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Nipomo man pleads to sexual battery

Written on 24 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A man who pled guilty to sexual battery in the attempted rape of a Nipomo woman is slated to be sentence to 180 days in San Luis Obispo County Jail on Wednesday. Christobal Hernandez Lopez Sr., 65, a former Nipomo... (Continue reading)

How smart are you?

Written on 15 Oct, 2013 in Discovered, Featured | 18 comments

Are you Mensa smart? Mensa, the club for people with high IQs, is having its national testing date on Saturday Oct. 19. In San Luis Obispo County testing will be given at the SeaVenture Resort in Pismo Beach at 9 a.m.... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach breaks its own bed tax revenue record

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

For the third straight year, the city of Pismo Beach eclipsed more than $1 million in bed tax revenue in the month of July. The city raised a record-high $1,088,089 in transient occupancy tax (TOT) revenue in July 2013. It... (Continue reading)

Meth involved in fatal car accident

Written on 13 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The Los Osos man who died after he drove his car off a 200-foot cliff near the Best Western Shelter Cove Lodge in Pismo Beach last July was on meth, police said. Prior to the accident, several people called 911... (Continue reading)

23 arrested in Central Coast prostitution sting

Written on 7 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Officers from San Luis Obispo, Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande police departments arrested 23 people during a three-night prostitution sting. Police investigators placed advertisements on the internet for prostitution services to be conducted in local hotel rooms. Suspects then contacted... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach council staves off city election on Spanish Springs

Written on 5 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The Pismo Beach City Council staved off a referendum election on the proposed Spanish Spring project by voting unanimously Tuesday to repeal general plan amendments it adopted in June. City Clerk Elaina Cano announced Tuesday that a petition circulated for... (Continue reading)

Man hit by train in Pismo Beach identified

Written on 30 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Pismo Beach police have identified a 22-year-old man hit by a train Tuesday as Mark Manuele of Pismo Beach. Manuele suffered non-life threatening injuries from the collision and received treatment at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center. Police say he was... (Continue reading)

Train hits man in Pismo Beach

Written on 28 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An Amtrak train hit a 22-year-old man who was crossing the tracks near U.S. Highway 101 and Five Cities Drive in Pismo Beach on Tuesday. Shortly before 6 p.m., Pismo Beach police officers arrived to find the injured man near... (Continue reading)

Central Coast bandit robs Pismo Beach bank

Written on 15 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

The Central Coast Bandit robbed a Pismo Beach bank Wednesday, marking her fourth San Luis Obispo County bank robbery in the last six months. The Hispanic woman robbed the Pacific Western Bank on Oak Park Boulevard in Pismo Beach around... (Continue reading)

Man found dead at Pismo Beach Motel 6 identified

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

The Pismo Beach Police Department has identified a man who died last week at Motel 6 as 28-year-old Christopher “Duke” Shibley. Shibley was a resident of the Central Coast but did not have a permanent address. Police found his body... (Continue reading)