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Another inmate walks away from Lompoc prison

Written on 25 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

For the eighth time in a little more than a year, an inmate escaped the minimum-security Federal Correctional Complex in Lompoc by walking away from the prison camp. On Friday afternoon, prison officials determined Jose Luis Lopez, 34, was missing... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man convicted of assault

Written on 25 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A man accused of attacking a 20-year-old woman at her San Luis Obispo apartment in 2015 was convicted Friday as part of a plea agreement. Derrick Robert Moore, 26, pleaded no contest to first-degree burglary causing great bodily injury and assault with... (Continue reading)

California State University system raises tuition

Written on 24 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Much to the chagrin of students clamoring for the state to ease the financial burden of attending college, the California State University Board of Trustees approved a tuition hike this week. Starting in the upcoming fall term, annual student tuition... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande council eyeing local planner for city manager job

Written on 24 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Following a nationwide search, the Arroyo Grande City Council has tapped Arroyo Grande resident Jim Bergman to be the city’s top executive. The council will consider formally hiring Bergman as its city manager at a meeting on Tuesday. Bergman is... (Continue reading)

CHP catches one speeding motorcyclist, other gets away

Written on 24 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

California Highway Patrol officers caught one of two motorcyclists who were fleeing Thursday in South County at speeds of nearly 130 mph. [Tribune] Around 4:30 p.m., Grover Beach resident Robert Scott Waltos, 21, and Kayne Gloner were traveling at speeds... (Continue reading)

Burglar breaks into home being fumigated, steals wedding rings

Written on 23 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Lompoc man broke into a Santa Ynez home while it was being fumigated and stole several firearms, a large amount of jewelry and heirlooms, including deceased relatives’ wedding rings, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. The burglar... (Continue reading)

Three Cal Poly seniors win regional dairy judging competition

Written on 23 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Cal Poly’s dairy judging team quailed for the national championship tournament after three students won first place at the Western Regional Dairy Challenge competition in Twin Falls, Idaho. During the three-day competition, teams of four were judged on how they... (Continue reading)

SLO woman killed in Highway 227 crash

Written on 23 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A 68-year-old San Luis Obispo woman reportedly pulled into oncoming traffic on Highway 227 south of SLO on Monday. Charlotte Jane Morgan suffered major injuries in the crash and died later in the day at the hospital. [KSBY] Morgan’s 26-year-old... (Continue reading)

California bill would limit cash cops can pay jailhouse snitches

Written on 22 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Following revelations that a pair of Mexican Mafia members made hundreds of thousands of dollars working as jailhouse snitches, a California bill that would restrict payments to informants is making its way through the state Legislature. [LA Daily News] Assembly... (Continue reading)

Allegations fly at board majority after Gibson, Hill lose groundwater vote

Written on 22 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

With control over the Paso Robles groundwater basin at stake, the minority on the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors, as well as its supporters, are levying allegations that the board majority violated the Brown Act. As a result,... (Continue reading)