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Cal Poly is no longer a dry campus

Written on 8 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

For the first time, Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo has an area for students to drink alcohol on the campus. Beer and wine are now being served to anyone over 21 years of age at the Mustang Station. [KSBY]... (Continue reading)

Mother testifies her son admitted to killing his roommate

Written on 5 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The mother of 40 year-old Charles Giese of San Luis Obispo testified in a preliminary hearing Monday that her son admitted to killing his roommate. At the conclusion of the hearing, a judge ruled there is enough evidence for Giese... (Continue reading)

Marx attacks Harmon for taking money from Kevin Rice

Written on 4 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

San Luis Obispo’s two left-leaning mayoral candidates are quarrelling over a donation one of them received from right-leaning activist and government watchdog, Kevin Rice. Incumbent Mayor Jan Marx is faulting challenger Hedi Harmon for accepting the donation, while Harmon is... (Continue reading)

SLO man allegedly molested his ex-girlfriend’s daughter

Written on 28 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A man accused of sexually abusing the 10-year-old daughter of San Luis Obispo woman he was dating, recently sent a text message to the now-14-year-old girl telling her she was still a virgin. [Tribune] Matthew Roland Betts, 44, allegedly molested... (Continue reading)

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)