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Fire burns storage at SLO Goodwill

Written on 26 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A fire broke out at the San Luis Obispo Goodwill on Tuesday morning and burned storage containers outside the building. [KSBY] The fire started around 5 a.m. at the Goodwill warehouse in the 800 block of Industrial Way. No employees... (Continue reading)

Barry LaBarbera elected presiding judge

Written on 26 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judges voted last week to elect Barry LaBarbera as presiding judge and Ginger Garrett as assistant presiding judge. LaBarbera and Garret took over the positions immediately following the vote. The election marked the second... (Continue reading)

SLO double-decker bus crashed into bridge

Written on 25 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 57 comments

Part of the top of San Luis Obispo’s double-decker bus was sheared off Monday morning when its driver attempted to drive the 14 foot-high bus under a 12 and a half foot-high railroad bridge on Highland Drive on the Cal... (Continue reading)

Burglars nab Cork ‘N’ Bottle ATM

Written on 23 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

San Luis Obispo Police are searching for two people who stole an ATM from the Cork ‘N’ Bottle Liquor store on Foothill Boulevard on Wednesday morning. [KSBY] Shortly after 5 a.m., a witness witnessed someone run out of the business... (Continue reading)

Chubby man accused of harassing teen girl in SLO

Written on 15 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

An overweight, 20-year-old man stopped a 15-year-old girl on a San Luis Obispo street Wednesday and asked for directions, made lewd comments and appeared to be masturbating underneath his clothing, according to the San Luis Obispo Police Department. Around 2... (Continue reading)

SLO is truly Camelot

Written on 12 Jan, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 29 comments

OPINION by ALLAN COOPER Welcome to San Luis Obispo, the “happy city of denial” where city officials, the Downtown Association and the police department annually produce self-congratulatory crime reports. Just the other day, the city informs us that DUI’s aren’t... (Continue reading)

Man killed by train was Cal Poly student

Written on 12 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The man struck and killed by a train near San Luis Obispo on Saturday night was a Cal Poly student. [KSBY] Around 8:15 p.m., an Amtrak train struck Aaron Matthew Wolf east of Sweet Bay Lane, about a mile south... (Continue reading)

Van combusts at SLO park

Written on 12 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A van parked at Santa Rosa Park in San Luis Obispo combusted Sunday afternoon. The owner of the van suffered minor burns in the vehicle fire and was taken to the hospital. [Tribune] San Luis Obispo firefighters responded to the... (Continue reading)

Man killed by train near SLO

Written on 10 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A man in his 20s was hit and killed by an Amtrak train Saturday night on the railroad tracks south of Tank Farm Road. About 8:15 p.m., a northbound train hit the man about a mile south of San Luis... (Continue reading)

SLO police catch man burglarizing The Sub

Written on 9 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A burglar targeted burned San Luis Obispo business The Sub, but police caught him before he walked away with some of the items that survived a fire last month. On Dec. 26, a fire burned day and night, destroying The... (Continue reading)