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Deceased SLO County Jail inmate identified

Written on 25 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office identified the inmate who died Tuesday while in custody at the county jail as 33-year-old Sean Michael Alexander of Pismo Beach. He is the fifth man to die while incarcerated in the San... (Continue reading)

Two-year-old killed by car in Santa Maria

Written on 25 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A woman backed a car into a two-year-old boy in Santa Maria Saturday, killing the child. [KCOY] On Saturday afternoon, the toddler wandered behind the vehicle as the woman was backing out of a residential driveway during a neighborhood barbecue.... (Continue reading)

Car crash kills Cayucos woman

Written on 17 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A 21-year-old woman died Friday night after crashing her car in rural Cayucos. The woman, a Cayucos resident, was driving herself and a male passenger in a 1999 Isuzu Amigo around 11:35 p.m. Friday. She lost control of the car... (Continue reading)

Fatal crash knocks out power near SLO airport

Written on 17 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A multi-vehicle crash near the San Luis Obispo Regional Airport left a motorcyclist dead and more than 350 PG&E customers without power Monday evening. [KSBY] Around 5:45 p.m. Monday, a pick-up truck made a left turn in front of an... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student dies of apparent suicide

Written on 26 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A Cal Poly student died inside a house near campus Wednesday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. [Mustang News] San Luis Obispo police responded to a home in the 200 block of Hathway Avenue Wednesday afternoon where... (Continue reading)

Body found in Nipomo ditch

Written on 18 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The body of an adult male was found Tuesday in a drainage ditch between two fields in rural Nipomo. Shortly before 5 p.m., a field worker discovered the body of an adult male partially submerged in the ditch located near... (Continue reading)

Motorcyclist dies in crash at Oceano Dunes

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

A Northern California man died in a solo motorcycle crash Sunday at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area on Sunday. [Tribune] Nineteen-year-old Felipe de Jesus Amezcua of San Leandro, crashed his motorcycle around 4:18 p.m., according to a state... (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)

Man dies after jumping off SLO parking structure

Written on 19 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A young man died Thursday afternoon after jumping from the top of a parking structure in downtown San Luis Obispo. Police officials said the man, believed to be in his 20s, was alone and appeared to have intentionally jumped from... (Continue reading)