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Two cases of coronavirus confirmed in California

Written on 27 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments


The deadly coronavirus has spread to California; health officials have confirmed one individual each in Los Angeles and Orange counties have tested positive for the virus. [LA Times] In both of the Southern California cases, the virus was brought by... (Continue Reading)

Famed 3 Mule nomad arrested in Paso Robles

Written on 26 Jan, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 15 comments


By CCT STAFF After ordering John Sears to stop walking with his mules on Nacimiento Lake Drive near Paso Robles, on Thursday afternoon a CHP officer arrested the 72-year-old esteemed nomad for resisting arrest and placed his mules into San... (Continue Reading)

Local man stabbed, murdered in Morro Bay

Written on 26 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment


By CCT STAFF During an altercation at a storage unit in Morro Bay, a 53-year-old man allegedly stabbed and killed a 58-year-old man on Saturday afternoon, police said. Shortly before 4 p.m., the two Morro Bay residents, Sean Maneely and... (Continue Reading)

Vigil held for murdered Oceano activist

Written on 26 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments


A group of about 40 people participated in a candlelight vigil Saturday in remembrance of Lawrence Bross, a 90 year old Oceano resident who was killed in his own home one year ago. At the candlelight vigil hosted by the... (Continue Reading)

Oceano board to revisit vote to punish outspoken member

Written on 25 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments


By CCT STAFF Responding to public outrage, Oceano Community Services District Board members voted Wednesday to reconsider all committee assignments. In an attempt to control a director’s speech, the Oceano board voted 3-2 in December to bar Director Cynthia Replogle... (Continue Reading)

Once upon a time in the Cayucos Tavern

Written on 24 Jan, 2020 in Discovered, Featured | 8 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 Once upon a time, and especially... (Continue Reading)

Morro Bay police arrest burglars posing as maintenance workers

Written on 24 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments


By CCT STAFF A man and woman allegedly wore yellow vests and posed as workers Thursday while burglarizing a facility’s laundry room in Morro Bay, but they were confronted by a witness and later arrested. Shortly before 5 p.m., the... (Continue Reading)

Nipomo man suspected of shooting projectiles at vehicles

Written on 24 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments


Officers arrested a Nipomo man on who is suspected of shooting projectiles at vehicles driving on several highways in Monterey  and San Benito counties, according to the CHP. Since Feb. 19, 2019, the CHP has investigated 69 incidents of projectiles... (Continue Reading)

Deputies searching for armed man who robbed Oceano store

Written on 23 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments


The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from the public in identifying the man who robbed an Oceano convenience store Monday morning. Sheriff’s officials have released images from surveillance footage showing the suspected robber and the... (Continue Reading)

Morro Bay police arrest unruly man found with meth and heroin for sale

Written on 23 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments


By CCT STAFF A disturbance at a Morro Bay business Tuesday evening resulted in the arrest of an alleged DUI driver who was in possession of more than 20 grams each of heroin and methamphetamine. Shortly before 9 p.m., a... (Continue Reading)

Candlelight vigil in Oceano for Larry Bross

Written on 22 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments


It has been one year since 90-year-old Larry Bross was violently murdered in his Oceano home. In remembrance, the Oceano Beach Community Association is holding a candlelight vigil in his honor on Jan. 25 at the end of Pier Avenue... (Continue Reading)

SLO Tribune’s growing credibility problem

Written on 22 Jan, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments


OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT What happens when a community’s newspaper abdicates its responsibility to watchdog local government and seek the truth? You get the messy arrogant cliquish partisan exclusionary faction-serving politics we have in San Luis Obispo instead of government... (Continue Reading)

Illegal cannabis lab ignites house fire in Arroyo Grande

Written on 22 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments


By CCT STAFF A marijuana honey oil lab explosion sparked an Arroyo Grande house fire on Monday, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office. At about 4:30 p.m., a caller reported a fire at a home in the... (Continue Reading)

Morro Bay police arrest armed felon

Written on 22 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments


By CCT STAFF Morro Bay police arrested a convicted felon early Sunday morning after a traffic stop revealed the man was in possession of a gun and drug paraphernalia. Shortly after 1 a.m., an officer stopped a vehicle Jesse Franklin... (Continue Reading)

Pedestrian killed by vehicle in Grover Beach

Written on 22 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment


By CCT STAFF A vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian in Grover Beach on Tuesday evening. Shortly before 7 p.m., callers reported a vehicle crashed into a man near the intersection of North Oak Park Boulevard and Brighton Avenue. First... (Continue Reading)

Do you know this Grover Beach prowler?

