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San Luis Obispo police searching for backpack thieves

Written on 10 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers are asking the public for help with identifying two suspects who allegedly stole a backpack at McCarthy’s Irish Pub in Downtown SLO. The two men allegedly stole the backpack from a patron... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man guilty of drug and firearm related offenses

Written on 10 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County jury found a 35-year-old Atascadero man guilty of drug and firearm related offenses on Wednesday. John Allen Webb is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 2, according to the District Attorney’s Office.... (Continue reading)

Man gets 25 years to life for elderly Arroyo Grande woman’s murder

Written on 10 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge sentenced a Fresno man on Tuesday to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of an elderly woman whom he killed in her rural Arroyo Grande home. [KSBY] On Nov. 27, 2020, while... (Continue reading)

Surf, coastal flood and wind advisories as storms move towards SLO County

Written on 9 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Two storms are headed to San Luis Obispo County, one is slated to arrive on Tuesday night while the other moves in on Wednesday. The storms are are forecast to bring breaking waves of up to 17... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police searching for wallet thief

Written on 9 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police are searching for a woman who allegedly stole a wallet inside a Bank of America branch last week. On Jan. 2, a person at the bank reported their wallet had been stolen. A... (Continue reading)

Gunshots lead to shelter-in-place at Paso Robles school

Written on 9 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Georgia Brown Elementary School in Paso Robles enacted a shelter-in-place order after multiple school staffers reported hearing gunshots fired on Tuesday morning. Officers responded and searched the area, but found no issues. In addition, no one made... (Continue reading)

Firefighters extinguish Paso Robles urgent care bathroom blaze

Written on 9 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Firefighters extinguished a blaze that broke out inside a Paso Robles urgent care bathroom Monday evening. Shortly after 7 p.m., a caller reported a fires at Carbon Health Urgent Care Paso Robles, located at 500 1st Street.... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach residents working on anti-water rate increase initiative

Written on 8 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A group of Grover Beach residents plan to overturn the City Council’s resolution to raise water rates by more than 100% through an anti-water rate increase initiative. Grover H2O filed a notice of intent to circulate the... (Continue reading)

Self-cleaning oven starts fire, Nipomo home destroyed

Written on 8 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE A self-cleaning oven is the suspected cause of a house fire in Nipomo on Monday afternoon. The blaze destroyed the home. Shortly after 1 p.m., a resident of the home on the 800 block of Alejandro Way... (Continue reading)

SLO police arrest wanted felon driving stolen car

Written on 8 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a wanted felon whom they allegedly found driving a stolen vehicle early Thursday morning with a ghost gun and ammunition inside.  Officer DJ Peck spotted a car without plates at a... (Continue reading)