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Sports Authority closing SLO store

Written on 3 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

By JOHN LINDT The Sports Authority chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday after missing a $20 million interest payment earlier this year. The sporting goods retailer plans to close 140 of its 463 store including its store on Madonna... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar shuffles school board seats

Written on 3 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The Lucia Mar school board has approved a plan to more evenly distribute trustee seats among electoral areas. The board voted to move one trustee seat from the Arroyo Grande area to the Nipomo area, with the change taking effect... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly admits miscalculating administrator pay

Written on 3 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Cal Poly officials have admitted to miscalculating administrator pay in a report released last month. University officials initially said administrator pay decreased last year, but it actually increased, according to Cal Poly’s new figures. [Tribune] In February, Cal Poly released... (Continue reading)

SLO student’s Facebook post said “Columbine of Duty 2”

Written on 3 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

A San Luis Obispo High School student who was arrested Friday for making criminal threats posted text on Facebook stating, “Columbine of Duty 2” and “Don’t come to school tomorrow.”  The text appeared on images of the student holding what... (Continue reading)

Bakersfield inmate steals sheriff’s van, then crashes it

Written on 2 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Seven inmates who were supposed to be heading to court from a Bakersfield jail Wednesday morning fled after one of them managed to commandeer a Kern County Sheriff’s van. But, the inmate crashed the van before driving off the jail... (Continue reading)

SLO police arrest teen for posting airsoft gun photos

Written on 2 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 56 comments

Police arrested a San Luis Obispo High School student who posted photos on Facebook of himself holding airsoft guns while dressed in military attire. The teen is reportedly charged with making a criminal threat. [Tribune] The SLO High student posted... (Continue reading)

Body found in SLO creek

Written on 2 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A body was found early Tuesday afternoon in the creek behind the San Luis Obispo Target store. Police say the death does not appear suspicious. [KSBY] The person who died is believed to be a male. San Luis Obispo police... (Continue reading)

Atascadero DUI suspect flees after rollover on Highway 101

Written on 1 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An Atascadero woman rolled over her SUV on Highway 101 Tuesday morning, the fled the scene before California Highway Patrol officers arrived. But, CHP officers found her car parked behind a dumpster in Atascadero and arrested her for DUI. Nicole... (Continue reading)

Swastikas, racial slurs scribbled on Cal Poly apartment

Written on 1 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A Cal Poly student found swastikas and racial and homophobic slurs on the door of his on-campus apartment last week. University police have investigated the case and forwarded it to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office. [Mustang News]... (Continue reading)

Motel room standoff suspect finally caught

Written on 1 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Ten days after San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs personnel spent 12 hours trying to contact a shooting suspect inside an empty motel room, deputies tracked down the man and arrested him. On Feb. 19, sheriff’s deputies cordoned off a Paso... (Continue reading)