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Atascadero considering sales tax hike

Written on 21 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

The Atascadero City Council will consider Tuesday whether or not to put a sales tax increase on the November ballot. City staff has proposed placing a half cent sales tax measure on the ballot. The ballot initiative would call for... (Continue reading)

Police identify alleged Atascadero bank robbers

Written on 21 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Atascadero police have identified the man and woman arrested for robbing Chase Bank on Thursday as George Jesie Gonzalez, of Santa Maria, and Tonya Michelle Young, of Paso Robles. Around 5:20 p.m. Thursday, a man walked into the Chase Bank... (Continue reading)

Alleged bank robber caught in Atascadero

Written on 18 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Atascadero police arrested two people Thursday for allegedly robbing Chase Bank. [KSBY] Around 5:20 p.m., a man walked into the Chase Bank in the 8000 block of El Camino Real, told a teller he had a gun and ran away... (Continue reading)

Former Central Coast police officer arrested for stealing medicine

Written on 10 Apr, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

A former officer with the Grover Beach and Atascadero police departments was arrested on burglary, elder abuse and possession of stolen property charges on March 31. Michael Glen South, 57, is accused of using his position as the security director... (Continue reading)

Central Coast pop-punk rocker arrested for child sex offences

Written on 23 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

An Atascadero man, who is a former member of the pop-punk band New Found Glory, has been charged with seven felonies regarding his alleged contact with 14 and 15-year-old children he contacted online. [AlternativePress] On the same day in December... (Continue reading)

Red panda dies at Atascadero Zoo

Written on 3 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Atascadero Zoo workers found a young red panda curled up in a ball Saturday morning. It was dead. [Tribune] “It doesn’t have any wounds or show an obvious cause of death and appears to have just expired in its sleep,”... (Continue reading)

Former Atascadero police chief steps in for King City

Written on 28 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

Dennis Hegwood, the former Atascadero police chief who was terminated shortly after being cleared of rape charges, took the helm of the King City Police Department as interim chief late Wednesday. King City Attorney Roy Hanley said that Hegwood, who... (Continue reading)

Couple arrested for string of Atascadero burglaries

Written on 27 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Atascadero police arrested a couple earlier this month for committing a string of burglaries last year. Between August and December, four residential burglaries occurred in Atascadero, in which thieves nabbed jewelry and electronics from residents’ homes while they slept. The... (Continue reading)

Stabbing at Last Stage West

Written on 8 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

One man is in jail and another is in the hospital following a stabbing on Friday outside the Last Stage West BBQ restaurant on Highway 41 between Morro Bay and Atascadero. At about 4 p.m., an argument culminated with the... (Continue reading)

North County gang sweep nets three men

Written on 6 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three men for gang related crimes in the North County on Wednesday. As part of a two-month investigation into crimes including shooting at vehicles and residences, assaults and property related crimes, deputies served... (Continue reading)