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Sex offender standing trial for SLO bank robbery

Written on 25 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Opening statements have begun in the trial of a Paso Robles sex offender who is accused of robbing a San Luis Obispo branch of Bank of America in 2013. [KSBY] Andrew Gilbertson, 40, has a prior conviction of sexual battery,... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar teachers could strike next month

Written on 25 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 48 comments

Lucia Mar district officials and representatives of its teachers’ union will gather Wednesday for a mediation hearing in an attempt to stave off a strike that could occur in less than a month. District officials and the Lucia Mar Teachers... (Continue reading)

David Crosby hits jogger in Santa Ynez

Written on 24 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Legendary musician David Crosby crashed his 2015 black Tesla into a jogger Sunday near his home in the Santa Ynez Valley. [KEYT] The jogger, 46-year-old Jose Jimenez, suffered multiple fractures, abrasions and lacerations but survived. Emergency responders airlifted Jimenez to... (Continue reading)

Indiana teacher killed in crash near Cambria

Written on 24 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A 57-year-old Indiana woman died Sunday evening after her car veered off Highway 1 near Cambria. [KSBY] Melody Logsdon, an elementary school teacher, drove her Subaru Impreza off the road and down a dirt and grass embankment shortly after 9... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles woman arrested for embezzlement

Written on 24 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Paso Robles police arrested a Paso Robles bookkeeper last week for allegedly embezzling at least $700,000 from a local manufacturing business and a non-profit during a period of about six years. Representatives of the Paso Robles Youth Sports Council and... (Continue reading)

Public urination prompts Paso Robles drug bust

Written on 24 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Paso Robles police responded to a report of public urination Sunday evening and ended up arresting the suspect for drug offenses. Around 10:40 p.m., police received a report of man getting out of his vehicle and urinating on the driveway... (Continue reading)

Traveler tested for Ebola in Santa Barbara County

Written on 23 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Doctors are testing and monitoring a traveler who recently returned from one or more countries that experienced an Ebola epidemic. [KSBY] Santa Barbara County health officials say the case is a low risk situation and highly unlikely to be Ebola.... (Continue reading)

California initiative calls for killing gays

Written on 23 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

Signature gatherers may soon approach California voters with a plan to institute the death penalty as punishment for gay sex. Huntington Beach attorney Matt McGlaughlin is proposing the “Sodomite Suppression Act,” a planned state ballot measure for which he submitted... (Continue reading)

Fatal head-on accident near Paso Robles

Written on 23 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Two people were killed and two others injured Monday in a head-on collision at the intersection of State Route 41 and State Route 46 in San Luis Obispo County east of Paso Robles. Shortly before 7 a.m., witnesses reported the... (Continue reading)

Son burned, father arrested in Morro Bay pyro mishap

Written on 23 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Grover Beach man after a homemade pyrotechnic device burned his 13-year-old son. Around 10:15 a.m. Sunday, deputies responded to a report that a powder flare discharged and injured a juvenile on Canet... (Continue reading)