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Podcast examines disappearance and murder of two San Miguel children

Written on 11 Nov, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Two young girls vanished from San Miguel in 1980 and were later found murdered. The case went cold for decades — until San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s detective Clint Cole began digging into the unsolved murders. A... (Continue reading)

Killer who dumped body in Nipomo sentenced to 35 years to life

Written on 10 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Santa Barbara County judge on Wednesday sentenced a Santa Maria woman to 35 years to life in prison for murdering a man whose remains were found on a Nipomo golf course in 2020.  Following a trial... (Continue reading)

Man gets 25 years to life for elderly Arroyo Grande woman’s murder

Written on 10 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge sentenced a Fresno man on Tuesday to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of an elderly woman whom he killed in her rural Arroyo Grande home. [KSBY] On Nov. 27, 2020, while... (Continue reading)

SWAT raid leads to arrest of teen for Santa Maria murder

Written on 21 Dec, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Aided by two SWAT teams, Santa Maria detectives arrested a 17-year-old gang member on Wednesday for shooting and killing a 15-year-old boy earlier this month.   On Dec. 9, at about 2:25 p.m., a caller reported a... (Continue reading)

Police arrest four suspects in 2022 murder in Santa Maria

Written on 29 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Authorities arrested four suspects on murder charges over a 2002 shooting in a Santa Maria parking structure that killed a 17-year-old boy and left a woman wounded.  Shortly before midnight on Feb. 4, 2022, multiple 911 callers... (Continue reading)

Man pleads guilty to murdering elderly Arroyo Grande woman

Written on 30 Oct, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Fresno man has pleaded guilty to the murder of an elderly woman whom he killed in her rural Arroyo Grande home. On Nov. 27, 2020, while responding to reports of a possible trespass at a home... (Continue reading)

Man convicted of Los Osos murder seeking new sentence

Written on 7 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A man convicted of murder over a home invasion gone wrong in Lost Osos is seeking a reduced sentence. [Tribune] In 2009, a trio of men conspired to invade the Los Osos home of Peter Davis and... (Continue reading)

Man facing two homicide charges over Lompoc shooting

Written on 8 May, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The suspect in a fatal shooting in Lompoc late last month is now facing two homicide charges after a man shot and wounded in the incident died of his injuries. Shortly after 3 a.m. on April 30,... (Continue reading)

One person killed, one wounded in Lompoc shooting

Written on 30 Apr, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A suspect or suspects shot and killed one person and wounded another in Lompoc early Sunday morning.  Shortly after 3 a.m., a 911 caller reported a domestic violence incident at a residence on the 1600 block of... (Continue reading)

Judge rules man was sane when he committed 2001 Morro Bay double-murder

Written on 29 Apr, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County Judge ruled on Friday that a defendant was legally sane when he shot and killed a 37-year-old man and an 11-year-old boy at Morro Strand State Campground in 2001. Stephen Arthur Deflaun,... (Continue reading)