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San Miguel CSD bookkeeper charged with embezzlement

Written on 6 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office filed felony embezzlement charges on Tuesday against a former San Miguel Community Services District bookkeeper who allegedly embezzled $38,000 in district funds. [Cal Coast Times] Kallie Leighanne Johnson, 29, misappropriated and embezzled... (Continue reading)

Gas leak prompts road closures in SLO

Written on 6 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A gas leak occurred on Monterey Street near Grand Avenue in San Luis Obispo Friday morning. [Cal Coast Times] Police Chief Deanna Cantrell tweated that the leak occurred at 1895 Monterey Street. The chief instructed residents to avoid the area... (Continue reading)

Poll shows Gurnee with slight lead in SLO mayoral race

Written on 5 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

By Cal Coast Times staff The San Luis Obispo mayoral race is close, with Keith Gurnee leading incumbent Heidi Harmon by 3 percent. [Cal Coast Times] A Cal Coast Times poll of 260 registered voters conducted Oct. 3 shows Gurnee... (Continue reading)

Marti murder case can go to trial, judge rules

Written on 5 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A San Luis Obispo judge ruled there is enough evidence to try South County man Robert Koehler for the murder of 26-year-old SLO woman Kristen Marti. [KSBY] Marti disappeared in January after she was last seen alive in the 1800... (Continue reading)

SLO man seriously injured in Santa Barbara County crash

Written on 5 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A 50-year-old San Luis Obispo man suffered life-threatening injuries after driving off of Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County Wednesday morning. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly after 11 a.m., the man was driving a Ford F-150 on Highway 154 about three... (Continue reading)

Murder defendant was meeting Kristen Marti for paid sex

Written on 4 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The man accused of murdering 26-year-old San Luis Obispo woman Kristen Marti was a john who was meeting the victim for paid sex on the day she disappeared, according to police testimony delivered Wednesday. [KSBY] During a preliminary hearing in... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man gets four-year sentence for accidental shooting death

Written on 4 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A Santa Maria man who shot and killed his 13-year-old brother in what authorities described as an accident received a four-year prison sentence on Thursday. [KSBY] On Feb. 3, Fernando Navarro, 19, shot and wounded Leonardo Navarro in the 600... (Continue reading)

Biker allegedly fires shots at person outside Atascadero bar

Written on 4 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A man suspected of belonging to a motorcycle gang allegedly fired shots at a person with whom he was fighting outside an Atascadero bar early Wednesday morning. [Cal Coast Times] The shots came close but did not hit the victim,... (Continue reading)

Teacher accused of filming girls’ underwear resigns

Written on 3 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An Atascadero middle school teacher accused of videotaping numerous girls’ underwear resigned from his teaching position at a school board hearing on Tuesday. [Cal Coast Times] Chris Lynn Berdoll, 48, is charged with 44 felony counts related to production and... (Continue reading)

AG finds no laws broken in ‘racist’ incidents at Cal Poly

Written on 3 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An investigation conducted by the California Attorney General’s Office found Cal Poly students involved in allegedly racist incidents earlier this year broke no laws, and their speech was protected by the First Amendment, university President Jeffrey Armstrong announced in a... (Continue reading)