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Arroyo Grande’s rehire of interim city manager in question

Written on 15 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

Arroyo Grande City Council’s plans to hire Robert McFall to serve as interim city manager were dismantled shortly after the council voted last week to approve his contract. It is currently unclear whether McFall will go back to work for... (Continue reading)

Recycling center closures cost communities millions each year

Written on 10 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 39 comments

By KAREN VELIE Throughout San Luis Obispo County, numerous recycling centers have closed leaving some local communities without a place to redeem their beverage deposits. These closures have cost local businesses and residents millions of dollars. California charges a fee... (Continue reading)

Hill pressures recipients of county funds for donations

Written on 9 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 75 comments

By KAREN VELIE In an email San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill sent to a group of people affiliated with a local program that receives county monies, Hill ties the county’s financial support to donations to his reelection campaign.... (Continue reading)

Teen Templeton home invasion suspect, nabbed for burglary

Written on 5 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

One of the teens, now being tried as an adult for a Templeton Home invasion, was identified by multiple CCN readers as a one of two burglars who robbed an Atascadero home in May. Levi Mattson, 16, of Atascadero has... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district agrees to end litigation, pay fine

Written on 3 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

By KAREN VELIE The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District board announced Wednesday that the state has agreed to settle litigation and permit the district to pay a $1.19 million fine levied because of a 2010 sewage spill. As... (Continue reading)

Number of Paso Robles sex offender victims escalating

Written on 3 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

Investigators have now identified 17 children and multiple adult women Jason Robert Porter allegedly sexually molested or secretly photographed, according to San Luis Obispo County Assistant District Attorney Lee Cunningham. Porter, 44, is accused of sexually molesting the children, making... (Continue reading)

CCN poll shows Carpenter trouncing rival Hill

Written on 2 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

Dan Carpenter has blown past his rival Adam Hill in the battle for the District 3 San Luis Obispo County Supervisor seat, according to a CalCoastNews poll conducted Monday. Among decided voters, San Luis Obispo City Councilman Dan Carpenter holds... (Continue reading)

Old Mission School vice principal let go

Written on 1 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 59 comments

By KAREN VELIE In an apparent response to threats from several parents to unregister their children, Old Mission School in San Luis Obispo announced Tuesday that Vice Principal Margaret Porter will no longer be employed by the school. Old Mission... (Continue reading)

Central Coast counties rank in the top 6 for heroin overdoses

Written on 30 Jul, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County ranked fourth per capita in heroin overdoses leading to hospitalizations in California in 2015 while Santa Barbara County ranked sixth, according to statistics from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.... (Continue reading)

Animal sanctuary sold to the Resnicks, deforested

Written on 27 Jul, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

By KAREN VELIE Trustees of a San Luis Obispo County animal sanctuary sold 1,100 acres of the reserve to Justin Vineyards and Winery, a company owned by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, CalCoastNews has learned. Specifics about what happened to the... (Continue reading)