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Psychiatrists fleeing Atascadero State Hospital

Written on 28 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Atascadero State Hospital is admitting fewer patients due to a shortage of psychiatrists. [Tribune] A total of 22.5 psychiatrists are currently on staff, marking a 33.7 percent reduction since September 2012. Last month, ASH reduced the number of patients it... (Continue reading)

Jealousy over a woman fueled Oceano fatal fight

Written on 27 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A fatal fight in Ocean last summer was prompted by jealousy over a woman who was dating the victim, according to court documents. [Tribune] On the night of June 21, Joseph Munoz encountered a man whose girlfriend he had been... (Continue reading)

Lowest rainfall in 143 years

Written on 27 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

Droopy trees, smelly lakes and wilted flowers blanket San Luis Obispo County as a result of the lowest rainfall experienced in 143 years. The county is slipping further into drought with 3.5 inches of rainfall between January and October marking... (Continue reading)

Man overdoses on heroin in Paso Robles pub

Written on 26 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Two San Luis Obispo County probation officers assisted a man they found not breathing because of a heroin overdose in a bathroom at the Downtown Brew in Paso Robles. Officers Jason Hendrix and Christine Carlton were in Paso Robles doing... (Continue reading)

Smoker shows gun in ASH parking lot

Written on 25 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A man showed a gun in the parking lot of Atascadero State Hospital Wednesday after an ASH employee asked him to stop smoking. [KSBY] ASH police officers arrested Fredrick Hamilton, 36, for exhibiting a firearm, bringing a weapon onto prison... (Continue reading)

Formerly jailed attorney fails to lower Moriarty’s bail

Written on 25 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Santa Maria attorney Scott Whitenack, who met Grover Beach financier Al Moriarty in San Luis Obispo County Jail, failed in his bid Thursday to reduce Moriarty’s $5 million bail. San Luis Obispo County law enforcement officers arrested Whitenack three times... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach pays $1.5 million, litigants name more defendants

Written on 25 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 36 comments

Pismo Beach has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of a woman who was struck by a vehicle and killed while crossing Shell Beach Road. In 2011, Tricia Rittger was walking across the street from a parking lot... (Continue reading)

2 DUI collisions wreak havoc

Written on 25 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Two allegedly intoxicated drivers crashed their cars, toppled power lines and shuttered roads on Thursday in San Luis Obispo County. Shortly before 7 p.m., an alleged drunk driver crashed into a power pole at El Camino Real near Bennett Avenue... (Continue reading)

Homeless man sues CAPSLO over bed bug infestation

Written on 24 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 35 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A homeless man filed suit Tuesday against two San Luis Obispo nonprofits for illnesses he suffered following a bed bug infestation at a homeless shelter the organizations own and operate. Bed bugs bit Jeff Stone during his... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man pleads to sexual battery

Written on 24 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A man who pled guilty to sexual battery in the attempted rape of a Nipomo woman is slated to be sentence to 180 days in San Luis Obispo County Jail on Wednesday. Christobal Hernandez Lopez Sr., 65, a former Nipomo... (Continue reading)