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Man strips in SLO intersection after crashing car

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

A man crashed his car, then removed much of his clothing and entered into a yoga routine on a busy San Luis Obispo street corner Monday afternoon. [KSBY] Douglas Kopcha, 46, rolled his vehicle into a traffic signal pole at... (Continue reading)

Ashbaugh evades punishment for Brown Act breach

Written on 11 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council condemned Councilman John Ashbaugh Monday, but opted not to formally punish him for violating California’s open meeting law. During the Oct. 21 council meeting, Ashbaugh chastised Councilman Dan Carpenter for not asking question during... (Continue reading)

Women accused of theft at SLO doughnut shop

Written on 11 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

San Luis Obispo police are seeking four women who allegedly stole cash and an employee’s purse from the back office of a doughnut shop on Friday. [Tribune] Police say two women entered Sunshine Donuts in the 100 block of South... (Continue reading)

U-Haul murder heading to trial in Santa Maria

Written on 10 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Jury selection begins next week in the trial of six men implicated in the murder of a Santa Maria man whose body was found in a U-Haul truck parked in Orcutt last year. [Lompoc Record] Following the murder of 28-year-old... (Continue reading)

California teacher accused of caging special ed student

Written on 10 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A Fresno elementary school teacher allegedly locked a 7-year-old girl with a seizure disorder in makeshift cage constructed inside a first grade classroom. [Fresno Bee] The child’s parent, Ledelldra Brooks, says she made an unannounced visit to her child’s special... (Continue reading)

Gilroy plane crash kills two

Written on 10 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A small plane crashed in Northern California over the weekend, apparently killing the two people on board. [Mercury News] The Cessna 140 aircraft took off from an airport near Hollister Saturday afternoon but failed to reach its destination. That evening... (Continue reading)

Fatal crash in Paso Robles

Written on 9 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A currently unidentified man was killed early Sunday morning in a single vehicle accident in rural Paso Robles, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly after midnight, the man was driving a 1995 Ford F-150 pickup northbound on River Road... (Continue reading)

Body found hanging from tree

Written on 9 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A utility worker looking to relive himself discovered a body hanging in a tree on Thursday north of Greenfield, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrived to find the decomposing body in a tree off a Highway 101... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man charged with manslaughter

Written on 8 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A Los Osos man who was the driver in a deadly crash that took the lives of two children was charged with manslaughter on Friday. On Oct. 25, Tanner Mengore, 22, was driving an SUV at a high rate of... (Continue reading)

Suspicious death ruled drug overdose

Written on 8 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

San Luis Obispo Police Department announced Friday that a man found deceased in his home last summer, died as the result of a drug overdose. On July 26, neighbors at the Silver City Mobile Home Park on the 3800 block... (Continue reading)