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Marijuana delivery services to remain in Paso Robles

Written on 6 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The Paso Robles City Council has opted to let medical marijuana dispensaries to continue operating within the city. Last month, the council deadlocked 2-2 on a vote to ban marijuana delivery services. Councilman John Hamon was absent from the meeting.... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay police catch graffiti artists

Written on 5 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Morro Bay police arrested an 18-year-old and a juvenile accomplice Saturday for creating graffiti. Around noon, witnesses reported a tagging that just took place in the 200 block of Atascadero Road. Police then located the two suspects with the help... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles teen busted with black tar heroin

Written on 5 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Paso Robles police detectives arrested a 17-year-old male Friday who is accused of selling black tar heroin. Police Special Enforcement Team detectives stopped a vehicle shortly before 5 p.m. for a mechanical violation. The detectives determined that the teen did... (Continue reading)

Stabbing suspect turns himself in to police

Written on 5 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Shortly after San Luis Obispo police announced on Monday that they were searching for a man who allegedly stabbed another man Sunday evening, the suspect walked into the police station and surrendered. After, Geffery Stephenson, 19, stabbed a man he... (Continue reading)

Moriarty takes 5-year prison sentence

Written on 4 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Grover Beach financier Al Moriarty has agreed to a plea deal in a multi-million dollar financial fraud case that will place him behind bars for five years. Moriarty, 81, owned and operated Moriarty Enterprises in Grover Beach from 2007 to... (Continue reading)

Man stabbed in SLO park

Written on 4 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a man who allegedly stabbed another man Sunday evening at De Vaul Park on Madonna Road. Shortly before 11 p.m., police discovered a man suffering from a stab wound at a picnic table... (Continue reading)

Santa Cruz deploying water cops to combat drought

Written on 4 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Touting strategies like deploying “water cops” and sending abusers to “water school,” the city of Santa Cruz has emerged as California’s leader in the water conservation push during the current drought. [Mercury News] Santa Cruz has instituted a policy of... (Continue reading)

Oil spill near Santa Maria

Written on 4 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Firefighters in Santa Barbara County are at the scene of a nearly 1,260 gallon oil spill on Palmer Street south of Orcutt. Shortly before 5 a.m., emergency crews responded to a suspected pipeline break that sent oil spilling across the... (Continue reading)

Accused child molester turns himself in

Written on 4 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A man on the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office’s most wanted list turned himself in to authorities on Friday. Paul Jacob Speer, 39, is charged with 20 counts of committing lewd acts with a child under the age of... (Continue reading)

Eighteen-foot shark spotted in Morro Bay

Written on 4 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A fisherman spotted a shark estimated to be about 18 feet long at the mouth of the Morro Bay harbor on Friday. The report marked the fourth shark sighting in San Luis Obispo County in a span of less than... (Continue reading)