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A twisted road into the hands of a child rape suspect

Written on 30 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 60 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Editor’s Note: This is part two in a three-part series on how three children were taken from their parents and placed in a home with a man now accused of sexual assault. Find part... (Continue reading)

Exclusive: County put children into hands of man accused of rape

Written on 27 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 73 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Editors Note: This is first in a three-part series on how three children were taken from their parents and placed in the home of a man now accused of sexual assault. A child allegedly... (Continue reading)

Higginbotham leaves Supervisor race amid alleged bullying

Written on 24 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 59 comments

Pismo Beach Mayor Shelly Higginbotham announced Friday that she would no longer be a candidate for the San Luis Obispo County District 3 supervisor seat currently held by Adam Hill. Higginbotham said she is stepping down to focus on her... (Continue reading)

Developers practices draw questions, complaints

Written on 21 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 62 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editor’s note: This is the first in a series about developers Ryan Petetit and John Belsher, their development projects, their promises to investors of 20 to 50 percent rates of return, legal troubles, and reported failures to... (Continue reading)

Appellate court nixes Sprint’s suit against SLO County

Written on 20 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

By STEW JENKINS A California Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that Sprint Telephone companies cannot sue for reimbursement of $9 million in taxes on property that had been over assessed in 50 California counties including San Luis Obispo County, because... (Continue reading)

South County billing dispute erupts with allegation of racism

Written on 17 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 58 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Amid a discussion on a multi-month billing dispute that is pitting South County cities Arroyo Grande and Grover Beach against the Oceano Community Services District, an elected official stormed out of a board meeting, alleging she was... (Continue reading)

Haggen laying off dozens of workers, union filing grievances

Written on 16 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 90 comments

By KAREN VELIE Haggen, a Washington-based chain of grocery stores that recently purchased 83 new stores in California, has laid off dozens of Central Coast workers in the past few days while other employees were moved from full-time to part-time... (Continue reading)

APCD loses another round on dust rule

Written on 16 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 36 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution District (APCD) lost another round Wednesday when the court sided with Friends of the Oceano Dunes and vacated a previous order that supported the dust rule. In Nov. 2011, the... (Continue reading)

Gibson’s attack on geologist creates dust up

Written on 14 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 50 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson has used his sway to possibly jeopardize the job of a state geologist who is critical of the Oceano Dunes dust rule, a move that has drawn rebuke from three... (Continue reading)

Lacey Fowler resists arrest, swings at a police officer

Written on 13 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

By KAREN VELIE A former Cuesta College human resources analyst who was wanted on several failure to appear arrest warrants — in addition to charges of burglary and forgery — is facing an additional charge after she attempted to punch... (Continue reading)