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SLO skeletal remains identified

Written on 7 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A DNA match has identified the skeletal remains of a man found in a San Luis Obispo creek as a 51-year-old Texas transient. The Texas Department of Justice identified William Grant Grable II as the man, whose remains a lessee... (Continue reading)

CAPSLO soaking up nonprofit fund pool

Written on 7 Feb, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 89 comments

Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the second in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the nonprofits managing the program.) For the duration of its 48-year existence,... (Continue reading)

Rogue police officer bailed and on the loose

Written on 6 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 90 comments

Shortly after FBI agents arrested a San Luis Obispo Police officer who allegedly stole drugs from the evidence locker, held guns on his victims while stealing drugs under the color of authority and then bribed others to sell the drugs,... (Continue reading)

SLO grants more than $200,000 to CAPSLO

Written on 6 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

The San Luis Obispo City Council approved more than $200,000 in funding to the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo Tuesday evening after acknowledging allegations that the nonprofit is fraudulently handling homeless clients’ accounts. The council unanimously approved $125,988... (Continue reading)

FBI agents arrest San Luis Obispo Police officer

Written on 5 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

FBI agents arrested a San Luis Obispo Police officer earlier today following an approximately two-week sting into allegations of police misconduct, sources said. Officer Cory Pierce allegedly took drugs from criminals and the evidence locker in order to resell. He... (Continue reading)

Three women sexually assaulted in SLO

Written on 5 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Sexual assaults of three college age women occurred late Saturday night and early Sunday morning on Foothill Boulevard in San Luis Obispo. Around 11 p.m. Saturday, a male suspect approached two women near the corner of Foothill and California boulevards,... (Continue reading)

Alleged homeless advocates accused of stealing from the poor

Written on 4 Feb, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 154 comments

Keeping them homeless By KAREN VELIE, JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editor’s note: This is the first in a series about San Luis Obispo County Homeless Services and the non-profit that manages the program. See Cliff Anderson’s struggles at the... (Continue reading)

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)