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Central Coast serial bank robber?

Written on 17 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A woman matching the description of last month’s Nipomo bank robber held up the Golden 1 Credit Union in Paso Robles on Tuesday. An Hispanic woman entered the bank on the 100 block of Niblick Road at 5 p.m., mentioned... (Continue reading)

Water bankers purchase Paso Robles’ Hardham Ranch

Written on 15 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 48 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN One of the nation’s most controversial and wealthiest farm operators has quietly acquired a sprawling 742-acre parcel of prime ranch and agricultural property adjacent to the southeast edge of the Paso Robles city limits — causing some... (Continue reading)

Scorned Paso Robles woman paid assailants $12,000`

Written on 5 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The former girlfriend of a man found murdered in Paso Robles allegedly paid a group $4,000 to assault him in October and then another $8,000 to kidnap and beat him more severely a few months later. [Tribune] Following a biter... (Continue reading)

Details of revenge plot released

Written on 3 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Several months before he was murdered, five people including a jilted lover allegedly plotted to rob and assault Paso Robles resident Victor Hugo Sanchez. At the case moves through the court, details of the plot first reported by CalCoastNews are... (Continue reading)

Woman carjacked and raped in Paso Robles

Written on 25 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

Paso Robles police arrested a man who allegedly carjacked a woman and raped her at gun point on Sunday. At about 8:30 p.m., two men accosted the woman at a gas station on Niblick Road in Paso Robles. The men... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles hot springs co-owner charged with child molestation

Written on 25 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Co-owner of Franklin Hot Springs in Paso Robles, Leonard Ray Franklin, is facing charges of molesting three children to whom he is related. [Tribune] San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputies arrested Franklin, 69, last month for multiple charges of child... (Continue reading)

Armed robbery at Paso Robles bank

Written on 19 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Paso Robles police are looking for a man who held up the Wells Fargo Bank on Spring Street at gunpoint on Tuesday. At about 9:20 a.m., the robber wearing a dark blue bandanna covering his face and carrying a semi-automatic... (Continue reading)

Burton named chief, again

Written on 19 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Cal Poly alumnus Robert Burton was named Paso Robles’ new chief of police following city council endorsement Tuesday. Burton, 47, has been a captain with the department and was former Chief Lisa Solomon-Chitty’s top aide during her scandal-ridden administration. CalCoastNews... (Continue reading)

Jury awards half million to tech exec fired by Paso Robles firm

Written on 14 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A former Paso Robles technology firm executive has received a $500,000 judgment against his former employer for wrongful termination. Paso Robles law firm Kinman and Curry successfully sued Applied Technologies Associates on behalf of Mark Kenyon, whom the company fired... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles alligator causes stir in Antelope Valley

Written on 10 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A “Zoo to You” alligator and resident of Paso Robles opportunely defecated in its cage last week on a ride home from an Antelope Valley elementary school. [LA Times] On June 4, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies held a photo-op... (Continue reading)