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SLO County destroys 2.63 tons of marijuana

Written on 23 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo County staffers seized 2,600 marijuana plants weighing 2.63 tons from six illegal grows in the Isolated and sparsely populated California Valley on Thursday, according to the county. [Cal Coast Times] Several years ago, commercial pot farms sprung... (Continue reading)

Machete wielding man attempts carjacking

Written on 22 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Deputies arrested a Santa Maria man on Friday who allegedly attempted a carjacking while armed with a machete, according to a Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department press release. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before noon, a man was attempting to break... (Continue reading)

Lynn Compton wins supervisor seat by 60 votes, election certified

Written on 22 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Supervisor Lynn Compton has officially won reelection in the hotly contested District 4 supervisor race, according to the final tally by the SLO County Clerk Recorder’s Office. Compton beat Democrat Jimmy Paulding by a slim margin of 60 votes, walking... (Continue reading)

Junior high teacher sentenced to 30 days for lewd act in Cal Poly library

Written on 22 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A former Guadalupe junior high school teacher will spend a couple weeks in San Luis Obispo County Jail for committing a lewd act in the Cal Poly library. [Cal Coast Times] On Oct. 18, 2017, Cal Poly police arrested James... (Continue reading)

Thieves nail multiple SLO iPhone stores

Written on 22 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

For the third time in a span of less than a month, a burglar or burglars stole expensive equipment from the Apple Store in downtown San Luis Obispo. Also on Thursday, separate burglars stole iPhones from the T Mobile store... (Continue reading)

FPPC investigating Oceano director Austin for conflicts of interests

Written on 21 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The state’s Fair Political Practices Commission has mounted an investigation into Oceano Community Services District Director Linda Austin concerning conflict of interest allegations. In a written complaint, activist Julie Tacker accused Austin of voting on multiple projects that could financially... (Continue reading)

Inmate escapes San Luis Obispo County Jail

Written on 21 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A San Luis Obispo County Jail inmate briefly escaped Wednesday evening but was caught a short time afterwards in San Miguel, according to a sheriff’s press release. [Cal Coast Times] Between 9 p.m. and 10:40 p.m., 20-year-old Timothy Powers of... (Continue reading)

See what climbs out of this car window in California, video

Written on 21 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Might this serve as a warning not to leave food in the car? Recently, a bear managed to get inside a Subaru Outback in Carnelian Bay near Lake Tahoe. The bear destroyed the interior of the SUV so badly that... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach council moves ahead with train station expansion project

Written on 21 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The Grover Beach City Council approved construction contracts Tuesday for an approximately $3 million expansion of the train station in the South County city. [Cal Coast Times] For years, Grover Beach officials have discussed renovating the Amtrak train station, which... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles considering $26 million conference center

Written on 21 Jun, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

An approximately $26 million conference center could be coming soon to the grounds of the California Mid-State Fair. [Cal Coast Times] The city of Paso Robles, the Paso Robles Event Center and Travel Paso, the city’s tourism marketing organization, are... (Continue reading)