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Elderly AG woman led police on high-speed chase

Written on 10 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A 70-year-old Arroyo Grande woman led California Highway Patrol officers on a chase in Santa Barbara County on Tuesday that covered more than 20 miles. The CHP is investigating whether she was drunk at the time. [KSBY] Shortly after 3... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay attorney sentenced for grand theft

Written on 9 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

A former attorney and Morro Bay planning commissioner was sentence Monday to 240 days in jail. John Patrick Fennacy, 50, pleaded no contest last year in a grand theft case involving elderly clients. [KSBY] Prosecutors initially alleged Fennacy embezzled at... (Continue reading)

Former wrestler faked mountain lion attack

Written on 9 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A San Luis Obispo man who claimed in a television interview that he snapped the neck of a mountain lion has admitted to fabricating the story. [KSBY] Robin Olson said in a KSBY interview that a mountain lion attacked him... (Continue reading)

CSU faculty preparing for strike

Written on 9 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 37 comments

The California State University faculty union is planning a five-day strike in April. The possible strike is scheduled for a period that overlaps the Cal Poly Open House. Union representatives are demanding a 5 percent salary hike for CSU faculty... (Continue reading)

Depressed man suspected of torching Los Osos home

Written on 9 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A depressed man is suspected of starting a fire in Los Osos on Monday afternoon that completely destroyed his home and seriously burned him. [KSBY] In the early afternoon, the family of Mark Hannah, 47, asked the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles residents displaced by apartment fire

Written on 8 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Improperly discarded smoking materials caused a fire in Paso Robles Saturday that displaced the residents of eight apartment units, according to the city’s department of emergency services. Around 2:22 p.m., Paso Robles firefighters responded to a blaze at an eight-unit... (Continue reading)

SLO man breaks mountain lion’s neck. Or does he?

Written on 8 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

UPDATE:  Mountain lion attack story determined to be a hoax “Robin Olson of San Luis Obispo claimed he was attacked by a mountain lion Saturday afternoon while hiking in Prefumo Canyon. Upon further investigation, his claim has been determined to... (Continue reading)

Body of missing man found in Morro Bay

Written on 8 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Morro Bay police found the body of 21-year-old Avery Danley who had been missing for about two weeks Sunday morning in the back bay near Los Osos. [KSBY] Danley had been living on a sailboat in the Morro Bay Harbor.... (Continue reading)

2 stabbed, 8 arrested in Santa Maria

Written on 7 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

In two separate altercations Saturday in Santa Maria, eight people were arrested and two ended up in the hospital. Shortly before 2 a.m., officers were dispatched to an altercation on the 600 block of East Tunnell Street. Police arrived to... (Continue reading)

California overpaid employees more than $700,000

Written on 6 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

California overpaid at least $700,000 to state employees last month. And now the state wants the money back. Approximately 20,000 state employees got too much money in their paychecks. The state paid employees from $37 to $101 in January for... (Continue reading)