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Second robbery at Lexington Inn this week

Written on 3 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo Police are investigating the second armed robbery at the Lexington Inn on the 2000 block of Garfield Street in two days. With almost identical details to a Thursday robbery, at 9 p.m. on Friday a white man... (Continue reading)

Drunk man arrested for smashing windows

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

Police arrested a man early Saturday morning after a citizen said he was walking around smashing vehicle windows in San Luis Obispo. Around 2:22 a.m., the citizen called 911 after seeing Matthew Martin, 21, breaking windows in the area of... (Continue reading)

Free Austin Sarna

Written on 1 Feb, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 38 comments

OPINION By TERRY MOHAN Austin Sarna, the Good Samaritan transient, who interceded on an assault by several local drunks on a passing motorist in January 2012, has decided to refuse a plea bargain offered by the San Luis Obispo County... (Continue reading)

Armed Robbery at the Lexington Inn in SLO

Written on 1 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo Police are investigating an armed robbery Thursday evening at the Lexington Inn on the 2000 block of Garfield Street. Police say a white man in his early 20s walked into the station at about 9:40 p.m., armed... (Continue reading)

Historic Fremont Theatre closing its doors

Written on 31 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 34 comments

After 70 years of service, the Fremont Theatre will be closing its doors after the last shows tonight, the theater’s management announced on its Facebook page. “On behalf of everyone who has been with the company over the years, we’d... (Continue reading)

SLO man sentenced for stun gunning a homeless woman

Written on 31 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A San Luis Obispo man received a prison sentence of 39-years to life for beating, biting, choking and shocking a 26-year-old homeless woman he believed to be a police informant. [Tribune] Thomas Ledbetter, 49, thought the female victim snitched on... (Continue reading)

SLO High student dies from collision injuries

Written on 31 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

San Luis Obispo High School student Alex Maier died Wednesday evening, two days after crashing his pickup truck on a Highway 101 off-ramp in San Luis Obispo. [KSBY] Sierra Vista Medical Center pronounced Maier, 17, dead at 5:25 p.m. Wednesday... (Continue reading)

Footage shows Shumey suicidal in police car

Written on 30 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Christopher Shumey slumped in his courtroom chair Tuesday as he watched a video recording of himself after he killed his mother saying he should have committed suicide instead. Shumey said he should have shot himself, video footage from inside a... (Continue reading)

SLO High student in critical condition from collision

Written on 30 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A 17-year-old San Luis Obispo High School student is in critical condition following a collision Monday evening on a Highway 101 off-ramp. [KSBY] Alex Maier was driving a Ford F-150 truck southbound on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo around... (Continue reading)

Rice announces candidacy for SLO City Council

Written on 29 Jan, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 38 comments

STATEMENT By ELECT KEVIN RICE COMMITTEE San Luis Obispo – Kevin Rice, proponent of open and democratic government, has announced he is seeking to fill the upcoming SLO City Council vacancy concurrent with Andrew Carter’s resignation. A twenty-year resident and... (Continue reading)