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SLO County Jail enters agreement with feds, monitor required

Written on 17 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Jail and the Justice Department reached an agreement on Thursday, requiring improvements and a monitor to resolve the DOJ’s findings at the jail that violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments to the... (Continue reading)

Contractor loses position for illegal practices, Cambria hires him

Written on 16 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

By KAREN VELIE Less than two years after Charlies Grace settled a lawsuit with the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office for illegal business practices and false advertising, Cambria hired his company Grace Environmental Services to install water meters.... (Continue reading)

Eye on Ty: Shedding light on Paso manager’s multi-million-dollar claim

Written on 15 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 19 comments

Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series regarding Paso Robles City Manager Ty Lewis’ claims of a conspiracy. Read part-one: Eye on Ty: Recording refutes Paso Robles manager’s conspiracy claim. Read part-two: Who is the pot dealer... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande couple sentenced to prison for fraud

Written on 11 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE An Arroyo Grande couple who scammed the federal government out of more than a million dollars were sentenced to multi-year prison terms on Thursday, according to the U.S Attorney’s Office in Hawaii. The couple, Christopher and Erin... (Continue reading)

What’s the Paso Robles coveted recording mystery?

Written on 10 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles City Manager Ty Lewis filed a claim for $2.275 million against the city alleging that Councilman Chris Bausch and others bullied and harassed him, a claim that multiple videos and recordings refute. In his claim,... (Continue reading)

Former Mindbody CEO loses appeal, multiplies his judgement

Written on 7 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments

By KAREN VELIE A court in 2023 ordered former Mindbody CEO Rick Stollmeyer of San Luis Obispo to pay $48 million to Mindbody’s shareholders after he concocted a scheme to benefit himself while harming the shareholders. He lost an appeal... (Continue reading)

A slew of restaurant closures in San Luis Obispo County in 2024

Written on 5 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 28 comments

By KAREN VELIE It is likely one of your favorite restaurants closed in 2024. There were dozens of restaurants in San Luis Obispo County that closed down last year, primarily victims of the down ecconomy. During the pandemic, many restaurants... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County’s top stories in 2024: Fraud, bribes, arrests

Written on 1 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By CalCoastNews staff To say 2024 was an eventful year in San Luis Obispo County would be an understatement. The top stories of 2024 include a civil fraud judgement against attorney John Belsher, Ryan Petetit-Wright’s prison sentence and the questionable... (Continue reading)

Is San Luis Obispo attorney John Belsher using an alias?

Written on 30 Dec, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

By KAREN VELIE In the latest drama regarding a $3.6 million judgement against San Luis Obispo attorney John Belsher, Belsher and his wife appear to be using aliases while living as husband and wife despite their legal separation. In a... (Continue reading)

New California laws you need to know in 2025

Written on 28 Dec, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE Laws permitting cannabis cafes and outdoor drinking are some of the nearly 1,000 laws set to impact Californians in 2025. These are also laws to ban book bans, ban parking near crosswalks and ban forever chemicals in... (Continue reading)