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Woman robs bank in Nipomo

Written on 28 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A woman robbed Coast Hills Federal Credit Union Thursday in Nipomo. The Hispanic woman entered the bank on West Tefft Street around 4:30 p.m., mentioned that she had a weapon and demanded money. She then fled on foot with an... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo man’s plane crashes into a home

Written on 2 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Two men flying a plane from San Luis Obispo to Seattle for a business trip crashed into a home in Eatonville, Washington on Thursday at around 5 p.m. Both men were treated at the scene and released. The Cessna 172,... (Continue reading)

School bus collides with Mercedes on Nipomo Mesa

Written on 15 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A school bus collided with a Mercedes Wednesday morning on the Nipomo Mesa. [Tribune] Around 6:50 a.m., the bus and Mercedes collided on the mesa near Highway 1 and Calle Bendita. The crash blocked the southbound lane of Highway, according... (Continue reading)

Fatal crash in Nipomo

Written on 12 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

One man died Sunday in a rollover car crash in Nipomo on Highway 101. [KSBY] California Highway Patrol officials said the driver was traveling southbound on Highway 101 near Willow Road when the accident occurred. Only one car was involved... (Continue reading)

Nipomo board votes to borrow $4 million for pipeline

Written on 11 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Nipomo Community Services District Board members voted unanimously for a plan to borrow an additional $4 million for the construction of a water pipeline from Santa Maria, shortly after a lawsuit was filed contesting drawing the money from a reserve... (Continue reading)

SLO County firefighters battled three small fires

Written on 6 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Firefighters in San Luis Obispo County were busy Sunday battling several small fires. [KSBY] In the 3900 block of Upper Lopez Canyon Drive in Arroyo Grande, a fire slowly burned three acres before firefighter were able to contain the blaze.... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $50 million

Written on 30 Apr, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

A Nipomo man pleaded guilty this afternoon to a fraud scheme that caused more than $47 million in losses to several victims, including his in-laws, a friend and five banks. John Mark Moore, 51, operated the fraud scheme for well... (Continue reading)

This package would have been a blast

Written on 23 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

There was no smoking gun in a “suspicious” package received by a Nipomo business Monday, and the subsequently suspected bomb  turned out to be weed. Employees of the T. Simons Company noted the package contained the company’s return address but... (Continue reading)

Car crashes into CHP vehicle and parked car in Nipomo

Written on 22 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A minivan crashed into a parked California Highway Patrol vehicle and another stopped car on the side of Highway 101 Sunday in Nipomo, injuring an officer and those inside the stopped vehicle. [Tribune] Around 12:30 p.m. Sunday, a CHP officer... (Continue reading)

APCD skews report on Nipomo Mesa air quality

Written on 4 Apr, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A member of the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District Board discovered last week that district staff used incomplete data sets to compile a report which inaccurately portrays escalating pollution levels on the Nipomo Mesa.... (Continue reading)