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Morro Bay officials clean creek, kick out homeless

Written on 11 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 42 comments

Piles of trash, needles and human feces are now gone from a section of Morro Creek. So are the people who were living there. On Thursday, the city of Morro Bay conducted a creek cleanup at the location of a... (Continue reading)

Man allegedly exposed himself to Grover Beach girls

Written on 11 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A 29-year-old Santa Maria man exposed himself to three elementary school girls in August, according to the Grover Beach Police Department. Officers arrested the man in Santa Maria on Thursday. Roberto Mendoza-Macias allegedly exposed himself to the girls on Aug.... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande teen killed in crash identified

Written on 10 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The Arroyo Grande teen killed in a single car accident on Buckley Road has been identified as Cody Malone. Malone, 18, was a 2015 graduate of Lopez High School. Shortly before 4 a.m., the teen was traveling eastbound on Buckley... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande teen killed in crash near SLO airport

Written on 10 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

An Arroyo Grande teen died after crashing his pickup truck near the San Luis Obipso Airport early Thursday morning. The victim was 18 years old. [KSBY] Shortly before 4 a.m., the teen traveling eastbound on Buckley Road near Highway 227.... (Continue reading)

Templeton man sentenced for girlfriend’s murder

Written on 10 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A San Luis Obispo judge sentenced Philip Thomas Hanes 0f Templeton to 16 years to life in prison on Wednesday. A jury convicted Hanes, 59, of second-degree murder in January for the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend. On June 4,... (Continue reading)

Man exposes himself to girl in Atascadero

Written on 10 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A man driving a shiny black truck reportedly exposed himself to an 11-year-old in Atascadero on Tuesday. Atascadero police say they received four reports in the past few months of a man exposing himself or attempting to expose himself. On... (Continue reading)

6 suspected arson fires in San Luis Obispo

Written on 9 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Investigators suspect a serial arsonist started a series of six small grass fires in San Luis Obispo Tuesday evening.[KSBY] Shortly after 10 p.m., firefighters responded to two small vegetation fires in the creek area near the intersection of Meinecke Avenue... (Continue reading)

Adam Hill shuns CAPSLO

Written on 9 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 53 comments

San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill quietly left the dais and disappeared from a board meeting Tuesday as his colleagues presented an award to the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) for the agency’s 50th anniversary. Hill... (Continue reading)

SLO County may max out allotments of Nacimiento water

Written on 9 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo County is considering maxing out its total allocation of Lake Nacimiento water. The county board of supervisors is scheduled to vote on the issue in March. The cities and communities involved in the Nacimiento Water Project have... (Continue reading)

Man killed at Oceano Dunes identified

Written on 9 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

California state parks has identified the man who died in an ATV crash at the Oceano Dunes Sunday as Francisco Javier Gonzales Casillas, of Richmond. Casillas was 42. [Tribune] Casillas died around 11:30 a.m. from injuries he suffered in the... (Continue reading)