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Man convicted for abusing Grover Beach child

Written on 26 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A San Luis Obispo jury convicted a 47-year-old man on Monday of molesting seven-year-old child in Grover Beach. [Cal Coast Times] In Dec. 2016, Jose Diaz was staying at a home in which the then 7-year-old victim and other relatives... (Continue reading)

Parents attend Atascadero teacher’s child porn hearing

Written on 25 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Families of many of the alleged victims of an Atascadero school teacher who is accused of videotaping female students’ underwear showed up at San Luis Obispo Superior Court Monday for the first hearing in the child pornography case. [KSBY] Chris... (Continue reading)

Oceano man gets 40 years to life for Arroyo Grande murder

Written on 24 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An Oceano man received a prison sentence of 40 years to life Thursday for committing a deadly assault that took place outside an Arroyo Grande bar in 2014. [Cal Coast Times] On Oct. 2, 2014, Ignacio Franco Palomar III, 39,... (Continue reading)

DUI driver tossed beer cans out of car, witnesses said

Written on 22 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A DUI murder trial began Monday with multiple witnesses testifying that a driver and one of his passengers were tossing beer cans out of their car while their 16-year-old female friend lay dying in the roadway on the Cuesta Grade.... (Continue reading)

Judge stalls removal of pot plants from California Valley

Written on 17 Aug, 2018 in Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

In a potentially precedent-setting case, a San Luis Obispo judge ruled Thursday that SLO County was justified in finding that a pot grower was violating local code by operating a farm in the California Valley, but officials have been temporarily... (Continue reading)

SLO High grad avoids more jail time for arson

Written on 7 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

One of the three former San Luis Obispo High School students who was accused of burning down the campus computer lab received a sentence Monday that will allow him to avoid spending more time behind bars if he complies with... (Continue reading)

Investigator uncovers false testimony in CalCoastNews libel case

Written on 31 Jul, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a multi-part series of articles about San Luis Obispo County’s waste disposal agency. The first reported on the agency’s free-spending use of a public credit card and the lack of credit card documentation... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande man convicted of child molestation

Written on 31 Mar, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A San Luis Obispo County jury convicted a 28-year-old man on Thursday of five counts of molesting a child under the age of 10. [Cal Coast Times] SLO County sheriff’s deputies arrested Cody Adam Julian in Arroyo Grande on Aug.... (Continue reading)

Judicial elections shape the Grand Jury

Written on 1 Mar, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | One comment

On Valentine’s Day, readers found out how important voting to tearing down financial barriers against people accessing justice is in San Luis Obispo County this year. When I started practicing law here, in 1978, strong judges with strong personalities and... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar staff disbelieved girl being sexually abused by bus driver

Written on 27 Feb, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Lucia Mar Unified School District officials knew about a bus driver allegedly sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl, but they did not believe the girl was telling the truth, a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office detective testified in court on... (Continue reading)