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SWAT team raids Oceano home involved in drug and gun sales

Written on 8 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A SWAT raid of a home near a Nipomo elementary school Friday morning produced guns and drugs, both of which were for sale, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department. Following the “high risk search,” deputies arrested two... (Continue reading)

Nipomo woman stole $117,000 from elderly man in reverse mortgage scheme

Written on 31 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A former Nipomo financial services advisor talked an elderly man into taking out a reverse mortgage on his home and then stole $117,000 from him, according to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office. Araceli Cortes, 38, is slated... (Continue reading)

Pair of SLO County men accused of sexually abusing girls

Written on 30 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Nipomo man and a Paso Robles man are both sitting in San Luis Obispo County Jail on a host of child molestation charges. William Martinez Perez, 56, and Gustavo Perez-Medina, 40, are facing charges in separate cases. Perez, of... (Continue reading)

Flood soaks Old Towne Nipomo homes

Written on 13 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A recent storm flooded multiple houses in Old Towne Nipomo, soaking the homes with water and mud. Residents in the area are blaming San Luis Obispo County for the flooding, arguing it never would have occurred had workers cleaned out... (Continue reading)

Peschong and Nipomo win amid contentious supervisor meeting

Written on 11 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 42 comments

By KAREN VELIE At a particularly ugly and contentious San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, the board voted to award the chairmanship to John Peschong and to move forward on plans to build a sheriff substation... (Continue reading)

Sheriff deputies coming to Nipomo Mesa

Written on 9 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

There will soon be San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies stationed on the Nipomo Mesa, if the board of supervisors approves a development deal on Tuesday. [Tribune] An agreement between Monarch Dunes LLC and SLO County calls for the property... (Continue reading)

Nipomo marijuana dispensary proponents lose legal battle

Written on 17 Dec, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

The owners of Ethnobotanica, a marijuana service seeking to open a pot shop in Nipomo, lost a lawsuit they filed against San Luis Obispo County over the board of supervisors’ decision to reject a proposed brick and mortar dispensary in... (Continue reading)

Nipomo DUI suspect collides with Guadalupe police officer

Written on 11 Dec, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A city of Guadalupe police officer and his prisoner are recovering from injuries from a head on crash with a suspected drunk driver early Sunday morning. At approximately 2:20 a.m., the officer, who was transporting a prisoner to the Santa... (Continue reading)

One Nipomo robbery suspect arrested, one on the loose

Written on 9 Dec, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives have arrested one of two suspects accused of involvement in the robbery of a Nipomo Chevron station last month. Detectives are requesting help from the public with their search for the at large suspect.... (Continue reading)

Brothers get vastly different sentences for Nipomo beating

Written on 8 Dec, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo County Judge John Trice recently sentenced two brothers who were convicted of a gang-related beating in Nipomo. One brother received nine years in prison, while the other received five years of probation. [Tribune] It was the brother... (Continue reading)