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Marx calls for rooftop party ban

Written on 9 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 79 comments

San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx is calling for a city ban on rooftop parties, following a weekend incident in which a garage roof collapsed at an early St. Patrick’s Day party. [Tribune] At 6:21 a.m. Saturday, between 30 and... (Continue reading)

Cambria smoke shop sued over fatal crash

Written on 9 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The mother of a toddler killed in a recent car crash is suing a Cambria smoke shop over the synthetic drug spice that it allegedly sold to the driver of the vehicle. [Tribune] On Oct. 25, Tanner Noah Mengore crashed... (Continue reading)

Man killed while walking on Highway 101 in SLO

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

Multiple vehicles struck and killed a 50-year-old Lompoc man who was walking on highway 101 in San Luis Obispo on Saturday night. [KSBY] The collision occurred around 9:15 p.m. in the northbound lane of the highway by the Santa Rosa... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man arrested for kidnapping and shooting a man

Written on 9 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a 28-year-old Paso Robles man on Saturday who allegedly kidnapped, shot, terrorized and threatened a man in an attempt to dissuade a witness from testifying. On Friday at 2:30 p.m., an unidentified man... (Continue reading)

Second Atascadero man arrested for molly overdoses

Written on 8 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A second Wesleyan University in Connecticut student from Atascadero was arrested for his role in the molly overdoses which led to 11 students being hospitalized last month. [Gothamist] Abhimanyu Janamanchi, 21, turned himself in on Friday in connection to the... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man arrested for biting child

Written on 8 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Santa Maria police arrested a man Saturday for allegedly biting a 2-year-old child. The child did not require medical treatment. Nevertheless, 25-year-old Raul Campos Herrera is facing charges of corporal injury to a child — a felony punishable by at... (Continue reading)

Photos of San Luis Obispo garage roof collapsing

Written on 7 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

Coordinated through social media, several thousand college-aged men and women poured into a residential neighborhood in San Luis Obispo near Cal Poly on Friday night. Many of the revelers were drinking alcoholic beverages and were wearing green clothing for the... (Continue reading)

Man shot in San Miguel

Written on 7 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives are searching for a gunman who shot a man in San Miguel on Friday. The adult male victim suffered a single gunshot wound to the leg around 2:30 p.m. The shooting occurred at a... (Continue reading)

DA charges SLO Craigslist user for seeking sex with minors

Written on 7 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Two days after San Luis Obispo police arrested a 55-year-old sex offender for soliciting sex with a minor, the county district attorney’s office filed charges against the man. On Wednesday, police found Robert George Roe naked in a San Luis... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly students injured in roof collapse at party

Written on 7 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Under the weight of at least 40 people, the roof over a garage in San Luis Obispo collapsed injuring eight people, seven of whom were Cal Poly students, early Saturday morning.   Approximately 1,000 people were having an early Saint... (Continue reading)