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Tribune Co. loses out on California newspaper sale

Written on 21 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Following interference from the United States Department of Justice, the Tribune Publishing Company has lost its opportunity to corner the Southern California newspaper market. A competing publisher is now set to purchase a Southern California newspaper portfolio. [USA Today] At... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach pier jumper missing

Written on 20 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Rescue workers are searching for a man who jumped off the Pismo Beach pier Saturday evening. Shortly before 10 p.m., witnesses spotted the man jump into the ocean. After the man began struggling in the water, witnesses called 911. Officers... (Continue reading)

Armed suspects rob Paso Robles gas station

Written on 20 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Paso Robles police are searching for two suspects who robbed the Spirit gas station at the corner of 17th and Spring streets in Paso Robles Friday night. At approximately 9:30 p.m., surveillance video caught the two suspects, one armed with... (Continue reading)

Body of missing Santa Maria teen found in Nipomo

Written on 19 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The body of missing Santa Maria teen Ivan Nunez was discovered hanging from an abandoned structure near Range Place and Orchard road in Nipomo on Feb. 17, and was identified Friday, according to the San Maria Police Department. The death... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles John Doe identified

Written on 19 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

After four years, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Coroner identity a body found in the Salinas riverbed in Paso Robles as 67-year-old Phillip Max Ahoff. Investigators believe Ahoff died of natural causes. On Jan. 12, 2012, Ahoff’s decomposing body... (Continue reading)

Grocery Outlet considering Los Osos store

Written on 19 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

The Grocery Outlet company is considering taking over the former Haggen Grocery store in Los Osos, company officials said. The location has been empty since Haggen closed last summer leaving the town of approximately 14,000 with only one grocery store.... (Continue reading)

DOJ trying to stop California newspaper sale

Written on 18 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The United States Department of Justice has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in attempt to block the Tribune Publishing Company from purchasing the Orange County Register. The DOJ is also trying to halt the sale of the Riverside County Press-Enterprise... (Continue reading)

Police find SLO arson suspect in county jail

Written on 18 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A homeless San Luis Obispo man allegedly called 911 to annoy or harass dispatchers just a couple hours after he set a fire at a Shell gas station in SLO. Officers took the man into custody early Tuesday morning and... (Continue reading)

Cayucos fire tax to appear on June ballot

Written on 18 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Cayucos fire officials are trying to stave off dissolution of the community’s fire department by asking voters to pass a tax in June. The tax would raise the assessment on single-family homes in Cayucos from $100 a year to $500... (Continue reading)

Transient con man robbing women he picks up

Written on 17 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

A 44-year-old man who lives out of his car and goes by the nickname “Pineapple” is picking up women at Santa Barbara County bars, then spending nights at their homes and pilfering their jewelry and other property, according to the... (Continue reading)