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Pismo Beach in the top 10 for pollution

Written on 28 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Pismo Beach is ranked number 10 in the most polluted beaches in California, according to the annual Heal the Bay report. each year, Heal the Bay analysts take water samples from 456 California beaches and test for bacterial pollution. High... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man facing child rape charges

Written on 28 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested a Nipomo man this week for allegedly raping a child under the age of 10 years old. On Thursday, deputies received information that Angel Manuel Ponce, 22, had repeatedly sexually molested a young... (Continue reading)

Tribune printing press moving again

Written on 27 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Fourteen months after McClatchy began printing the San Luis Obispo Tribune in Fresno, the publishing company will again move the newspaper’s printing operations to a new press. The move is a result of McClatchy’s decision to start printing the Fresno... (Continue reading)

Gay Cal Poly student accuses Mike Winn of homophobia

Written on 27 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

Cal Poly professor and former and Nipomo CSD director, Mike Winn, told a queer student and diversity activist that gay marriage is a “grave moral mistake” and that gay people suffer in the afterlife, according to a Title IX discrimination... (Continue reading)

Prison guards acquitted of bar brawl manslaughter

Written on 27 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury acquitted two former prison guards Thursday of manslaughter charges relating to a deadly bar fight in San Miguel. The jury acquitted the defendants of the lesser charges they faced, as well. On Sept. 7, 2014,... (Continue reading)

Kidnap suspect shot and killed in Solvang, victim missing

Written on 27 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies shot and killed the suspected kidnapper of a 15-year-old girl in Solvang on Thursday afternoon. Officers have not located the teen. On Wednesday at about 7 a.m., witnesses reported hearing shots and seeing a bleeding... (Continue reading)

Only a fourth of SLO County mail in ballots returned

Written on 26 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

San Luis Obispo County residents have returned 24,032 of about 100,000 ballots that were mailed out earlier this month. About two thirds of county voters are currently registered to vote by mail. In the last primary election, approximately 60,000 San... (Continue reading)

Bernie Sanders to rally in Santa Maria

Written on 26 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will hold a rally at Santa Maria High School on Saturday. Sanders’ rallies have often drawn tens of thousands of supporters. Doors will open at the high school at 10:30 a.m., according to the Sanders... (Continue reading)

Man found dead in a vehicle in SLO

Written on 26 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Emergency responders found a man dead inside a vehicle on Broad Street in San Luis Obispo Wednesday morning. Investigators believe medical issues caused the man’s death. [Tribune] Around 10:45 a.m., the San Luis Obispo Police Department received a call about... (Continue reading)

Person killed in head-on Highway 1 crash

Written on 26 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

One person died Wednesday in a head-on collision on Highway 1 near Piedras Blancas. Four other people were injured in the crash, two of whom suffered major injuries. The collision occurred around 2:30 p.m. One car crossed the yellow line... (Continue reading)