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Officers arrest attempted vehicle theft suspects after South County chase

Written on 7 Jun, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A man and a woman from Fresno allegedly attempted to steal a vehicle in Arroyo Grande on Wednesday, then led officers on a pursuit around South County before being caught. Shortly before 2 p.m., Arroyo Grande police... (Continue reading)

County vendor’s troubles raise the question, who’s printing your ballots?

Written on 12 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE While fielding questions over its ability to operate in California, San Luis Obispo County’s ballot printer was hit with multiple tax liens. [Cal Coast Times] The additional bad news for the owners of Integrated Voting Solutions and... (Continue reading)

Fleeing couple caught in Fresno after evading officers in SLO County

Written on 7 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A 25-year-old man who had felony warrants out for his arrest in Fresno County and a pregnant girlfriend at his side led officers on a high-speed chase from Morro Bay to Atascadero on Wednesday. The fleeing couple managed to evade... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student crowned Miss California

Written on 3 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Cal Poly student now holds the crown of Miss California after winning the state pageant held in Fresno on Saturday. Jillian Smith, 22, is a broadcast journalism senior at Cal Poly who comes from Grass Valley. Smith won the... (Continue reading)

Fresno gangsters fracture woman’s skull on Avila Pier

Written on 20 Jun, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Amid a fight on the Avila Pier Friday evening, a gang member from the Fresno area threw a beer bottle that hit a 20-year-old Merced County woman in the head, fracturing her skull, according to the San Luis Obispo County... (Continue reading)

Two die in plane crash near Fresno

Written on 27 Dec, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A small experimental aircraft barely made it off a northwest Fresno runway Monday afternoon before crashing, snapping in half and landing partially submerged in the San Joaquin River. Both people on board died. [KFSN] The single-engine Express S-90 plane took... (Continue reading)

Fresno police release video of officers killing unarmed man

Written on 14 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

Amid a national debate on fatal police shootings, the Fresno Police Department released body camera footage showing officers shooting and killing an unarmed 19-year-old man. By doing so, Fresno police broke ranks with other law enforcement agencies, which rarely easily... (Continue reading)

Tribune printing press moving again

Written on 27 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Fourteen months after McClatchy began printing the San Luis Obispo Tribune in Fresno, the publishing company will again move the newspaper’s printing operations to a new press. The move is a result of McClatchy’s decision to start printing the Fresno... (Continue reading)

Person killed, two suffer major injuries in Highway 46 crash

Written on 13 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A 25-year-old Fresno man died and two people suffered major injuries in a head-on collision  in northeastern San Luis Obispo County Thursday evening on Highway 46 west of Highway 41. The accident site in the same area where actor James... (Continue reading)

Man who forced girls into prostitution sentenced

Written on 18 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A 34-year-old man who forced two teenage girls into prostitution in Fresno and San Luis Obispo received a federal prison sentence of more than 12.5 years. Fresno resident Michael Anthony Andrade was one of two men who pleaded guilty to... (Continue reading)