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McNamara Realty to pay $30,000 to settle asbestos case

Written on 26 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

San Luis Obispo real estate and property management company McNamara Realty has agreed to pay $30,000 in order to settle a civil case over illegal removal and disposal of asbestos-containing material. Following an investigation conducted by the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Atascadero Republican activist charged with electioneering at polling place

Written on 10 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

Following the release of a YouTube video published by an opponent of the rejected Santa Margarita quarry project, an elderly Atascadero activist has come in the cross hairs of state prosecutors and is now facing charges. Edith Knight is facing... (Continue reading)

Bookkeeper allegedly embezzled more than $1 million from Cambria business

Written on 25 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A former bookkeeper embezzled more than $1 million from a Cambria construction business, according to a criminal complaint filed last week by the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office. Elizabeth Edith Shaw, 68, embezzled the money from her former... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande teacher sentenced for sex with a student

Written on 7 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A former Arroyo Grande High School culinary arts teacher who pleaded no contest to charges of sexual intercourse with an underage student was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail and four years probation. Tara Stumph’s probation includes mandatory participation... (Continue reading)

Jury rules Los Osos man did not drive high in fatal crash

Written on 31 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A San Luis Obispo County jury found a Los Osos man not guilty of four felony counts this week related to allegations he was high on spice when he crashed his car, killing two passengers and injuring two others. The... (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)

Prosecutor’s error leads to reversal of Cambria child molester’s conviction

Written on 28 Feb, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A California appellate court overturned the 2014 conviction of a Cambria man who allegedly molested a young boy. The court ruled the conviction invalid because a San Luis Obispo County prosecutor improperly told jurors that the Cambria man did not... (Continue reading)

Drugged man who killed Los Osos teen pleads no contest

Written on 31 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A 24-year-old Paso Robles man pleaded no contest earlier this month to a single felony count of vehicular manslaughter in the death of a Los Osos teen. Alexander Paul Gonzales allegedly hit and killed the teen just minutes after receiving... (Continue reading)

Templeton robbery defendant evades adult court

Written on 27 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Stating that 17-year-old Wyatt Douglas Warnars is unsophisticated and “the poster child for a juvenile delinquent,” San Luis Obispo Judge John Trice ruled the teen should be tried as a minor for his role in the Templeton home invasion robbery... (Continue reading)

Sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed suspect identified

Written on 26 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has identified the two deputies who shot and killed a 34-year-old man on Highway 101 in Atascadero early Tuesday morning as Senior Deputy Greg Roach and Deputy Jonathan Calvert. Sheriff’s officials describe Roach... (Continue reading)