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Intoxicated SLO man steals vehicle and crashes it

Written on 29 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An aspiring San Luis Obispo car thief succeeded in his attempt to break into a vehicle and get behind the wheel, but his car theft bid came to a quick end when he tried to drive the automobile. Officers then... (Continue reading)

Central Coast man dies while diving off Key Largo

Written on 28 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A 56-year-old man from the Central Coast of California died Friday while diving off Key Largo, Florida.   Dimitry Altschuller and his wife booked an excursion on a commercial diving vessel during a trip to Florida. During his second dive,... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay teen arrested for allegedly making threats

Written on 27 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Police arrested a Morro Bay High School student Thursday on suspicion of making threats against the school after another teen reported spotting the alleged threats on social media. Officers contacted the teen’s mother who cooperated fully with police and brought her son... (Continue reading)

AG man arrested for embezzlement

Written on 27 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Pismo Beach police arrested a 50-year-old Arroyo Grande man on Thursday who is accused of fraud and felony embezzlement after he claimed he was the owner of a majority of properties from north Shell Beach to Avila Beach. Avila allegedly... (Continue reading)

ICE arrests 188 people, 9 in Santa Maria

Written on 27 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Federal immigration agents arrested 188 people in a five-day operation that targeted criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and immigration fugitives. In the raids that concluded on May 24, agents arrested nine people in Santa Maria. Of those arrested, 146 were Mexican nationals.... (Continue reading)

McNamara Realty to pay $30,000 to settle asbestos case

Written on 26 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

San Luis Obispo real estate and property management company McNamara Realty has agreed to pay $30,000 in order to settle a civil case over illegal removal and disposal of asbestos-containing material. Following an investigation conducted by the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Driver convicted of manslaughter in North County Christmas Eve crash

Written on 26 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A San Luis Obispo County jury convicted a Las Vegas truck driver of four counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for the deaths of four San Miguel residents in a 2014 Christmas Eve crash. Philip Ken Trujillo now faces... (Continue reading)

Aerial footage shows extent of Highway 1 landslide

Written on 26 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A massive landslide that occurred Saturday at Mud Creek in Big Sur has shut down an approximately one third-mile stretch of Highway 1 on the Central Coast for the foreseeable future. The closed stretch of Highway 1 is located eight... (Continue reading)

42 snakes seized from Arroyo Grande storage unit

Written on 25 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo County Animal Services found 42 ball pythons at a self-storage facility in Arroyo Grande Thursday evening. The officers were responding to a report of abandoned animals. Officers found the snakes in plastic storage containers stacked in the... (Continue reading)

Luring cities into the Gibson, Hill swamp

Written on 25 May, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION by MICHAEL F. BROWN Second District Supervisor Bruce Gibson has launched a stinky political swamp gas attack on the three-member board majority, supervisors Arnold, Compton and Peschong. Gibson sent a letter to the mayors of the county’s seven cities... (Continue reading)