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Sports Authority closing SLO store

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

By JOHN LINDT The Sports Authority chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday after missing a $20 million interest payment earlier this year. The sporting goods retailer plans to close 140 of its 463 store including its store on Madonna... (Continue reading)

SLO student’s Facebook post said “Columbine of Duty 2”

Written on 3 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

A San Luis Obispo High School student who was arrested Friday for making criminal threats posted text on Facebook stating, “Columbine of Duty 2” and “Don’t come to school tomorrow.”  The text appeared on images of the student holding what... (Continue reading)

Body found in SLO creek

Written on 2 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A body was found early Tuesday afternoon in the creek behind the San Luis Obispo Target store. Police say the death does not appear suspicious. [KSBY] The person who died is believed to be a male. San Luis Obispo police... (Continue reading)

SLO driver hits pedestrian, offers bribe

Written on 17 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a driver who hit a pedestrian and fled after failing to bribe the victim. [KSBY] Around 5 p.m. Tuesday, a car collided with an adult male at the intersection of High Street and... (Continue reading)

Pedestrian killed by train in SLO

Written on 16 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A 22-year-old man was struck and killed by a train Tuesday night near Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. It has not yet been disclosed if the victim was a student. At about 5 p.m., the man was walking on... (Continue reading)

SLO to start inspecting rental units

Written on 15 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 42 comments

A San Luis Obispo city worker will soon begin conducting inspections of rental properties in line with a controversial ordinance adopted by the city council last year. The new rental inspection program is facing growing opposition, and some argue it... (Continue reading)

SLO fire burns homeless woman’s belongings

Written on 10 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A homeless woman who was sleeping on the property of a San Luis Obispo Vons awoke late Tuesday night to find her belongings on fire. The blaze destroyed her possessions, San Luis Obispo Battalion Chief Bob Bisson said. At about... (Continue reading)

Former wrestler faked mountain lion attack

Written on 9 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A San Luis Obispo man who claimed in a television interview that he snapped the neck of a mountain lion has admitted to fabricating the story. [KSBY] Robin Olson said in a KSBY interview that a mountain lion attacked him... (Continue reading)

SLO man breaks mountain lion’s neck. Or does he?

Written on 8 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

UPDATE:  Mountain lion attack story determined to be a hoax “Robin Olson of San Luis Obispo claimed he was attacked by a mountain lion Saturday afternoon while hiking in Prefumo Canyon. Upon further investigation, his claim has been determined to... (Continue reading)

SLO father and son arrested for fatal stabbing

Written on 5 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A father-son duo from San Luis Obispo were arrested this week for the December 2014 murder of a 14-year-old boy in Northern California. The teen was stabbed in Eureka and left bleeding for more than eight hours before he died... (Continue reading)