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Mobile home burns in Los Osos

Written on 6 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A fire destroyed a mobile home, as well as a nearby vehicle, in Los Osos Sunday. CAL FIRE received a report of a vegetation fire around 12:54 p.m. Sunday at 1690 Valley View Drive. Firefighters responded and contained the fire... (Continue reading)

Prowler repeatedly spotted in San Luis Obispo neighborhood

Written on 5 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a prowler who has been active in the neighborhood of Broad and Sandercock streets over the past few weeks. In one occasion, the prowler entered a home. The woman awoke, confronted the prowler... (Continue reading)

Birds provoke cat fight

Written on 4 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured, Screening Room | 15 comments

The staff at CalCoastNews decided to share this non-local video with our readers because we found it so bizarre. In the video, a pair of birds incite two cats into a fight.... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria woman arrested for killing ex-boyfriend’s cat

Written on 4 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies arrested a 43-year-old Santa Maria woman who allegedly choked and then stabbed her ex-boyfriend’s cat to death with a large kitchen knife. On the afternoon of Jan.2, Nellie Palacios, accompanied by her new boyfriend, entered... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach man allegedly mailed meth to the jail

Written on 4 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

San Luis Obispo County deputies arrested a Pismo Beach man for allegedly sending his incarcerated girlfriend a greeting card containing methamphetamine in December. A deputy at the jail discovered meth wrapped in plastic and hidden in the card sent to... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo celebrates restaurant month

Written on 3 Jan, 2014 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

Dozens of San Luis Obispo County restaurants are participating in the seventh annual Restaurant Month promotion running January 1 through January 31st. Participating restaurants will offer a variety of special menu selections with many featuring a three-course prix fixe meal... (Continue reading)

SLO adds two bike cops to downtown patrol

Written on 3 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

The San Luis Obispo Police Department has assigned two officers the duty of patrolling the downtown area by bicycle. [KSBY] On Thursday, the police department added two bicycle officers to its downtown patrol, which already exists of two Community Action... (Continue reading)

California Supreme Court grants law license to illegal immigrant

Written on 3 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The California Supreme Court unanimously agreed Thursday to allow an undocumented immigrant the right to practice law. [LA Times] Chico resident Sergio C. Garica, 36, passed the state bar four years ago but has yet to receive federal approval of... (Continue reading)

Bomb squad removes dildo from downtown SLO

Written on 3 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

What happens when someone leaves a dildo wrapped in black electrical tape on a street in San Luis Obispo? Roads are closed and it is removed by the bomb task force robot. On New Year’s Eve, a pedestrian spotted the... (Continue reading)

Video released of truck damaging Atascadero veterans memorial

Written on 3 Jan, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Atascadero police have released surveillance video of a truck driving through and vandalizing the Faces of Freedom Veterans Memorial on New Year’s Day. Shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, a witness reported that a red Chevrolet pickup truck was driving through... (Continue reading)