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Thieves snatch jet ski from Grover Beach motel

Written on 13 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Grover Beach police are searching for three men seen driving away from a motel parking lot with an orange and blue jet ski early Thursday morning. Surveillance footage caught three men driving a white Ford Ranger away from the Seaview... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach lodge permit approved

Written on 5 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The Grover Beach City Council unanimously approved a coastal development permit Monday to construct an 11,000-square-foot conference center and a lodge in Grover Beach near the entrance to the Oceano Dunes. The council also approved the project’s architectural plans. This... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach woman found dead in parking lot

Written on 3 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Three passers-by found the body of a 50-year-old Grover Beach woman Saturday afternoon in shrubbery next to a shopping center parking lot. [Tribune] The passers-by noticed the woman around 4:08 p.m. Saturday near the 100 block of South 16th Street... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man stabbed and robbed

Written on 7 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Suspects in the stabbing of a Nipomo man led officers on a high-speed chase from Santa Barbara County to Grover Beach Wednesday night. Shortly after midnight Wednesday morning, the Nipomo man entered the Chumash Casino Resort lobby and said that... (Continue reading)

Moriarty accused of running a Ponzi scheme

Written on 2 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Grover Beach financier Al Moriarty is accused of placing nearly $10 million of investor funds in his personal bank account, according to San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s office investigators. Moriarty, 80, then used the funds to pay other investors,... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach chief doing double duty

Written on 31 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The Grover Beach City Council voted unanimously to make Police Chief Jim Copsey the assistant city manager and chief of police concurrently starting on Oct. 28. Copsey is now responsible for stepping in if the city managers is unavailable, helping... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach votes against People’s Kitchen

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

The Grover Beach City Council voted 4-1 against providing the South County People’s Kitchen a permit to continue serving the homeless from the non-profit’s current temporary location on Monday night. The organization, which provides hot meals to 80 to 100... (Continue reading)

People’s Kitchen striving to feed the poor

Written on 9 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

South County People’s Kitchen board members are scheduled to ask the Grover Beach Planning Commission on Tuesday if they can continue serving the homeless from the non-profit’s current temporary location. [SantaMariaTimes] On an average, the organization provides hot meals to... (Continue reading)

Man robs Grover beach home, punches residents in the face

Written on 16 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A Grover Beach man punched residents in the face while robbing their home early Thursday morning. Michael L. Davis Jr., 27, was stealing items from a home on the 600 block of Rockaway Avenue around 4 a.m. Thursday when the... (Continue reading)

Auto burglaries skyrocket in SLO County

Written on 9 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

In Arroyo Grande and the five cities area thefts from vehicles tripled in July prompting police to ask residents to lock their cars. More than 60 percent of the recent burglaries were from unlocked cars. In August, Arroyo Grande police... (Continue reading)