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SLO driver slams into a light pole, arrested for DUI

Written on 19 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested an allegedly intoxicated driver who slammed into a light pole in a restaurant parking lot on Madonna Road on Thursday morning.  Shortly before 11 a.m., a 28-year-old woman drove an SUV... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police catch DUI suspect with stolen gun

Written on 15 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Paso Robles police officers arrested a DUI suspect whom they found with a stolen firearm early Sunday morning.  Shortly before 3 a.m., a police officer stopped the driver of a 2016 Jeep for driving without headlights on.... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police arrest 1 DUI suspect, cite 19 drivers

Written on 19 Dec, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

My KAREN VELIE Paso Robles police officers arrested one DUI suspect and cited 19 other drivers at a DUI checkpoint on Dec. 15. From 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., officers checked drivers for impairment and licensing requirements. All 19 citations... (Continue reading)

Central Coast DUI crash sends sheriff’s SUV airborne, lands next to ocean

Written on 18 Dec, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN An allegedly intoxicated driver slammed into a Ventura County Sheriff’s patrol SUV Saturday evening, resulting in the vehicle falling onto boulders beside the ocean.  Deputy Castaneda and his K-9, two-year-old Dutch Shepherd Danny, were responding to... (Continue reading)

Allegedly intoxicated driver slams into light pole in SLO

Written on 18 Oct, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An allegedly intoxicated driver crashed into a light pole in San Luis Obispo early Saturday morning. Shortly after  2 a.m., a caller reported a crash in the 1500 block of Johnson Avenue near the railroad bridge, according... (Continue reading)

SLO man arrested for firing shots, driving under the influence

Written on 18 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a man Sunday morning for driving under the influence, discharging a firearm and other weapons offenses.  At about 9 a.m., a 911 caller reported shots fired in the area of the... (Continue reading)

Driver arrested for DUI after hitting car, light pole in SLO

Written on 10 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An allegedly intoxicated driver rear-ended a vehicle in San Luis Obispo early Sunday morning, injuring a person, and then slammed into a light pole on a Highway 101 overpass, according to police. Shortly after midnight, a patrol... (Continue reading)

Elderly DUI suspect gets trapped in car on SLO hillside

Written on 8 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An allegedly intoxicated 72-year-old driver crashed his car in San Luis Obispo Thursday morning and spent about two hours stuck inside the vehicle hanging by his seatbelt.  At about 10:30 a.m., the Visalia man drove his white... (Continue reading)

Four people injured in DUI crash near SLO, video

Written on 9 May, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN Three people suffered major injuries and one man suffered minor injuries in a head-on DUI crash near San Luis Obispo on Monday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly after 7 p.m., a... (Continue reading)

Wrong-way DUI driver arrested for DUI after fatal Paso Robles crash

Written on 15 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Investigators have determined the driver who went the wrong way on Highway 101 in Paso Robles Tuesday night and killed a person was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.  Alvaro Alvizo Diaz,... (Continue reading)