  »  Archives

Daily Briefs


STD rates spike in California

Written on 31 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis rates are rising nationwide, and they are increasing even faster in California. In 2015, California had more cases of the three STDs than any year since the state began keeping records in 1990. [LA Times] Prior... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay Pokemon players credited with preventing fire damage

Written on 31 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The Morro Bay Fire Department is thanking Pokemon players for preventing a fire from burning the Harbor Hut restaurant on the embarcadero. The blaze by the Harbor Hut was one of two fires that sparked in Morro Bay Friday evening... (Continue reading)

Wet October points to a wet winter

Written on 30 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

As California enters it sixth year of drought, October rains are creating speculation that it could be a wet year. [Tribune] Throughout the Central Coast, many communities have received almost double the average rainfall this October. At the San Luis... (Continue reading)

Armed men rob Atascadero gas station

Written on 30 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Atascadero police are searching for two suspects who robbed the Chevron gas station at 6280 Morro Road at gunpoint on Friday night. Shortly after 9 p.m., two suspects, one armed with a gun and the other wearing gloves, entered the... (Continue reading)

Mary Strobridge’s election story

Written on 29 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Special to the CCN by Erik Engle Cuesta College has come a long way since it almost lost its accreditation in 2012, but many improvements are still needed says Cuesta Board of Trustees candidate and long-time elementary school teacher Mary... (Continue reading)

George Galvan’s election story

Written on 29 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Special to CCN by Erik Engle George Galvan had to make many tough decisions during his 11 years on the board of trustees in the Atascadero Unified School District, but none were more tough than the decision to lay off... (Continue reading)

Caycuos man gets three years for stabbing his tenant

Written on 28 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A Cayucos man received a three-year prison sentence Thursday for stabbing a female tenant, who caused major damage to his home, in the back. [Tribune] On Nov. 19, 2015, Matthew Sebastian Agrey, 44, stabbed his 49-year-old tenant at a home... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man arrested for distributing child porn

Written on 28 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a Los Osos man Thursday who allegedly had thousands of photos and videos of pre-pubescent children engaged in sexual acts. Acting on information they had received about child pornography being downloaded and distributed... (Continue reading)

Deputies search for man harassing women in rural Arroyo Grande

Written on 28 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for an overweight Filipino or Hispanic man who followed two women while driving in rural Arroyo Grande on Monday. The suspect reportedly asked one of the females what she would do if... (Continue reading)

Dawn Ortiz-Legg’s election story

Written on 27 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Special to CCN by Kaylee Bingham Zaccone Dawn Ortiz-Legg, the Democratic candidate for the 35th District Assembly, says that the biggest issues San Luis Obispo County is facing right now are water, infrastructure and education. There has been some rivalry... (Continue reading)