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Man convicted of sexually molesting Arroyo Grande girl

Written on 4 Feb, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By CCT STAFF Nearly a decade after the initial crime occurred, a Santa Maria man has been convicted of sexually molesting a then-pre-teen girl in Grover Beach. When Jay Vee Batul Estoque was 20 years old and the victim was... (Continue reading)

Couple arrested in Morro Bay for identity theft and counterfeiting

Written on 3 Feb, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By CCT STAFF A traffic stop in Morro Bay Saturday evening led to the arrest of a man and a woman from Bakersfield on a host of charges related to identity theft and counterfeiting. Shortly before 8 p.m., an officer... (Continue reading)

Days of yore in the San Luis Obispo County courthouse

Written on 3 Feb, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | One comment

OPINION by JIM DUENOW After graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School and serving three years as a JAG officer at Oxnard Air Force Base, I came to San Luis Obispo in 1965. I went to work for a... (Continue reading)

Six coronavirus cases confirmed in California

Written on 3 Feb, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

BY CCT STAFF Health officials have confirmed three new cases of the Coronavirus in California, bringing the total in the Golden State to six. [CNN] California now has more than half of the the 11 confirmed cases of the virus... (Continue reading)

Mountainbrook Church pastors resign after sexual misconduct investigation

Written on 2 Feb, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By CCT STAFF Mountainbrook Church Lead Pastor Thom O’Leary and his wife Executive Pastor Sherri O’Leary resigned after an investigation validated allegations of groping and alcohol abuse. The church board placed Thom O’Leary on paid leave on Nov. 4, a... (Continue reading)

Young cat euthanized, don’t make the same mistake

Written on 2 Feb, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

OPINION by CARA LANGTON-LEANDRO On Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 20, my daughter and son-in-law took their 4-year-old male cat to a local San Luis Obispo County veterinarian for medical treatment as the cat had twice lost control of his... (Continue reading)

Vulgar, threatening emails came from SLO County Supervisor Adam Hill’s home

Written on 2 Feb, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 52 comments

By CCT STAFF The emails to popular local radio talk show host Dave Congalton were taunting and sexually perverse. And, after a lengthy criminal investigation, the district attorney’s office determined that the emails came from the home of San Luis... (Continue reading)

19,000 PG&E customers without power in north San Luis Obispo County

Written on 1 Feb, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Update: PG&E reports a failed transformer at the Templeton substation caused the outage. By CCT STAFF More than 19,000 PG&E customers from Paso Robles to Atascadero are without power from an outage that started at about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday.... (Continue reading)

Meet the migrants trying to make it to the United States

Written on 1 Feb, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Many migrants — some determined to make it to the United States and others merely wishful of doing so — have run into a roadblock along their trek north. The barrier is not... (Continue reading)

Cayucos, Chinese tourists and basketball

Written on 31 Jan, 2020 in Discovered, Featured | 4 comments

Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin.  By DELL FRANKLIN I was down by the pier... (Continue reading)