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Rail spur impacts outweigh any benefits

Written on 11 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Opinion | 43 comments

OPINION By LAURANCE SHINDERMAN and TOM RYAN Who doesn’t like the sound of a train whistle in the distance, or standing by and waving to an engineer as a freight train rumbles through town. So when Phillips 66 proposed a... (Continue reading)

Felon photographs kids in Nipomo, then flees

Written on 8 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

An Arroyo Grande felon carrying drugs, ammo and a gun took photos of children playing in a Nipomo yard Friday morning, then led sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase. Around 9:30 a.m., the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s office received... (Continue reading)

Dollars or sense for Carroll family children?

Written on 3 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 60 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Editor’s Note: This is the last of a three-part exclusive series detailing how three children were taken from their parents and placed in a home with a man now accused of sexual assault. Find... (Continue reading)

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Written on 29 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will vote on a proposed medical marijuana dispensary in Nipomo, now that the county has received an appeal of the project. Stephanie Kiel, the owner of Watsonville-based marijuana delivery service Ethnobotanica, is... (Continue reading)

Exclusive: County put children into hands of man accused of rape

Written on 27 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 73 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Editors Note: This is first in a three-part series on how three children were taken from their parents and placed in the home of a man now accused of sexual assault. A child allegedly... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man facing 126 sexual abuse charges

Written on 25 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office filed 126 counts against a Nipomo man Friday for allegedly sexually abusing a now 18-year-old girl for the past four years. The 126 felony charges filed against Robert John Bergner, 51, include... (Continue reading)

Pedestrian killed on Highway 101 in Nipomo identified

Written on 23 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

More than a month following the fatal accident the California Highway Patrol has identified 31-year-old Richard Cruz as the pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run on Highway 101 in Nipomo. [KSBY] Cruz was from Mexico, but his last known address was... (Continue reading)

Nipomo softball coach charged with rape

Written on 22 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested a Nipomo man Wednesday for allegedly sexually molesting a now 18-year-old girl for the past four years. The alleged victim told law enforcement Tuesday Robert Bergner, 51, molested her since the time she... (Continue reading)

County planners okay medical pot dispensary

Written on 9 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN The San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission approved a use permit allowing establishment of a Nipomo medical marijuana dispensary on Thursday. Following a three-hour hearing, the commission voted 3-1 to move the long-debated Ethnobotanica facility onto a... (Continue reading)

Wanted Nipomo man arrested

Written on 6 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

A Nipomo man featured last month on the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page is now in custody. Hermes Jose Rodriguez, 20, was sought for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse/cohabitant, preventing and dissuading a witness or victim... (Continue reading)