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Nipomo woman stole $117,000 from elderly man in reverse mortgage scheme

Written on 31 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A former Nipomo financial services advisor talked an elderly man into taking out a reverse mortgage on his home and then stole $117,000 from him, according to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office. Araceli Cortes, 38, is slated... (Continue reading)

Drunk man chases, threatens girl walking to Paso Robles middle school

Written on 31 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A drunk 20-year-old man chased after and threatened to sexually assault a 12-year-old girl who was walking to Flamson Middle School in Paso Robles on Thursday, according to the city’s police department. Shortly before 7:50 a.m., Jesus Alberto Bernalsalgado, 20,... (Continue reading)

Guns, drugs, toddler turn up at Paso Robles probation search

Written on 30 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A probation search conducted at a Paso Robles home Wednesday morning led to the discovery of an apparent drug dealing operation, as well as a pair of guns and a toddler. The search concluded with two arrests, while one suspect... (Continue reading)

Vehicle started the Chimney Fire, investigators say

Written on 30 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Cal Fire investigators have determined a vehicle started last summer’s Chimney Fire that burned more than 46,000 acres near Lake Nacimiento and destroyed about 50 homes. A vehicle driving on a dirt road south of the lake near Running Deer... (Continue reading)

Pair of SLO County men accused of sexually abusing girls

Written on 30 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Nipomo man and a Paso Robles man are both sitting in San Luis Obispo County Jail on a host of child molestation charges. William Martinez Perez, 56, and Gustavo Perez-Medina, 40, are facing charges in separate cases. Perez, of... (Continue reading)

California city finance employee arrested for embezzlement

Written on 29 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

FBI agents arrested the former deputy city treasurer for the City of Compton today for allegedly embezzling  more than $3.7 million of city funds. Salvador Galvan, 47, faces federal charges stemming from allegations that he stole $3,721,924 from May 2010... (Continue reading)

Where will our children and grandchildren live?

Written on 29 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by MICHAEL F BROWN Long-term Santa Barbara County homebuilder and philanthropist Mike Towbes has wryly pointed out that opposition to development of new housing is usually based either on dislike of urban sprawl or on dislike of density. Taken... (Continue reading)

SLO police seeking another counterfeiter

Written on 29 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

In what appears to be part of a trend, a woman tried to spend a counterfeit $50 bill at a San Luis Obispo beauty store on Friday. The woman did not succeed in making the purchase, but she did managed... (Continue reading)

Did county violations lead to Atascadero man’s death?

Written on 29 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editor’s Note: This is part two in a two-part series about the death of Andrew Holland and the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department’s use of restraints and safety cells. Part one looked as Holland’s arrest, incarceration... (Continue reading)

SLO burglar caught on pawn shop cam

Written on 29 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A Costa Mesa man tried to pawn several pieces of unique jewelry that disappeared in a San Luis Obispo home burglary earlier this month, according to SLOPD. San Luis Obispo police officers did not catch the man, but he has... (Continue reading)