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Heritage Oaks Bank settles with Gearhart investors

Written on 30 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 32 comments

By KAREN VELIE In a last minute decision, Heritage Oaks Bank agreed to settle with investors in Hurst Financial’s Vista del Hombre project in Paso Robles for a currently undisclosed amount of money, an investor said. The settlement was agreed... (Continue reading)

Audit catches $36,000 in overpayments to fired Oceano manager

Written on 29 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

By KAREN VELIE Tom Geaslen, recently terminated for cause as Oceano Community Services District general manager, paid himself more than $162,000 a year even though he was only contracted to make $126,000 a year, an audit of the district’s finances... (Continue reading)

Missing APCD board members spotted

Written on 25 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 92 comments

Two San Luis Obispo County supervisors who claimed that they were unable to attend an Air Pollution Control District Board meeting Wednesday morning were spotted at a gathering that afternoon in Pismo Beach. Supervisors Bruce Gibson and Adam Hill, who... (Continue reading)

Video fame, misfortune for burglary suspect

Written on 24 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN When Joseph Oliver Godfrey stopped by Paso Robles’ most popular delicatessen Tuesday, he got an unexpectedly cold reception — handcuffs and a brisk walk to the back seat of Officer Jeremy Petlachi’s police car. (See video of... (Continue reading)

AWOL Hill meets with Ray

Written on 24 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 38 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill, who caused the cancellation of an Air Pollution Control District board meeting Wednesday by saying he could not attend, was spotted appearing incognito at a San Luis Obispo coffee shop... (Continue reading)

Gibson and Hill ploy leads to cancellation of APCD meeting

Written on 24 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 19 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District cancelled its board meeting scheduled for Wednesday following a late and likely politically strategic decision by Supervisors Bruce Gibson and Adam Hill not to attend. Gibson and Hill likely would have... (Continue reading)

CAPSLO clients afflicted with staph infections

Written on 23 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 62 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo ignored a bed bug infestation at the Maxine Lewis Memorial Shelter for at least three weeks, while numerous people accessing homeless services were bitten by the staph promoting insects.... (Continue reading)

Supervisors accused of violating Brown Act

Written on 17 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 59 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County government watchdogs are accusing the Board of Supervisors of violating California’s Ralph M. Brown Act during a discussion last week on North County water issues that did not appear on the agenda. At... (Continue reading)

Water bankers purchase Paso Robles’ Hardham Ranch

Written on 15 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 48 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN One of the nation’s most controversial and wealthiest farm operators has quietly acquired a sprawling 742-acre parcel of prime ranch and agricultural property adjacent to the southeast edge of the Paso Robles city limits — causing some... (Continue reading)

Republican gubernatorial candidate brings his roadshow to Atascadero

Written on 11 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Most observers of California politics expect Governor Jerry Brown to remain in office for yet another term. Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly does not. Though Donnelly is most known for bringing a loaded gun into an airport and... (Continue reading)