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SWAT team arrests Paso Robles couple

Written on 12 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Members of the San Luis Obispo County Regional SWAT Team arrested a Paso Robles couple Wednesday morning that are believed to be dangerous gang associates. Around 6 a.m. Wednesday, the SWAT team served a search warrant for narcotics in the... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay council picks preferred sewer location

Written on 12 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

The Morro Bay City Council has chosen a property in the Morro Valley near Highway 41 as its preferred location for a new sewage treatment plant. [Tribune] The plant is currently located near the beach at the end of Atascadero... (Continue reading)

California Valley woman returned to jail

Written on 12 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A California Valley women who spent a year in jail after she shot and killed her boyfriend’s stepson was sent back to jail for violating her probation. Gina Loret Mayborn, 57, said she shot Joseph Cochran, 49, in July 2012... (Continue reading)

Woman struck by Capps’ aid is dead

Written on 12 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

The Santa Barbara women struck by an alleged DUI driver died Wednesday from injuries she suffered more than five days earlier. The family of Mallory Rae Dies, 27, had life support turned off and Dies was pronounced dead at 3:15... (Continue reading)

Oceano general manager under board scrutiny

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Oceano Community Services District Board of Directors will meet in closed session Wednesday evening to review the performance of recently hired General Manager Lonnie Curtis. Wednesday’s closed session hearing will mark the second time Curtis’s performance... (Continue reading)

California’s gun laws toughest in the country, study finds

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

California has the toughest gun laws in the country, according to a study released by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. [LA Times] The two gun control advocacy organizations released their... (Continue reading)

Assistant DA Tim Covello to run for district attorney

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

San Luis Obispo County prosecutor Tim Covello is running for the office of district attorney. Covello has prosecuted several high profile cases since joining the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office in 1993, including the Dystiny Myers murder case... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles woman not guilty of murdering mother

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A mentally ill Paso Robles women who murdered her mother was found not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday In April 2012, police responding to a 911 call found Sunni Jackson, 38, sitting outside the home and her mother... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man murdered in Salinas motel

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Salinas police have identified a man found stabbed to death in a Salinas motel Thursday as 53-year-old Bobby Dick Jr. of Morro Bay. On Dec. 5, a maid at the Laurel Inn noticed Dick’s motel room door was ajar. The... (Continue reading)

Estate Financial president Karen Guth getting out of prison early

Written on 11 Dec, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

A principal in a fraudulent $3oo million investment scheme she ran out of the Estate Financial Inc. office in Paso Robles, which financially ruined thousands of people, is slated to be released after serving a little more than six years... (Continue reading)