Daily Briefs


Driver hits parked cars, cars hit Cayucos homes

Two vehicles rolled into Cayucos homes Sunday morning after a San Luis Obispo man fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into five parked cars. [Tribune] Robert Covey, 35, dozed off at 8:05 a.m. while traveling south on Highway 1,... (Continue reading)

Stabbing prompts Cal Poly to probe fraternity

Cal Poly officials are investigating a fraternity that held a party associated with a stabbing that occurred near the San Luis Obispo campus earlier this month. [KSBY] In the early morning of Sept. 18, Jay Hernandez, a 19-year-old Cuesta College... (Continue reading)

Audit of Los Osos CSD finds errors and overpayments

At least two Los Osos Community Services District employees received unearned overtime pay, and the CSD used improper accounting practices, a recent audit has revealed. [Tribune] Last month, auditing firm Moss, Levy and Hartzheim completed an audit of the Los... (Continue reading)

Super blood moon eclipse Sunday night

Central Coast stargazers will likely be watching the eclipse of the supermoon on Sunday evening. A supermoon and a total lunar eclipse will be the star attractions Sunday evening. This full moon will be the closest of the year and... (Continue reading)

Muril Clift resigns from Cambria CSD Board

Muril Clift, vice president of the Cambria Community Services District Board, resigned at the end of Thursday’s board’s meeting. Clift’s resignation is effective Oct. 1. Clift sits on multiple local boards including the San Luis Obispo County Local Agency Formation... (Continue reading)

Yanaga convicted of murder

A jury voted Friday to convict Thomas Yanaga of second-degree murder in the killing of Atascadero resident Marshall Savoy. On March 14, Yanaga, 53, shot Savoy, 32, after the Atascadero man tried to break up an argument between Yanaga and... (Continue reading)

McCarthy in line to be speaker of the house

House Speaker John Boehner announced Friday that he is resigning, making Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Californian, the leading candidate to claim the most powerful job in Congress. [LA Times] McCarthy’s district includes Bakersfield and most of Kern and Tulare... (Continue reading)

San Gabriel Elementary to reopen Monday

San Gabriel Elementary School will reopen Monday, a little more than two weeks after closing due to the appearance of dangerous chemicals and threatening letters. On Sept. 11, the San Luis Obispo County bomb squad removed a suspicious jar from... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man pleads no contest to murder of his daughter

A Paso Robles man accused of beating to death his 22-month-old daughter has pleaded no contest to second degree murder. Herbert David Brown III, 32, assaulted his daughter, Lily Sommer-Brown, at their Santa Ysabel Avenue home, leaving her not breathing... (Continue reading)

Nipomo felon allegedly strikes again and again

A 26-year-old Nipomo man who was arrested last month for allegedly committing multiple felonies while on bail, was arrested Thursday accused of many of the same criminal acts. On Aug. 18, a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputy noticed Allen... (Continue reading)