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Out with the old, in with the new in Arroyo Grande

Written on 24 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 56 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Arroyo Grande City Council has hired Dianne Thompson to replace ousted city Manager Steve Adams and plans to replace long-term city attorney Tim Carmel with Heather Whitham. The council is slated to confirm both hires on... (Continue reading)

Appellate court rejects APCD rehearing request

Written on 23 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE After spending less than two days reviewing the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District’s request for a rehearing on the Oceano Dunes dust rule lawsuit, on Thursday, the 2nd Appellate Court in Ventura denied the... (Continue reading)

1 man killed and 4 injured while four-wheeling

Written on 19 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 50 comments

UPDATE: The driver of the Jeep that crashed into a Ravine Saturday night was  Andrew Joseph Kruep, 25, from Orinda. He died Saturday night. Krueps passengers were Darren Thomas Mullen, 25,  Sean Ross Mullen, 22, and Myles Andrew Franklin, 21, all from... (Continue reading)

DOJ investigators raid the Manse on Marsh

Written on 17 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 22 comments

By KAREN VELIE Investigators from the California Department of Justice continue their work reviewing computer records following a March 24 raid on the Manse on Marsh, an independent living facility in San Luis Obispo. More than a dozen investigators from... (Continue reading)

Out on bail, Paso Robles man arrested for attempted murder

Written on 15 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

By KAREN VELIE UPDATE: Thomas Yanaga of Paso Robles was one of three men arrested on attempted murder charges for a shooting Tuesday morning in Hanford. As part of a follow up on last months Paso Robles shooting, San Luis... (Continue reading)

Lenny Jones accused of kidnapping and sexual assault

Written on 14 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 113 comments

By KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN UPDATE: Lenny Jones’ bail has been increased from $500,000 to $1 million. ORIGINAL: Arroyo Grande’s 2014 Citizen of the Year was arrested Monday for allegedly kidnapping, penetrating with a foreign object, and molesting two... (Continue reading)

FBI offers reward for arrest of Victor Speedy Gonzales

Written on 9 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

CORRECTION: The photo originally posted was of the wrong Victor Speedy Gonzales. By KAREN VELIE The FBI is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of Victor Speedy Gonzales, 36, a Nipomo man allegedly involved in a... (Continue reading)

Feds charge 13 members of Nipomo narcotics trafficking family

Written on 7 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 55 comments

Agents with the FBI, California Highway Patrol officers and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a pre-dawn operation that led to the arrest of 12 members of a Central Coast narcotics trafficking organization. Officers are still searching for one... (Continue reading)

Appellate court rules against Oceano dunes dust rule

Written on 6 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 52 comments

By KAREN VELIE After three years of litigation challenging the Oceano Dunes “dust rule,” the 2nd Appellate Court in Ventura ruled Monday that the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) does not have the power to regulate... (Continue reading)

SLO County releases ocular syphilis advisory

Written on 6 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County public health officials are asking medical professionals to look out for cases of ocular syphilis – a sexually transmitted disease that can cause blindness – after several clusters of the disease have been... (Continue reading)