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Is Marx flip-flopping on rental inspection ordinance?

Written on 25 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Amid public outrage over a rental inspection program, San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx asked city staff to put the city’s rental inspection ordinance on a March agenda for review and discussion. Marx said she selected a date five months... (Continue reading)

SLO man dies after questionable fall from rooftop

Written on 24 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The body of a 72-year-old man was discovered Friday afternoon on the first floor rooftop of the Anderson Hotel on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo. He had fallen from an apartment on an undisclosed upper floor. Police investigators are... (Continue reading)

SLO Boba Stop robbed, police searching for serial robber

Written on 22 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A man carrying a handgun robbed a San Luis Obispo tea shop Tuesday night. Police say the incident marked the sixth armed robbery in the city over the last three months and the fourth in September. In each of the... (Continue reading)

SLO temporarily halts Chinatown project over Chumash aqueduct

Written on 20 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

The city of San Luis Obispo has issued a stop-work order to Copeland Properties, the developer of the Chinatown project. The developer reportedly planned to remove a 250-year-old aqueduct that was built by the Chumash. Last year, archeologist Barry Price... (Continue reading)

Mask wearing man robs SLO beauty supply store

Written on 18 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A man wearing a Halloween style mask and sunglasses robbed the Sally Beauty Supply in the Madonna Plaza on Saturday, according to the San Luis Obispo Police Department. Shortly after 4 p.m., a man wearing a grey mid-length coat, a... (Continue reading)

Deputies identify teen found dead at Cal Poly

Written on 14 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department identified the 18-year-old found dead Tuesday on the Cal Poly campus as Robert Sean Douglas Aversano, a recent graduate of San Luis Obispo High School. According to an autopsy performed Wednesday, Aversano died... (Continue reading)

Remains found at Kristin Smart dig likely belong to animal

Written on 13 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Authorities are currently analyzing remains recovered last week from a Cal Poly hillside to determine whether they are human or animal and whether they are related to the Kristin Smart case. Two sources who are familiar with the investigation, but... (Continue reading)

Man attempts to set self on fire in protest

Written on 12 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

A man doused his body with lighter fluid Sunday and then attempted to light himself on fire in protest against the San Luis Obispo Police allegedly pushing homeless people out of the city. On Sunday morning, the man was attempting... (Continue reading)

Searchers for Kristin Smart find remains

Written on 10 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

FBI agents and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies found remains during a three-day excavation looking for Cal Poly student Kristin Smart, who was last seen alive more than 20 years. Nevertheless, it may take months before officials know if... (Continue reading)

Central Coast cities rank among least safe in California

Written on 31 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 49 comments

Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo and Pismo Beach rank among the 30 least safe cities in California, according to a report released by a research and analysis website. The rankings are based on a variety of FBI crime metrics, and... (Continue reading)