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Vehicle slams into Pismo Beach motel room

Written on 8 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A driver crashed a Ford SUV into a room at the Quality Inn in Pismo Beach Tuesday afternoon.  Shortly before 3 p.m., a caller reported the crash at the Quality Inn on 5 Cities Drive, according to... (Continue reading)

Two people displaced in Pismo Beach apartment fire

Written on 1 Jan, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A fire destroyed a Pismo Beach apartment unit Sunday evening and displaced two residents. [Cal Coast Times] At about 7:30 p.m., a caller reported a fire in an apartment in the 400 block of Westpoint Drive. Residents were evacuated from... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach plans to ban scooter sharing program

Written on 1 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The Pismo Beach City Council will consider on Tuesday whether to adopt an urgency ordinance that would ban scooter sharing programs. [Cal Coast Times] Citing public safety and nuisance concerns, Pismo Beach city staff is recommending the council adopt an... (Continue reading)

Erik Howell ordered to pay $959,307 for court costs, attorney fees

Written on 9 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE A judge ordered Pismo Beach Councilman Erik Howell and four other members of the California Coastal Commission to pay $959,307 in attorney’s fees and court costs to attorney Cory Briggs and the nonprofit Spotlight on Coastal Corruption... (Continue reading)

Orchard Supply Hardware stores to close, clearance sales

Written on 24 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo County shoppers have expressed frustration over a decision to shut down all Orchard Supply Hardware stores, a pair of which are located in Paso Robles and Pismo Beach. [Cal Coast Times] The business’s parent company Lowe’s decided... (Continue reading)

Police investigating string of burglaries in Pismo Beach

Written on 12 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Pismo Beach police are investigation if a recent string of burglaries are connected. During a four day span last week, burglars broke into three homes. [Cal Coast Times] On Monday evening, a thief or thieves forced their way into a... (Continue reading)

Who are the women in an suspected rapist’s photos?

Written on 4 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo police officers are seeking the identities of four woman standing in a photo found in the vehicle of suspected sexual assailant and burglar. [Cal Coast Times] Last week, officers arrested Arthur Tiofilo Rocha, 40, a suspect in... (Continue reading)

Child injured in fall from Pismo Beach Hotel window

Written on 23 Mar, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A five-year-old boy fell out of a fourth-floor window at a downtown Pismo Beach hotel on Thursday, then got up and tried walking off the injuries he suffered. Ultimately, it was determined the boy only suffered a minor fracture. [Cal... (Continue reading)

Howell and other Coastal Commissioners facing huge fines

Written on 14 Mar, 2018 in Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

Pismo Beach Councilman Erik Howell could face multiple fines of up to $30,000 each if a San Diego judge rules against him in a California Coastal Commission conflict of interest case. In all, millions of dollars of fines could be... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach man busted again for selling drugs

Written on 6 Sep, 2017 in Daily Briefs | One comment

  Nearly one year to the day after a Pismo Beach man was arrested for hit-and-run and selling prescription pills, he was arrested again, this time during a narcotics raid. On Sept. 1, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Narcotics... (Continue reading)