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Water board chastises South County sanitation district

Written on 6 Jun, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board chastised South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Administrator Gerhardt Hubner for deceiving the board and for a lack of transparency in a May 31 letter. Hubner appears to... (Continue reading)

Was SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon’s pride flag torched?

Written on 2 Jun, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 54 comments

It appears that San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon was the owner of the home where a gay pride flag was allegedly stolen and burned, according to several sources. On Thursday at 9:52 a.m., a resident on the 1200 block... (Continue reading)

SLO County employee arrested for distributing child pornography

Written on 1 Jun, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

By KAREN VELIE Arroyo Grande police arrested an administrative assistant for the San Luis Obispo County planning department on May 16 for allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography. After a short investigation, police served a search warrant at 35-year-old Alex... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s soaring six-figure pension club

Written on 1 Jun, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 48 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN As unfunded pension liabilities wreak havoc with some local government budgets, the number of San Luis Obispo County retirees receiving six-figure pensions is soaring. More than 100 retirees from just the city and county of San Luis... (Continue reading)

SLO County staffers accused of bias in rating projects

Written on 29 May, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

By KAREN VELIE At a contentious San Luis Obispo County Parks and Recreation Commission meeting last Thursday, several members of the public accused parks and recreation staffers of employing subjective criteria to determine which projects to move forward. Once a... (Continue reading)

AG man threatens Lauren Southern, gets kicked off Twitter

Written on 24 May, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 54 comments

By KAREN VELIE An Arroyo Grande man threatened to forcibly stop activist-journalist Lauren Southern from speaking at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo on Thursday evening. Southern is a Canadian conservative with libertarian leanings who is a vocal critic of... (Continue reading)

Who’s directing SLO County’s marijuana laws?

Written on 19 May, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles about how high-end investors, small marijuana growers and fortune hunters are battling for a place in California’s new gold/green rush. Three San Luis Obispo County supervisors... (Continue reading)

Santa Margarita quarry back on the table

Written on 15 May, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Two years after losing their bid to operate a rock quarry in rural Santa Margarita, the owners of the proposed quarry filed a new application for a reduced project. In the revised application, truck trips are reduced... (Continue reading)

County administrator Dan Buckshi resigns abruptly

Written on 12 May, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 27 comments

By KAREN VELIE In a snippy letter to the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors, county administrator Dan Buckshi announced his resignation Friday Morning. In 2012, the board of supervisors, with a liberal board majority that included supervisors Adam... (Continue reading)

Bible quotes about gays in SLO teacher’s letter cause outrage

Written on 11 May, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 67 comments

A letter to the editor written by a San Luis Obispo High School special education teacher and published by the school’s student news site has prompted outrage on the Central Coast over alleged shaming of the LGBT community. The letter... (Continue reading)