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Violence increases at California state hospitals

Written on 1 Jan, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Three Sacramento lawmakers, including state Senator Sam Blakeslee (R-San Luis Obispo) are pressing for significant changes to make state mental hospitals safer. [LA Times] The new call stems from the slaying of a Napa State Hospital psychiatric technician two months... (Continue reading)

Armed robbery at San Luis Obispo Check and Go

Written on 15 Dec, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

San Luis Obispo Police are searching for two men who robbed the Check and Go at 3970 Broad Street at gunpoint. The masked men demanded cash from an employee at the Check and Go at about 5:30 p.m. The two... (Continue reading)

Violent weekend in Santa Maria leaves one dead

Written on 5 Dec, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 23 comments

Two shootings and one stabbing have left one dead and three injured in Santa Maria over the weekend. A man suffered gun shot injuries Friday night in a drive-by shooting near the corner of Stowell Road and Western Avenue just... (Continue reading)

Man dead after fight in Nipomo

Written on 26 Nov, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 4 comments

A young man died after being involved in a street fight at Hazel Lane and Starlite Drive in Nipomo on Thanksgiving at about 8:30 p.m. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies responded to a report of a fight and found... (Continue reading)

Woman thwarts home invasion robbery in Nipomo

Written on 25 Nov, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 3 comments

A Nipomo woman was able to thwart a home invasion robbery by breaking away from her capture and activating the home alarm at about 6 p.m. on Friday. Three men entered a home on the 500 block of Tejas Place... (Continue reading)

Man stabbed behind Vons in San Luis Obispo

Written on 15 Nov, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo Police are looking for a man who stabbed a homeless man behind the Von’s grocery store on Broad Street at about 8:30 a.m. on Monday. The victim, an unnamed 55-year-old man, was talking with another man when... (Continue reading)

Armed robber hits Fremont Theatre

Written on 28 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs | No comments

San Luis Obispo Police officers are searching for a man who robbed an employee of the Fremont Theatre at gunpoint on Wednesday night. Police said the man entered an unlocked office, brandished a black gun and demanded money. The robber... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria teen’s murder caught on videotape

Written on 12 Oct, 2010 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 168 comments

A Pismo Beach gas station surveillance tape captured what appears to be the horrific beating of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers while two Pismo Beach police officers stand nearby, talking and drinking coffee. [KCCN.tv] On Sept. 26 at 3 a.m. at the... (Continue reading)

Teenage murder victim identified

Written on 1 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Police have identified the teenage girl who was murdered last weekend as Dystiny Myers, 15, of Santa Maria. [KCOY] Myers’ badly-burned body was found last Saturday east of Santa Margarita. The teen had graduated from El Camino Junior High in... (Continue reading)

Murder victim was 15-year-old Santa Maria girl

Written on 30 Sep, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 10 comments

The body found on Sunday in Santa Margarita has been identified as a 15-year-old Santa Maria girl. Firefighters working to put out a grass fire found the unidentified girl’s burning body in a shallow grave off Park Hill Road a... (Continue reading)