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Two people gunned down in Santa Maria

Written on 27 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Two people were shot and killed Saturday night marking the 13 murder in Santa Maria in 2015. Shortly after 7 p.m., two males were shot to death near Jewel and Vine streets, police said. Emergency personnel transported the victims to... (Continue reading)

Oceano man slit wife’s throat in front of child

Written on 20 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A 27-year-old Oceano man slit his wife’s throat while she was sleeping in a bed with the couple’s 3-year-old son, according to court testimony. [Tribune] Humberto Jacobo Chavez killed his wife, Patricia Jacobo, 26, at their Oceano home on the... (Continue reading)

SLO man allegedly killed roommate with baseball bat

Written on 19 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A San Luis Obsipo man used a knife and a baseball bat to murder his roommate, according to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office. Charles Chad Giese, 40, allegedly killed his roommate Walter Ernest Vallivero, 54, at their... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles clairvoyant’s murder victim identified

Written on 17 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man allegedly killed by a Paso Robles clairvoyant as 34-year-old Benjamin Derrel Terra. Nicole Honait Luxor fatally shot Terra, also a Paso Robles resident, on Saturday at the Dancing Horse... (Continue reading)

Governor again reverses parole for SLO skateboard killer

Written on 6 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

For the second consecutive year, California Governor Jerry Brown has overturned a decision to parole a San Luis Obispo man, who at 13, used a skateboard to beat an 87-year-old man to death. In 2005, Robert Holguin broke into Gerald... (Continue reading)

Two Paso Robles men sentenced for murders

Written on 28 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A pair of Paso Robles men received prison sentences Tuesday for second-degree murder convictions. San Luis Obispo Judge Michael Duffy sentenced John Steven Danner, 25, to 40 years to life in prison. Duffy sentence Herbert Brown, 32, to 15 years... (Continue reading)

Yanaga receives 40 years to life in prison

Written on 9 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A judge has sentenced Paso Robles man Thomas Yanaga to 40 years to life in prison. Yanaga, 53, was convicted last month of second-degree murder in the killing of Atascadero resident Marshall Savoy, 32. Yanaga shot Savoy in March after... (Continue reading)

Another Paso Robles man convicted of murder

Written on 29 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

As with Thomas Yanaga, Paso Robles man John Steven Danner has been convicted of second-degree murder with an enhancement for discharging a firearm during the killing. A San Luis Obispo jury convicted Yanaga, 53, on Friday. A separate journey convicted... (Continue reading)

Yanaga convicted of murder

Written on 26 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A jury voted Friday to convict Thomas Yanaga of second-degree murder in the killing of Atascadero resident Marshall Savoy. On March 14, Yanaga, 53, shot Savoy, 32, after the Atascadero man tried to break up an argument between Yanaga and... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man pleads no contest to murder of his daughter

Written on 25 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A Paso Robles man accused of beating to death his 22-month-old daughter has pleaded no contest to second degree murder. Herbert David Brown III, 32, assaulted his daughter, Lily Sommer-Brown, at their Santa Ysabel Avenue home, leaving her not breathing... (Continue reading)