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SLO homeowner captures burglar

Written on 6 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 60 comments

A San Luis Obispo homeowner arrived home late last night to find a burglar rummaging though his home and took matters into his own hands. The homeowner detained Mark Anthony Hernandez, 46, while he waited for police to arrive. Officers... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay police officer’s guns stolen

Written on 3 Jan, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 102 comments

A Morro Bay police officer who left two guns in an unlocked vehicle parked in San Luis Obispo discovered early Friday morning someone had stolen the weapons. Former San Luis Obispo City Councilman and Mothers Tavern owner Paul Brown left an... (Continue reading)

Gesell takes SLO police helm

Written on 2 Jan, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

San Luis Obispo’s new police chief, Stephen Gesell, will be introduced Tuesday by city officials following what is being described as a “competitive recruitment and intensive selection process.” Most recently, Gesell was interim police chief in Atascadero following a 20-year... (Continue reading)

SLO employee discriminates via Facebook

Written on 28 Dec, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 54 comments

A San Luis Obispo Police department administrative assistant called her fellow staffers names and told them where they should go after a department employee asked to have her photo taken off a Christmas tree for religious reasons. The outburst was a... (Continue reading)

Jogger fights off attack

Written on 21 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 64 comments

A woman jogger attacked Tuesday morning on Vachell Lane near the San Luis Obispo city limits escaped serious injury after she aggressively fought off her assailant. Sheriff’s officials said the woman, who was not identified, was running alone about 7... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo conceals toxic waste release

Written on 16 Dec, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 109 comments

Eleven months after a San Luis Obispo city employee dumped toxic chemicals at a public facility, city officials have still not reported the illegal discharge to state authorities as required by law. The failure to report the spill could leave the... (Continue reading)

Fuzzy math should not obscure real progress by SLO City

Written on 14 Dec, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION By JOHN B. ASHBAUGH, San Luis Obispo City Councilman Here’s a riddle for you: When is a “0” not a zero? Answer: When it’s being deployed by a political activist with an axe to grind. I refer, of course,... (Continue reading)

SLO city salary cuts: $0.00

Written on 13 Dec, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION By KEVIN RICE A recent public relations blitz from the city of San Luis Obispo lauded $807,000 in compensation reductions voluntarily taken by top management. Our local spoon-fed media then dutifully regurgitated the numbers put forth by the city... (Continue reading)

Armed Robbery at San Luis Obispo Subway

Written on 12 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

San Luis Obispo police are looking for a man who allegedly held up a Subway restaurant at gunpoint Saturday evening. [KCOY] At about 10 p.m., the robber wearing a nylon stocking mask entered the Marsh Street store, took out a... (Continue reading)

Two arrested for SLO ecstasy lab

Written on 9 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

A San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s surveillance of a pair of suspected drug dealers led to the discovery Wednesday of an ecstasy lab in SLO. After discovering ecstasy tablets in a car the suspects were traveling in, deputies arrested Marcus... (Continue reading)