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Hate crime allegation stands in North County murder case

Written on 16 Jun, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County judge ruled on Tuesday that a hate crime enhancement will stand in the case of a Paso Robles man accused of murdering a gay Atascadero man. Todd Pinion, 32, had been missing... (Continue reading)

Priest accused of abusing children in San Luis Obispo County to face trial

Written on 13 Jun, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County judge ruled on Friday that there is sufficient evidence for a former Catholic priest to stand trial on 24 felony counts involving the molestation of four children. Last June, SLO County Sheriff’s... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County felon accused of possessing more than 100 firearms

Written on 30 May, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County prosecutors last week charged a man with seven felony counts, after a search of his Morro Bay area home netted 107 firearms and methamphetamine. On March 12, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies... (Continue reading)

District Attorney Dow seeks funding for critically needed positions

Written on 25 May, 2026 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION by DAN DOW I am Dan Dow, your district attorney for twelve years. In that time, this office returned general fund money to the county in nine of the last eleven years – totaling $3.5 million dollars — a... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man sentenced to four years in prison for embezzlement

Written on 5 May, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County judge on Tuesday sentenced a Paso Robles man to four years and four months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from an Atascadero business. In May 2024, the owner... (Continue reading)

Gang member given 42 years to life in prison for Oceano murder, knife assault

Written on 28 Apr, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County judge on Tuesday sentenced a 31-year-old gang member from Santa Maria to 42 years to life in prison for the murder of an Oceano man and a separate knife assault of a... (Continue reading)

Dangerous sexual predator gets indefinite confinement

Written on 23 Sep, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN District Attorney Dan Dow announced Monday that a San Luis Obispo County jury has found true that a convicted child molester is a sexually violent predator and, thus, should remain in the custody of the California Department... (Continue reading)

Ex-San Luis Obispo County employee pleads no contest to 7 embezzlement counts

Written on 26 Jul, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The former San Luis Obispo County information technology employee accused of embezzling more than $250,000 pleaded no contest last week to seven counts of embezzlement. [Tribune] In February, investigators arrested Norman Hibble, 54, and prosecutors filed 12... (Continue reading)

Jury convicts Oceano man of involuntary manslaughter over fatal shooting

Written on 14 Jun, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County jury convicted an Oceano man of involuntary manslaughter and filing a false police report over the shooting death of a 28-year-old man in the Lopez Lake area of rural Arroyo Grande. On... (Continue reading)

Man sentenced to life in prison for SLO murder, mutilating remains

Written on 13 Jun, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge has sentenced a 44-year-old man to 96 years to life in prison for murdering a 64-year-old man and mutilating his remains in the Bianchi Open Space area behind Megan’s Organic Market in San Luis Obispo.... (Continue reading)