Written on 21 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment


Grover Beach police are asking for the public’s help locating a man who was videotaped prowling early Monday morning. Shortly after 3 a.m., cameras captured the suspect prowling around several closed businesses located in the 100 block of North 7th... (Continue Reading)

Arroyo Grande police searching for violent assailant

Written on 21 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments


By CCT STAFF Arroyo Grande police are looking for an assailant who stabbed a man multiple times in the chest on Monday night, leaving the victim in critical condition. Shortly before 11 p.m., the suspect entered a home at 425... (Continue Reading)

Beraud takes big campaign donations from controversial marijuana figures

Written on 21 Jan, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments


By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Supervisor candidate Ellen Beraud recently accepted $36,700 from donors affiliated with one marijuana business owner facing an abatement action by SLO County and another being sued by the state over marijuana taxes. The... (Continue Reading)

Fuel truck crash shuts down Highway 41

Written on 21 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments


By CCT STAFF A fuel tanker crashed on Highway 41 Tuesday morning, resulting in a closure of the highway in both directions near the Cholame “Y.” Shortly before 6 a.m., a semi trunk loaded with gasoline crashed about 10 miles... (Continue Reading)

Deputies searching for the robber of a convenience store in Oceano

Written on 20 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments


By CCT STAFF San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies are looking for a man who robbed the Oceano Market on Monday morning. Shortly before 9 a.m., an Hispanic man wearing dark blue or black clothing and sunglasses entered the Oceano... (Continue Reading)

Deputies rescue three people stranded near Soda Lake

Written on 20 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments


Authorities located three individuals over the weekend who were stranded in a vehicle near Soda Lake on the Carrizo Plain in Eastern San Luis Obispo County. [KSBY] On Saturday evening, a caller reported they had been stranded since Friday in... (Continue Reading)

Breaking news on Kristin Smart expected soon

Written on 19 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments


The mother of Kristin Smart, the former Cal Poly student whose disappearance in 1996 remains unsolved, said authorities plan to announce a development in the case that could bring closure to the her family, according to the Stockton Record. Denise... (Continue Reading)

Candidates took the gloves off during SLO County supervisor debate

Written on 19 Jan, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments


By CCT STAFF Two candidates with sharp contrasts; a focus on social services and the economy; and personal jabs. These were some of the notable moments at Wednesday’s San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors District 3 debate. Incumbent Supervisor... (Continue Reading)

Two injured in hit-and-run at Cal Poly

Written on 19 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments


By CCT STAFF Two people were injured in an alleged hit-and-run on the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo on Saturday night. Shortly before 7 p.m., callers reported a vehicle had crashed into two people  in front of the... (Continue Reading)

Man killed in crash in rural Arroyo Grande

Written on 19 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment


By CCT STAFF A 31-year-old man was killed Saturday evening in a single vehicle crash in rural Arroyo Grande. Shortly after 10 p.m., a jeep was involved in a rollover crash on the 9800 block of Huasna Road. One person... (Continue Reading)

Two Paso Robles High School students accused of battery

Written on 18 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment


By CCT STAFF After a video of an altercation went viral, Paso Robles High School officials and a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputy opened an investigation into two students for battery. [KSBY] Last week, a high school student was... (Continue Reading)

High-speed chase ends in arrests in Paso Robles

Written on 18 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments


By CCT STAFF Officers arrested two men who led California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase that started in Monterey county and ended in Paso Robles on Friday, for allegedly transporting drugs for sale with a sawed-off shotgun in... (Continue Reading)

Santa Maria couple’s death determined to be murder-suicide

Written on 17 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments


By CCT STAFF A husband and wife were found dead inside a Santa Maria home Thursday afternoon in what police say appears to be a murder-suicide. [KSBY] Santa Maria police officers found the bodies of the man and woman inside... (Continue Reading)

Deputy foils SLO County Jail inmate’s escape

Written on 17 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment


By CCT STAFF A woman who previously witnessed a local murder allegedly attempted to escape San Luis Obispo County Jail custody last week by climbing through the ceiling of a local hospital bathroom. On Jan. 9, inmate Ashley Marie Moss... (Continue Reading)

Morro Bay police suspect couple of a scam, arrest for drugs

Written on 17 Jan, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments


By CCT STAFF Morro Bay police arrested a man and woman Wednesday morning, who were initially suspected of running a gift card scam in a shopping center parking lot, but were eventually arrested on drug-related charges. Nonetheless, following the incident,... (Continue Reading)