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Nipomo woman gets year in jail for abusing terminally ill daughter

Written on 2 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Nipomo optometrist has received a one-year jail sentence for abusing her terminally ill adult daughter, whom hospital workers reportedly found covered in urine and feces. Despite pleading no contest to a felony count, Susanne Wilch Krout maintains her innocence... (Continue reading)

Driver extricated after swerving off Cuesta Grade

Written on 2 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Emergency crews extricated a person who drove a white two-door car off the Cuesta Grade Tuesday. The driver’s current condition is unclear. [KSBY] Shortly after noon, the driver left the northbound side of Highway 101 near Mount Lowe Road, smashed... (Continue reading)

Central Coast residents warned about ‘virtual kidnapped’

Written on 1 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is warning Central Coast residents about the growing trend of “virtual kidnapping” schemes. Extortion calls by virtual kidnappers have been attempted in both Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties as recently as September... (Continue reading)

Video at SLO County shelter angers animals rights activists

Written on 1 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

Video footage of a San Luis Obispo County Animal Services volunteer swinging a plastic chair at a pit bull has prompted outrage from animal rights activists. SLO County Animal Services officials are investigating the incident, though they do not suspect... (Continue reading)

Masked man with gun robs Paso Robles gas station

Written on 1 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Two nights after a pair of suspects robbed an Atascadero gas station at gunpoint, a man with a pistol robbed a Paso Robles gas station. Early Monday morning, a man wearing a mask and dark clothing entered the Golden Hill... (Continue reading)

California gun measure pitting politicians against law enforcement

Written on 31 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Proposition 63, a gun control initiative developed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newson, is pitting California’s political establishment against numerous law enforcement groups. Polls indicate the politicians have the better hand. [Daily Signal] The ballot measure calls for regulating ammunition sales,... (Continue reading)

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)