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YOUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR HANDS
December 15 - 28, 2016
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This handsome lad was part of the 29th Annual Los Osos Christmas Parade on Dec. 10. More photos on Page 8. Photo by Neil Farrell
Save The Cow Bear Page 4
Dinner And A Movie Page 40
Patricide in Morro Bay
Wait is Over for ‘Those Who Wait’
By Neil Farrell
M
orro Bay Police are investigating an alleged case of patricide — the alleged murder of a father by his adult son, who is in custody. According to MBPD Cmdr. Jodie Cox, shortly after 6 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, police were notified by the Highway Patrol of a possible homicide at a home in Morro Bay. “CHP officers had contacted a 23-year-old male subject in the Avila Beach area,” Cmdr. Cox said in a news release, “who advised them he had injured a relative/ family member in Morro Bay. Subject was detained by CHP and later taken into custody by Morro Bay Police Department.” Officers responded to a residence in 400 Block of Napa Ave., to investigate and “discovered the body of a deceased male adult. Investigators were contacted and responded to the scene,” said Cmdr. Cox. The suspect has been identified as William Joel Schonberger, 23 of Morro Bay and police on Monday finally released the victim’s identity. He is William John Schonberger, 59 and the father of the suspect. See Homicide, page 3
By Neil Farrell
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sizable crowd gathered on a chilly Saturday afternoon, and with the blue waters of the harbor entrance channel as a backdrop, local fishing families dedicated a major public sculpture, the first of its kind on the West Coast. Paying homage to the families of fishermen who stay behind as their husbands, sons, brothers, and fathers venture to sea, and to a way of life that has been and continues to be, a large part of fabric of Morro Bay’s very identity. The Central Coast Women for Fisheries, a non-profit group of fisher wives, toiled for nearly a decade, raising money in a myriad of ways and finally seeing the project through. Lori French, who emceed the event for CCWF, said the statue, “Those Who Wait,” was dedicated to “the families of all fishermen, Coast Guard and Harbor Patrol.” See Statue, page 11
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