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Shandon teen dies in car crash

Written on 9 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A 16-year-old from Shandon died early Sunday morning following a single car crash. [KSBY] Oscar Silva Lizarraga was driving southbound on San Juan Road in Shandon around 3 a.m. Sunday when he drifted off the road and onto the shoulder.... (Continue reading)

John Madonna in Bakersfield plane crash

Written on 27 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

John Madonna and a Bakersfield man walked away after the homemade aircraft they were flying crashed into a corn field on Sunday afternoon southwest of Bakersfield. The light aircraft the 56-year-old son of Alex Madonna and 42-year-old Shilo Staib were... (Continue reading)

Officers nab Central Coast Bandit

Written on 24 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Police arrested a woman on Friday they suspect is the Central Coast Bandit, a prolific bandit responsible for six bank robberies since December. At about 5 p.m., a woman who resembled the Central Coast bandit entered the Golden 1 Credit... (Continue reading)

Shandon man pleads not guilty to vehicular manslaughter

Written on 22 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A man who is charged with causing the death of a Bakersfield couple in a fatal hit-and-run last week in Shandon pled not guilty Wednesday to vehicular manslaughter. [Tribune] Vicente Muniz Montes, 38, allegedly told the police that he fled... (Continue reading)

Man shines laser at CHP chopper over San Miguel

Written on 22 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in San Miguel Tuesday night for shining a laser into the cockpit of a California Highway Patrol helicopter. [KSBY] The CHP helicopter crew noticed the high-intensity green laser around 10:15 p.m.... (Continue reading)

Couple killed in Shandon hit-and-run identified

Written on 20 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The California Highway Patrol has identified the couple killed in a fatal hit-and-run Saturday in Shandon as Charles Massara, 69, and Irene Massara, 68, of Bakersfield. [KSBY] The Massaras died Saturday after a Shandon man driving a Jeep under the... (Continue reading)

Two arrested in fatal hit-and-run

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Sheriff’s deputies captured two men fleeing from the scene of a fatal hit-and-run incident Saturday in Shandon after an intensive air and ground search. Vincente Muniz Montes, 38, of Shandon, is reported by officials to have been driving a 1994... (Continue reading)

Injured SLO hiker rescued from Bishop Peak

Written on 16 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Several emergency response agencies combined to rescue a hiker who broke his leg Thursday night after falling off a steep section of a Bishop Peak trail. Around 9:25 p.m. Thursday, a 19-year-old man fractured his lower leg on the Foothill... (Continue reading)

Felony DUI crash injures woman in SLO

Written on 31 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A 26-year-old man is accused of crashing his vehicle into two cars and seriously injuring a woman while driving under the influence Tuesday morning in San Luis Obispo. [KCOY] Ryan Carvalho crossed a double yellow line and plowed into two... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man dies while fleeing police

Written on 18 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

An Atascadero man who worked as a prison guard died last week while fleeing from police in San Benito County. [Tribune] On July 12 at 12:34 a.m., California Highway Patrol officers attempted to pull David John Calmere, 41, over for... (Continue reading)