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Genius behind delivery of high speed “Hobbit” in SLO

Written on 6 Dec, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By LISA RIZZO The worldwide movie premier of “The Hobbit” next week will unveil the fastest imaging in cinema history during a journey through ‘Middle-earth,’ thanks in part to technology designed and manufactured by USL, Inc. in San Luis Obispo.... (Continue reading)

Did supervisors dump ag ordinance to protect Gibson?

Written on 5 Dec, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

By CalCoastNews staff The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting did not proceed as scheduled Tuesday. After a late start to the meeting, Supervisor Adam Hill petitioned to move the 18th item on the agenda, the controversial agriculture... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles, Cayucos school districts shoulder huge bond debts

Written on 4 Dec, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 44 comments

Two San Luis Obispo County school districts have borrowed millions of dollars using a risky form of financing saddling them with huge debt. Both Cayucos Elementary School District and Paso Robles Joint Unified School District turned to capital appreciation bonds... (Continue reading)

Supervisor’s zipper costly to county taxpayers

Written on 29 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 94 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN and KAREN VELIE Supervisor Bruce Gibson’s adulterous, long-term affair with a subordinate — his legislative assistant of six years — will cost county taxpayers $68,870 in annual salary plus benefits for a parallel county position she’s been... (Continue reading)

Sanitation plant failures threaten groundwater

Written on 26 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By KAREN VELIE During an inspection of the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation plant earlier this year, federal Environmental Control Agency (EPA) inspectors discovered several self-monitoring and biosolid handling deficiencies that could result in groundwater contamination, according to a... (Continue reading)

SLO County hit with $6 billion property rights lawsuit

Written on 20 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN Excelaron, the company seeking to drill as many as 12 oil wells in the Huasna Valley near Arroyo Grande, filed a more than $6 billion lawsuit against San Luis Obispo County. In the lawsuit filed Monday, attorney... (Continue reading)

Sanitation district regulatory woes escalate

Written on 19 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By KAREN VELIE The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District is facing another fine for the third release of improperly treated sewage into the Pacific Ocean in less than four months, with each release larger than its predecessor. Sanitation... (Continue reading)

California Attorney General files lawsuit against local air district

Written on 16 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 35 comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: See a brief of the California Attorney General’s lawsuit at the bottom of this story. By KAREN VELIE California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris filed a lawsuit in mid-October against the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control... (Continue reading)

More safety violations at Maldonado family farm

Written on 6 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 52 comments

Since Abel Maldonado announced his plans to run for congress, his 6,000-acre farm in Santa Maria has had three Cal/OSHA citations for issues regarding employee safety. Since the 1990s, Agro-Jal has accumulated dozens of Cal/OSHA violations and hundreds of thousands... (Continue reading)

Coastal Commission staff recommends denial of PG&E seismic testing

Written on 3 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE California Coastal Commission staff recommended on Friday that the board vote to deny PG&E’s seismic testing permit application and object to its consistency certification, according to a staff report. Renewal of Diablo Canyon’s nuclear power plant’s operating... (Continue reading)