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Supervisor tries to get witness to change story about homeless gifts

Written on 16 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 182 comments

By KAREN VELIE Less than a week after his fiancé filed a slander lawsuit against a local private investigator, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill began contacting a key witness in the case, attempting to get him to change... (Continue reading)

SLO seizes homeless property days after LA loses legal bid

Written on 12 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 41 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo calls the tents, bikes and personal belongings of homeless people “found property.” Workers for the company that gets $1,600 a day to seize and send the property to the landfill call it “homeless trash.”... (Continue reading)

Water crisis dividing friends, neighbors

Written on 7 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 87 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Ken Currell gazed forlornly at vegetation surrounding the five-acre ranch he and his wife, Lynn, operate on the southeastern edge of Paso Robles, and responded to a visitor’s comments about the property’s beauty: “It was,” he said.... (Continue reading)

Hill calls Grover Beach mayor a disgrace

Written on 5 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 132 comments

By CCN STAFF EDITOR’S NOTE: See San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill’s email to the Grover Beach City Council at the bottom of this story. In a recent email to members of the Grover Beach City Council, County Supervisor... (Continue reading)

Groundwater ordinance bubbling in controversy

Written on 4 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 54 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN County supervisors will take their first look Tuesday at a wide range of options for a controversial emergency ordinance aimed at curtailing demand on the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin. (See full staff report here.) “The discussion will... (Continue reading)

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)