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Fire burns storage at SLO Goodwill

Written on 26 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A fire broke out at the San Luis Obispo Goodwill on Tuesday morning and burned storage containers outside the building. [KSBY] The fire started around 5 a.m. at the Goodwill warehouse in the 800 block of Industrial Way. No employees... (Continue reading)

Barry LaBarbera elected presiding judge

Written on 26 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judges voted last week to elect Barry LaBarbera as presiding judge and Ginger Garrett as assistant presiding judge. LaBarbera and Garret took over the positions immediately following the vote. The election marked the second... (Continue reading)

Violent Monday in Santa Maria, 3 dead

Written on 26 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death and two males were fatally shot on Monday in Santa Maria. The stabbing and shooting were separate incidents. In less than a month, there have been five murders in Santa Maria. Amid a string... (Continue reading)

SLO double-decker bus crashed into bridge

Written on 25 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 57 comments

Part of the top of San Luis Obispo’s double-decker bus was sheared off Monday morning when its driver attempted to drive the 14 foot-high bus under a 12 and a half foot-high railroad bridge on Highland Drive on the Cal... (Continue reading)

Shandon man threatens to kill deputies

Written on 25 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A Shandon man threatened to kill San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies and nearly turned his pit bull loose on them on Thursday. He then struck, kicked and bit the deputies, injuring two of them. Shortly before 8 p.m., deputies... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man accused of assaulting officer

Written on 25 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Police arrested a reportedly intoxicated Morro Bay man who is accused of committing battery on an officer and threatening with the intent to terrorize. Officers booked Nathan Raphael Jones, 46, in San Luis Obispo County Jail on Friday evening. Jones... (Continue reading)

Violent crime suspects escape California jail

Written on 25 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A murder suspect and a man accused of severing the penis of a medical marijuana dispensary owner are part of a trio who remain at large after escaping an Orange County Jail on Friday. [CBS News] The inmates escaped the... (Continue reading)

Should Los Osos dump Wallace and Seitz?

Written on 24 Jan, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION by TOM SALMON On Sept. 30, it was brought to the attention of the Los Osos Community Services District (LOCSD)  Board that General Manager Kathy Kivley had overpaid herself. This was less than a month after independent auditors would not... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man arrested for stealing diapers

Written on 24 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

With guns drawn, Santa Maria police arrested a 24-year-old Santa Maria man who was suspected of stealing diapers from the Walmart on Bradley Road on Saturday afternoon, police said. At approximately 3:30 p.m., Joseph Dollette told a loss prevention employee... (Continue reading)

Burglars nab Cork ‘N’ Bottle ATM

Written on 23 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

San Luis Obispo Police are searching for two people who stole an ATM from the Cork ‘N’ Bottle Liquor store on Foothill Boulevard on Wednesday morning. [KSBY] Shortly after 5 a.m., a witness witnessed someone run out of the business... (Continue reading)