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Couple killed in Shandon hit-and-run identified

Written on 20 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The California Highway Patrol has identified the couple killed in a fatal hit-and-run Saturday in Shandon as Charles Massara, 69, and Irene Massara, 68, of Bakersfield. [KSBY] The Massaras died Saturday after a Shandon man driving a Jeep under the... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles apartment complex fired upon twice over weekend

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Paso Robles police responded to two shootings at a single apartment complex over the weekend. As of Sunday afternoon, officers did not locate any suspects or victims. It is unknown whether any injuries occurred during the shootings at an apartment... (Continue reading)

Two arrested in fatal hit-and-run

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Sheriff’s deputies captured two men fleeing from the scene of a fatal hit-and-run incident Saturday in Shandon after an intensive air and ground search. Vincente Muniz Montes, 38, of Shandon, is reported by officials to have been driving a 1994... (Continue reading)

Two injured in Morro Bay home invasion

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Morro Bay police are looking for one of three men who committed a home invasion on Sunday shortly after 5 a.m., the second home invasion in four days in San Luis Obispo County. Three men allegedly broke into the apartment,... (Continue reading)

Knives used in Paso Robles attacks

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Knives were flying Sunday in Paso Robles as police reported two incidents, both on Pine Street, one of which involved the stabbing of a 16-year-old youth. Officers responded to the scene of the first reported incident in the 1100 block... (Continue reading)

Torres untruthful in slander case documents, new court filings say

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 122 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The slander suit filed by CAPSLO’s Homeless Services Director Dee Torres took a new turn when defendant Mike Brennler submitted a case document on Friday saying that Torres was not truthful in her sworn statement to the... (Continue reading)

SLO vandal leaves multi-block blood trail

Written on 18 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A 21-year-old San Luis Obispo man was arrested for vandalism Sunday morning after he bled profusely on private and public property. After a heavy night of drinking, Matthew Faura punched out a window on Broad Street causing a deep laceration... (Continue reading)

Sheriff deputies charged with assault

Written on 18 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney filed assault charges against two deputies who work in the jail for allegedly beating an inmate. On June 17, deputies Robert Kirsch, 30, and Christopher Johnson, 28, allegedly assaulted Charles Alonzo Owens, an inmate... (Continue reading)

Supervisor tries to get witness to change story about homeless gifts

Written on 16 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 182 comments

By KAREN VELIE Less than a week after his fiancé filed a slander lawsuit against a local private investigator, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill began contacting a key witness in the case, attempting to get him to change... (Continue reading)

Whiskey’s for drink’n, water’s for dumping

Written on 16 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER Millions of gallons of groundwater of unknown water quality is currently being dumped into the Morro Bay National Estuary 24/7. The Los Osos Wastewater Project’s “last resort” location has become “Option 1” to discharge dewatering water... (Continue reading)