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Lypps acquitted of killing his wife in formerly cold Morro Bay case

Written on 15 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Following a cold case DNA discovery and twists and turns in court, a Morro Bay murder case ended Monday without a conviction. A San Luis Obispo County jury found Nipomo man James Lypps not guilty of murdering his wife at... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay Pokemon players credited with preventing fire damage

Written on 31 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The Morro Bay Fire Department is thanking Pokemon players for preventing a fire from burning the Harbor Hut restaurant on the embarcadero. The blaze by the Harbor Hut was one of two fires that sparked in Morro Bay Friday evening... (Continue reading)

Alleged arsonist arrested for setting two fires in Morro Bay

Written on 26 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Authorities arrested a suspected arsonist for setting two fires in Morro Bay Tuesday evening. Officials have yet to release the suspect’s identity. [KSBY] Shortly after 5 p.m., the fires were discovered along a trail on Black Hill between Morro Bay... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay City Council fails again

Written on 20 Oct, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 33 comments

OPINION by LINDA STEDJEE Morro Bay’s water reclamation facility (WRF) project costs are approaching $3 million, but there is little to show for all that money. The city hasn’t even bought land to put the plant on, the new design... (Continue reading)

Trial begins in formerly cold Morro Bay murder case

Written on 18 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Trial has finally begun in the murder case involving a Nipomo man accused of having murdered his wife at the couple’s then-Morro Bay home in 2009. The prosecution says James Lypps, 66, strangled and then drowned his wife, while the... (Continue reading)

Mother gets drunk, toddler wanders Morro Bay streets at night

Written on 14 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

During a night of heavy drinking in Morro Bay, a 21-year-old Templeton woman lost track of her two-year-old son. Morro Bay police found the boy wandering around a neighborhood at 3 a.m. Thursday. Five hours later, police found the woman... (Continue reading)

Great white spotted in Morro Bay Harbor, video

Written on 10 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured, Screening Room | 12 comments

The captain of Morro Bay Boat Charters took a  video of an 18 foot to 20 foot great white shark about a mile from the south jetty at the Morro Bay Harbor on Thursday. While boating, Micheal Brink spotted a... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay nurse killed in Kern County crash

Written on 24 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A 63-year-old Morro Bay woman and longtime nurse at a local hospital was killed in a car crash near Bakersfield earlier this month. Deborah Doubledee had worked for 29 years as a nurse at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay police identify couple found dead

Written on 24 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The Morro Bay Police Department has identified Brian Keith Tuck, 47, and Angelica Ramos, 36, as the man and woman found dead inside a house early Monday morning. Police suspect that Tuck killed Ramos and then committed suicide, but investigators... (Continue reading)

Four-year-old found in Morro Bay home with two bodies

Written on 23 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Morro Bay police officers found a 4-year-old child in a home where the dead bodies of a man and woman were discovered early Monday morning. The child was unharmed and is currently in the custody of family members. Police say... (Continue reading)