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Robbers stab Grover Beach clerk

Written on 5 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Police are on the look out for two men who robbed and stabbed a clerk at the 7-Eleven in Grover Beach early Saturday morning. Shortly before 3 a.m., the clerk was disposing trash in a bin behind the store. Two... (Continue reading)

Sex offender files lawsuit against Grover Beach

Written on 22 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 33 comments

By KAREN VELIE A registered sex offender filed a federal lawsuit last week against the city of Grover Beach challenging an ordinance that makes it a crime for sex offenders to set up residency in most of the city. The... (Continue reading)

Is Oceano attempting to blackmail the sanitation district?

Written on 5 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 21 comments

OPINION By JULIE TACKER Einstein’s definition of insanity is, “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I don’t know who is insane; the Oceano Community Services District (OCSD) for using bully tactics to get their... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach hit with $2.3 million defamation claim

Written on 1 Jun, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A former Grover Beach police officer filed a $2.3 million defamation claim last week against the city, Chief Jim Copsey and Commander John Peters. Peters is slated to replace Copsey as chief during a swearing in ceremony Monday... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach commander to be next police chief

Written on 19 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The Grover Beach City Council selected Police Commander John Peters as the city’s next chief. [KEYT] Peters is a 10-year veteran of the Grover Beach force. He will take over as chief on June 1 with a base salary of... (Continue reading)

Should the Five Cities Fire Authority be abolished?

Written on 14 May, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 37 comments

OPINION By OTIS PAGE There is a sense of smoke in the air in Arroyo Grande. The smoke suggests that there may be a fire burning at the Board of the Five Cities Fire Authority (FCFA) that meets on Friday,... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande’s Citizen of the Year is still Lenny Jones

Written on 30 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

The Arroyo Grande Grover Beach Chamber of Commerce is in no rush to revoke the Citizen of the Year status held by realtor and alleged child molestor, Lenny Jones. Chamber of Commerce board members met Tuesday to discuss whether or... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police find armed man asleep in stolen truck

Written on 16 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Grover Beach police arrested a 27-year-old man officers found asleep in a stolen pickup truck with guns and methamphetamine. [KEYT] Early Wednesday morning, officers were conducting a nightly check of the Vons parking lot in the 1700 block of Grande... (Continue reading)

Son burned, father arrested in Morro Bay pyro mishap

Written on 23 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Grover Beach man after a homemade pyrotechnic device burned his 13-year-old son. Around 10:15 a.m. Sunday, deputies responded to a report that a powder flare discharged and injured a juvenile on Canet... (Continue reading)

Former SLO County cop evades jail in grand theft case

Written on 17 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A former officer with the Grover Beach and Atascadero police departments admitted that he used his security position to steal from residents of a Thousand Oaks retirement community, but the former policeman will not do any jail time as punishment... (Continue reading)