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Man shoots and seriously injures estranged wife

Written on 2 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

Grover Beach Police are searching for a man who allegedly shot his estranged wife on Saturday around 9 p.m. William Roger Forgey, 46, of Roseville shot his wife at a home on the 800 block of Mentone Avenue and then... (Continue reading)

Sanitation plant failures threaten groundwater

Written on 26 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By KAREN VELIE During an inspection of the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation plant earlier this year, federal Environmental Control Agency (EPA) inspectors discovered several self-monitoring and biosolid handling deficiencies that could result in groundwater contamination, according to a... (Continue reading)

Uncounted ballots could swing key elections

Written on 8 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Ballots remaining uncounted could swing a couple of close elections in San Luis Obispo County. Election officials must still count 29,912 countywide ballots. The county clerk-recorder’s office says it plans to resume the counting process Friday. Of the nearly 30,000... (Continue reading)

Peterson swamps Molnar to win Grover Beach mayor seat

Written on 7 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Debbie Peterson, a Grover Beach councilwoman, easily swept to victory in the race for mayor with a 75 to 24 percent lead over Phyllis Molnar. Peterson is expected to make changes in the South County Sanitation District’s leadership following regulators... (Continue reading)

House deemed uninhabitable, child taken from parents

Written on 3 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

While serving a warrant at a home in Grover Beach, deputies discovered a 2-year-old living in deplorable conditions and placed the child with child protective services. The house on the 100 block of Park View Avenue has been deemed uninhabitable... (Continue reading)

Two guns and two kids taken in cocaine bust

Written on 19 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force arrested a Grover Beach man Thursday who had 200 grams of cocaine inside his home. Officers searched the home of Abel Olivo, 30, on Atlantic City Avenue and found the cocaine, valued at about $7,000,... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach Democrats blast party leader over flyer

Written on 16 Oct, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 42 comments

By KAREN VELIE Two Democratic candidates for the Grover Beach City Council are accusing San Luis Obispo Democratic Central Committee leaders of making false statements in a flyer that aims to persuade voters to reject Measure I-12. Ballot measure I-12... (Continue reading)

Fleeing parolee leads deputies on wild chase

Written on 11 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A parolee driving a stolen car fled from law enforcement officers Wednesday evening in Pismo Beach led to a multi-agency chase that ended in a Grover Beach backyard. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office sought Leon Clowers III Wednesday... (Continue reading)

Prescription drug use epidemic linked to violent crime

Written on 12 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Police said a recent string of assaults in Grover Beach may be linked to an increase in prescription drug use. [KSBY] In all three cases, victims were beaten by their alleged assailants. In one case, the suspect demanded a man... (Continue reading)

Two injured in violent assaults in Grover Beach

Written on 10 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Two men were seriously injured by assailants who beat them with weapons early Sunday morning in Grover Beach in unrelated assaults. In one of the incidents, a Grover Beach man allegedly held another man against his will and beat him... (Continue reading)