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Paso Robles man arrested for possession of child porn

Written on 12 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Paso Robles police arrested a registered sex offender on Thursday for possession of child porn. Police received a tip that Robert McGuire, 37, was browsing Facebook at the Apple Store in San Luis Obispo. McGuire is barred from possessing a... (Continue reading)

Women punched in the face and spit on in downtown SLO

Written on 11 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 59 comments

A currently unidentified man punched a woman in the face and spit on two other women in downtown San Luis Obispo Friday. The assailant, described by each of the three women as a white man in his 50s, first punched... (Continue reading)

SLO explosions tied to hash lab

Written on 10 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

San Luis Obispo Fire Department investigators discovered a hash conversion lab at a trailer that was engulfed in flames Wednesday night following several explosions. Four fire trucks and a total of 25 firefighters worked to quickly extinguish the blaze that... (Continue reading)

SLO residents voice budget concerns

Written on 9 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Members of the public voiced their concerns during a San Luis Obispo City Council community forum Tuesday on city priorities for the upcoming two-year budget cycle. Council members listened to multiple hours of public comment from a large crowd at... (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 man accuses Rep. Sam Farr of racism

Written on 4 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A San Luis Obispo man has labeled Rep. Sam Farr, considered to be one of the most progressive liberals in Congress, a racist. [Herald] The man making the allegations, Scott Barnes, 58, is known to have duped Ross Perot, ABC’s... (Continue reading)

CHP investigators discover video of hit and run vehicle

Written on 1 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

California Highway Patrol investigators have discovered surveillance footage of the truck involved in a hit and run that injured a San Luis Obispo Police officer on Monday morning. Investigators identified the pickup that crashed into the back of San Luis... (Continue reading)

Driver crashes into SLO police cruiser and flees

Written on 31 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo Police said a man crashed into the back of a police cruiser before fleeing northbound on Highway 101 Monday at about 6:15 a.m. Shortly after Sgt. Jeff Booth entered the highway from the Prado Road on-ramp, an... (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)