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CAPSLO parking program becoming permanent

Written on 28 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

The Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo’s practice of allowing select homeless individuals to sleep in vehicles overnight at the Prado Day Center is becoming a permanent city-sanctioned program, despite fading interest among the homeless population. [Tribune] The San... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County hires new public works director

Written on 28 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The County of San Luis Obispo announced Tuesday it has hired Wade Horton as its new public works director. Horton will be directly responsible for overseeing the operations of the public works department, which has approximately 190 full-time employees. Currently,... (Continue reading)

CHP officers caught trading nude photos of female suspects

Written on 28 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 36 comments

A once secret game exists within the California Highway Patrol in which officers trade nude photos of female arrestees. [Contra Costa Times] Multiple CHP officers are currently on administrative duty in Northern California as they await charges, which will likely... (Continue reading)

Synthetic marijuana blamed in deadly Cayucos crash

Written on 27 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

The grandmother of the toddler killed in a fatal accident Saturday on Highway 1 in Cayucos said the adults in the vehicle were addicted to spice, a synthetic marijuana. [KSBY] Two children are dead, two adults are hospitalized with major... (Continue reading)

Suspected killer of two California deputies was twice deported

Written on 27 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A man accused of killing two Northern California sheriff’s deputies on Friday is a convicted drug dealer whom immigration officials have twice deported from the United States. [L.A. Times] Luis Enrique Monroy-Bracamonte, 34, is accused of killing Sacramento County Sheriff’s... (Continue reading)

Crash near Shandon leaves two with major injuries

Written on 27 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A head-on collision on Highway 46 near Shandon sent two individuals to the hospital with major injuries early Monday morning. [KSBY] Shortly after 1 a.m., the vehicles collided on westbound Highway 46 just east of Highway 41. California Highway Patrol... (Continue reading)

Dow appoints Lee Cunningham assistant district attorney

Written on 27 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Longtime prosecutor Lee Cunningham will be the new second in command at the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office, after receiving the appointment over the weekend. [Tribune] District Attorney-elect Dan Dow, who is scheduled to take over the office... (Continue reading)

Man stabbed at SLO Burger King

Written on 27 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A 55-year-old San Luis Obispo man stabbed another man in the torso early Sunday morning at the Burger King at the corner of Madonna and Los Osos Valley roads. Shortly after 7 a.m., an argument between James Angelico, 55, escalated... (Continue reading)

Two children killed in DUI accident near Cayucos

Written on 26 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

Two children are dead, two adults are hospitalized with major injuries and a Morro Bay man is in jail after an alleged felony DUI accident Saturday north of Cayucos on Highway 1. Shortly after 4 p.m., Tanner Mengore, 22, was... (Continue reading)

Rollover accident near Cayucos injures four

Written on 25 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Officers shut down Highway 1 north of Cayucos following a single car rollover accident Saturday with reports of four people being injured. Shortly after 4 p.m., a Chevy Avalanche rolled several times for unknown reasons. The vehicle then went off... (Continue reading)