Rash of car burglaries in Morro Bay
Police are investigating reports of more than a dozen cars burglaries on Saturday morning in Morro Bay. Between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m., the suspects stole items from cars parked on several streets on the...
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Author: Karen Velie
Spike in guns sales following San Bernardino shooting
California gun stores saw a spike in gun and ammunition sales following the Wednesday shooting in San Bernardino that killed 14 people and wounded 21 others. Worries of stricter gun laws following...
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11 homicides in Santa Maria this year
A Friday night deadly shooting marks the 11th homicide in this year in Santa Maria. Shortly after 9:30 p.m., a man was shot and killed in his car near the corner of Sonya Lane and Depot Street. As...
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San Bernardino massacre was an act of terrorism
The FBI announced Friday evening that it has determined the shooting in San Bernardino that killed 14 people and wounded 21 others on Wednesday was an act of terrorism. Shortly after Tashfeen Malik...
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Cal Poly student did not die from bacterial meningitis
Reports that a Cal Poly student likely died last week from bacterial meningitis are incorrect, the San Luis Obispo County’s Public Health Department announced Friday. Sophomore Nicholas Reid...
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To reduce violence, solve issues with people not guns
OPINION by OTIS PAGE While President Barack Obama cites Climate Change as our nation’s greatest threat, he rationalizes the San Bernardino massacre as a gun issue initially discounting the...
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County shuts down illegal gambling in Oceano and Nipomo
Two gambling operations were shut down this week after San Luis Obispo County officials determined they were operating illegally. After receiving multiple complaints of drug use and prostitution in...
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ISIS connection in San Bernardino shooting
Investigators believe there is a connection to ISIS in the San Bernardino shooting that killed 14 people and wounded 21 others on Wednesday. [CNN] Just before the attack, Tashfeen Malik, the...
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80’s night at Mongo’s Saloon, event photos
Michael Jackson and Elvis lookalikes grooved with woman sporting big hair and spandex leggings at Mongo’s Saloon and Restaurant’s second annual “Back to the 80’s...
Read More 17 wounded, 14 killed in San Bernardino shooting
UPDATE: Two suspects in the San Bernardino shooting, a man and a woman, were killed in a gun fight with police officers after a car chase Wednesday. The male suspect has been identified as Syed...
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Sanitation district should not edit the audit
OPINION by MARK LONDON The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board owes the rate payers, who are financing the audit, the right to view the entire unredacted audit. Earlier this year,...
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Ryan Petetit denies domestic violence allegations
A prominent San Luis Obispo County developer who was arrested on Thanksgiving day in connection with an alleged assault that caused serious bodily injury to a girlfriend, claims the allegations...
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Statue of Liberty is designed after a Muslim woman
OPINION by DAVID BROADWATER Those agitated by what Bill O’Reilly of Fox News calls “The Dramatic Muslim Invasion” may find a soothing tonic in the history of the Statue of Liberty....
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John Peschong announces run for SLO County supervisor
Small business owner and political strategist John Peschong announced Tuesday that he plans to run for the San Luis Obispo County District 1 supervisor seat. Peschong will be campaigning to replace...
Read More More details emerge in developer assault case
By KAREN VELIE An alleged violent assault on the girlfriend of a prominent San Luis Obispo County developer included smashing the victim’s head through a window and holding her in a closet...
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