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Cal Poly is no longer a dry campus

Written on 8 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

For the first time, Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo has an area for students to drink alcohol on the campus. Beer and wine are now being served to anyone over 21 years of age at the Mustang Station. [KSBY]... (Continue reading)

SLO County proposal on taxi DUIs becomes California law

Written on 29 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A bill setting a new blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for taxi and Uber drivers was signed into law Wednesday by California Gov. Jerry Brown. San Luis Obispo County prosecutor Lee Cunningham authored the bill, and Central Coast Assemblyman Katcho... (Continue reading)

Was Paula Lopez discriminated against for being an alcoholic?

Written on 16 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

Former news anchor Paula Lopez Ochoa is suing the parent company of her former employers, Central Coast broadcasters KEYT and KCOY, arguing discrimination based on her race, sex and disability led to her firing. Lopez’s disability is alcoholism. Ochoa was... (Continue reading)

Mayor arrested for playing strip poker at youth camp

Written on 7 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The 41-year-old mayor of Stockton was arrested Thursday on charges stemming from a strip poker game he allegedly participated in with teen counselors at his Mayor’s Youth Camp last summer. Mayor Anthony Silva is charged with contributing to the delinquency... (Continue reading)

37 arrested for alcohol offenses at the Mid-State Fair

Written on 3 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

At the Mid-State Fair, from July 20 through July 31, law enforcement officers arrested 37 fair attendees and staffers for a variety of alcohol related offenses. Working together, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies and agents from the California Department... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man acquitted of one rape charge, jury deadlocks on second

Written on 14 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A Paso Robles man accused of raping his girlfriend’s aunt was acquitted Wednesday of one of two rape charges he faced, and the jury deadlocked on the other count. The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has yet to... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man standing trial for raping girlfriend’s aunt

Written on 8 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A Tehachapi woman testified in San Luis Obispo Superior Court Thursday that, during Labor Day weekend in 2014, she awoke in a pool of vomit in her niece’s bed to find her niece’s boyfriend penetrating her vagina from behind. The... (Continue reading)

Nipomo woman receives 15 years to life for killing bicyclist

Written on 30 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

During a teary sentencing hearing, a San Luis Obispo judge ordered a Nipomo woman to serve 15 years to life in state prison for killing a bicyclist while driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The woman also fled... (Continue reading)

Angry driver slams into intoxicated pedestrian in downtown SLO

Written on 27 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

After a suspected drunk pedestrian reacted angrily to a driver honking his horn and ploughing through a downtown San Luis Obispo intersection Sunday night, the driver reversed course and slammed into the man. Police officers arrested the driver, and emergency... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly alcohol sting nets 20 arrests

Written on 7 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

A Cal Poly University Police Department operation conducted during an on-campus concert Saturday ended with 20 arrests. The operation targeted underage drinkers. [KSBY] As Cal Poly held its Spring Stampede concert, officers checked for fake IDs at local bars and... (Continue reading)