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CCN’s top 10 stories in 2016

Written on 1 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN 2016 was a turbulent year nationally and on the Central Coast. Reporters focused on elections. Even so, while election news cracks CCN’s top 10 stories of the year, it ranks low on the list — well, at... (Continue reading)

Marx and Democratic consultant fined for campaign violations

Written on 31 Dec, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo City attorney announced Friday that the city has levied fines against both former mayor Jan Marx and County Democratic Party Vice-Chair Cory Black for violating city campaign finance laws. Marx is required to... (Continue reading)

When party planning goes bad

Written on 29 Dec, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE After hosting a deadly “mansion party” in Virginia, the party planner fled to Paso Robles where he allegedly shot a man at a gathering. Earlier this week, Karheem Graham-Lutchman pleaded not guilty to a San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Was the dog that killed a Grover Beach man trained to attack?

Written on 23 Dec, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

By KAREN VELIE Update: Kings County Sheriff’s Department officials said the dog who attacked two people in Grover Beach was not trained by or a K-9 officer for their department. Original: The Grover Beach police officer whose dog attacked and... (Continue reading)

Jan Marx accused of breaking SLO campaign finance law

Written on 21 Dec, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A campaign finance complaint was filed against former San Luis Obispo mayor Jan Marx over multiple violations of campaign contribution laws she helped put in place. And while allegedly breaking election finance rules, Marx lectured her opponent... (Continue reading)

San Luis Coastal to help its top exec buy a home

Written on 20 Dec, 2016 in Uncovered SLO | 59 comments

The San Luis Coastal Unified School District is giving its superintendent a $950,000 loan to buy a home. San Luis Coastal’s school board unanimously approved the loan at a meeting last week. However, some teachers and members of the public... (Continue reading)

Nipomo marijuana dispensary proponents lose legal battle

Written on 17 Dec, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

The owners of Ethnobotanica, a marijuana service seeking to open a pot shop in Nipomo, lost a lawsuit they filed against San Luis Obispo County over the board of supervisors’ decision to reject a proposed brick and mortar dispensary in... (Continue reading)

Woman’s apparent epileptic seizure leads to county confinement

Written on 15 Dec, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE For more than three weeks, a woman found dehydrated and suffering from hypothermia in the creek behind Central Coast Brewery has been confined in the San Luis Obispo County mental health ward. Racheal Momsen, 34, had suffered... (Continue reading)

Ruckus over Trump at Harmon’s victory party

Written on 11 Dec, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 73 comments

By KAREN VELIE During San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon’s victory party on Friday, political unrest over Trump led to an argument that included drinks being tossed across a large round banquet table. While Harmon invited all members of the... (Continue reading)

Caltrans blasts AG Cherry Avenue project

Written on 6 Dec, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By KAREN VELIE A proposed development of 51 homes on Cherry Avenue in Arroyo Grande is facing hurdles now that Caltrans has criticized the project’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR). In a Nov. 30 letter, Caltrans criticizes city staff for not... (Continue reading)