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Inspection report rips SLO County Jail’s treatment of mentally ill inmates

Written on 7 Feb, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editor’s Note: This is part two in a two-part series about San Luis Obispo County health services and sheriff department’s treatment of the mentally ill. Part one looked into several suspicious deaths and one injury that occurred... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police officer indicted on felony charges

Written on 2 Feb, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

CORRECTION:Alex Geiger is facing a maximum sentence of three years and eight months in jail. By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office Charged the Grover Beach police officer whose two dogs attacked and killed a 64-year-old... (Continue reading)

Questions after 2 die, 1 hurt in county custody

Written on 31 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 36 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editor’s Note: This is part one in a two-part series about San Luis Obispo County health services and sheriff department’s treatment of the mentally ill. Two men died and a third man seriously injured himself while in... (Continue reading)

Is SLO County manipulating average rainfall totals?

Written on 29 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 19 comments

By KAREN VELIE Going by San Luis Obispo County’s average rainfall numbers, most of the county failed to reach average precipitation in the 2015/2016 rainy season. And with the county’s ever changing average rainfall numbers, much of the county is... (Continue reading)

John Wallace arrested on felony conflict of interest charges

Written on 24 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 86 comments

Editors Note: “The criminal complaint against John Wallace is attached below the article. By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s office has filed felony conflict of interest charges against 73-year-old John Wallace, the former administrator of the... (Continue reading)

SLO County supervisors argue over committee assignments

Written on 24 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE During a contentious San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Tuesday, supervisors battled for several prominent positions while leaving several committees without county representation. Of the 22 available committee positions, multiple supervisors applied to represent... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district officials tussle over clean underwear

Written on 22 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District has launched its third investigation in less than a year into allegations of harassment, threats or discrimination between several former and current district officials and employees. The latest tussle... (Continue reading)

Cayucos’s own Hatfields and McCoys

Written on 17 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE For almost a decade, Cayucos neighbors John Black and Dr. Marshall Lewis have feuded over fence lines, views and property rights. A battle that now includes felony charges against Black, 72, who is reportedly dying from cancer.... (Continue reading)

Arrested as a man, booked into jail as a woman

Written on 16 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 33 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN and KAREN VELIE Grover Beach police arrested a suspect Sunday, who they determined was a man from Arroyo Grande, for allegedly impersonating a police officer while conducting a traffic stop. However, San Luis Obispo County Jail staff... (Continue reading)

Peschong and Nipomo win amid contentious supervisor meeting

Written on 11 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 42 comments

By KAREN VELIE At a particularly ugly and contentious San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, the board voted to award the chairmanship to John Peschong and to move forward on plans to build a sheriff substation... (Continue reading)