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Cal Poly apartment catches fire

Written on 16 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A Cal Poly apartment caught on fire Wednesday evening after a resident left a candle unattended. Around 7:48 p.m. Wednesday, the small fire broke out in a single bedroom of a four-bedroom suite in Poly Canyon Village. The San Luis... (Continue reading)

Firefighter injured in student housing fire

Written on 11 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A San Luis Obispo student housing complex caught on fire Saturday morning, causing one firefighter to end up in the hospital. The fire began around 11:02 a.m. Saturday on the third floor of the Stenner Glen apartment complex at 1050... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo home damaged by fire

Written on 25 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A fire at a San Luis Obispo home without a working smoke detector on Sunday evening remains under investigation. A San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputy, who was the first on the scene, evacuated the five people inside the home... (Continue reading)

Explosion at San Luis Obispo mobile home park

Written on 8 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

UPDATE: Following multiple explosions at the Laguna Lake Mobile Park in San Luis Obispo, firefighters arrived to find a mobile home fully engulfed in flames that were spreading to another trailer. Four firetrucks and a total of 25 public servants... (Continue reading)

Fire extinguished at student housing near Cal Poly

Written on 7 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo firefighters extinguished a fire Sunday at a student housing complex near Cal Poly. The “suspicious” fire started on top of a mattress in a vacant, locked bedroom at Stenner Glen apartments, the San Luis Obispo Fire Department... (Continue reading)

SLO apartment fire injures two

Written on 28 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Two firefighters sustained minor injuries and a dog died Thursday in what fire officials called “a rapidly-spreading fire” at a two-story apartment building at 729 Pismo Street in San Luis Obispo. None of the building’s nine residents were hurt, although... (Continue reading)

Man grabs girl on rollerblades in SLO

Written on 23 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a man Wednesday for grabbing a 9-year-old girl on rollerblades and pulling on her belt loop as she tried to get away. The girl was rollerblading with her family and waiting to cross Broad Street... (Continue reading)

SLO firefighter fired despite dodging assault conviction

Written on 8 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

The San Luis Obispo Fire Department fired the fire fighter who recently escaped a felony assault conviction for his role in a bar bathroom brawl. John Ryan Mason, a fire engineer and paramedic, faced charges of felony assault with great... (Continue reading)

Mason finally free as DA won’t retry case

Written on 18 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 43 comments

The District Attorney’s office announced Thursday that it will not retry San Luis Obispo firefighter John Ryan Mason who allegedly assaulted a man in a bar bathroom last year [Tribune]. Mason’s felony assault trial ended last month with a hung... (Continue reading)

Final arguments heard in firefighter fighting case

Written on 25 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 36 comments

The fate of San Luis Obispo firefighter John Ryan Mason now rests in the hands of the jury. Defense attorney Chris Casciola and Deputy District Attorney Kristy Imel delivered their closing arguments before a crowded courtroom Monday in the felony... (Continue reading)