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Grover Beach robber dubbed the Beachcomber Bandit

Written on 24 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

FBI agents are searching for a bank robber dubbed the Beachcomber Bandit who struck in Grover Beach in June. [LA Times] The bandit robbed a Rabobank on Grand Avenue at gunpoint about one month after he held up a bank... (Continue reading)

SLO spending nearly $600,000 on improving one city block

Written on 24 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council has opted to spend nearly $600,000 on improvements to a single block of Higuera Street, three years after it spent more than $700,000 on renovating two adjacent blocks. [Tribune] Last week, the council voted... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria police make array of weekend arrests

Written on 24 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Santa Maria police took to the streets over the weekend to search for suspects ranging from DUI offenders who failed to appear in court to residents with gang associations. [KSBY] Officers arrested a total of 11 suspects during multiple searches... (Continue reading)

Suspect arrested for Pismo Beach rape

Written on 23 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Police arrested a man who is suspected of raping a woman on Thursday at The Tides Motel on Price Street in Pismo Beach on charges of rape by force, making terrorist threats and sodomy. [KSBY] Though the victim did not... (Continue reading)

Nipomo raises water rates

Written on 22 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

During a heated meeting on Friday, the Nipomo Community Services District Board voted 4-1 to approve a water rate increase to pay for supplemental water from Santa Maria. The increase in cost will pay for a pipeline and the cost... (Continue reading)

Recount requested in Pismo Beach mayor race

Written on 22 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A challenger who lost the race for the Pismo Beach mayor seat by two votes filed a formal request for a ballot recount with the San Luis Obispo County Clerk Recorders Office. A supporter of Kevin Kreowski mounted an online... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles council banning spice

Written on 21 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

The Paso Robles City Council is banning synthetic drugs, known as spice, that often resemble marijuana and are to blame for a recent fatal collision in San Luis Obispo County. [KSBY] On Tuesday, the Paso Robles City Council approved the... (Continue reading)

ASH patient arrested for attacks on inmate, officer

Written on 21 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Authorities arrested an Atascadero State Hospital patient Tuesday for assaulting both another patient and a hospital police officer. [Tribune] Montoya Nichols, 23, is accused of attacking another patient in an ASH dorm room just after 10 p.m. Monday. The victim... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles council to appoint member to vacant seat

Written on 21 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The Paso Robles City Council is expected to fill a vacant seat by appointing a fifth council member at its upcoming meeting, rather than opting to hold a special election. [Tribune] Council member Steve Martin ran unopposed for mayor, and... (Continue reading)

Man who violently killed a co-worker paroled to SLO

Written on 21 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 44 comments

After 30 years in Prison, a man who killed a co-worked then cut his heart out and put it in his pocket has been paroled to San Luis Obispo. [Fresno Bee] In 1984 Theodore LeLeaux Jr. was sentenced to 16... (Continue reading)