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Vons to pay for illegal dumping

Written on 13 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By KAREN VELIE A judge from Alameda County ordered Safeway, the parent company for six San Luis Obispo County Vons grocery stores, to pay $9.87 million to 42 California counties and two cities for the illegal dumping of chemicals and... (Continue reading)

Cambria man sentenced for deadly ATV crash

Written on 13 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A 30-year-old Cambria man received a four-year jail sentence on Monday for killing a lifelong friend in a drunken ATV accident. [Tribune] In July 2012, Garret Taylor drove a stolen ATV head-on into an oak tree, killing 20-year-old passenger Justin... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly football players fight against going to trial

Written on 13 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Attorneys representing four former Cal Poly football players accused of complicity in an attempted armed robbery of a fraternity house argued Monday that their clients should not go to trial. In August 2014, San Luis Obipso police arrested five Cal... (Continue reading)

Father, son both die in SLO County Jail

Written on 13 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

BY JOSH FRIEDMAN A Morro Bay man who died in San Luis Obispo County Jail over the weekend passed away in the same location his son died 14 years ago. On Sunday morning, 63-year-old Morro Bay resident David Osborn Sr.... (Continue reading)

Who laced the cake at a California bakery?

Written on 12 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A Southern California bakery is under criminal investigation after approximately 40 customers became ill from eating bread that police say contained a synthetic drug. [NBC Southern California] After consuming Three Kings cake, customers of Cholula’s Bakery in Santa Ana experienced... (Continue reading)

DUI-prone driver narrowly misses SLO creek

Written on 12 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

In an apparent repeat DUI offense, a San Luis Obispo man narrowly missed plunging his truck into a creek late Saturday night. Charles Evert, 22, suffered undisclosed injuries in a single car crash that required emergency responders to extricate him... (Continue reading)

Atascadero council to finalize dumpster diving ban

Written on 12 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The Atascadero City Council is expected on Tuesday to place the finishing touches on an ordinance that would prohibit residents and visitors from rummaging through others’ trash. On Dec. 9, the council unanimously approved the first reading of what city... (Continue reading)

KSBY back on DirecTV in time for playoffs

Written on 11 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

DirecTV and KSBY’s parent company announced Saturday that they have settled their contract dispute and reached a multi-year agreement in time for DirecTV viewers to watch the NFL playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and the New England Patriots. KSBY,... (Continue reading)

Hancock College athletes arrested for murder

Written on 11 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

Santa Maria police arrested two Allan Hancock Basketball players, including the leading scorer of the team, early Saturday morning for allegedly murdering a man on Dec. 30. Officers booked Ali Mohammed, 19, from Los Angeles, and Lavelle White, 22, from... (Continue reading)

Jury finds Templeton man guilty of murder

Written on 10 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury found a Templeton man guilty Friday afternoon of second degree murder. Phillip Thomas Hanes, 58, faces a sentence of 16 years to life in state prison. Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Duffy set Hanes’ sentencing for... (Continue reading)