Uncovered SLO


Paso Robles City Councilwoman supports interfering with ICE agents

By KAREN VELIE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has increased operations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties over the past three days. Misinformation on social media about the operation is creating fear in local immigrant communities. Early Tuesday... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County’s top stories in 2025: Threats, obstruction, arson

By CalCoastNews staff To say 2025 was an eventful year in San Luis Obispo County would be an understatement. The top stories of 2025 include the arrest of a man planning to kill the district attorney and bomb a school,... (Continue reading)

Ashlee Buzzard shot her child multiple times, left her body in Utah

By KAREN VELIE Investigators believe the mother of missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard shot her daughter in the head multiple times before leaving the child’s body in a remote area in Utah. Deputies arrested 40-year-old Ashlee Buzzard for first degree murder... (Continue reading)

Are plans for wind energy farms off Morro Bay in peril?

By KAREN VELIE Based on national security concerns, the Trump administration suspended leases of all off-shore wind farms currently under construction in the United States, the Department of the Interior announced Monday. The pause provides the Department of War time... (Continue reading)

Anti-ICE protest at San Luis Obispo County Jail

By KAREN VELIE A group of approximately 20 protestors gathered outside the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday morning to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions at the jail. At 10 a.m., protesters gathered off Highway 1... (Continue reading)

Anti-ICE protestors create chaos at the SLO County Jail, video

By KAREN VELIE A group of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protestors berated federal agents and obstructed the arrest of an inmate at the San Luis Obispo County Jail on Sunday morning. ICE agents monitor jail logs for arrests and releases... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles Main Street Director Norma Moye dead at 93

By KAREN VELIE Norma Moye, best known as the driving force behind the revitalization of the Paso Robles downtown and her four-decade leadership of the Paso Robles Main Street Association, has died. She was 93 years old. Following the Christmas... (Continue reading)

One woman crime spree hits San Luis Obispo County

By KAREN VELIE A 34-year-old serial thief with a criminal history that crosses multiple California counties is facing 42 felony charges following an alleged six week crime spree in San Luis Obispo County. From Oct. 26 through Dec. 12, Lauren... (Continue reading)

SLO County Supervisor Bruce Gibson’s hiring of spouse violated state law

By KAREN VELIE Weeks after San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson hired his wife to work for him as his legislative assistant, on Thursday Cherie Gibson resigned her position and announced she will not collect her pay. Even though... (Continue reading)

Plans to build industrial port near Avila Beach in peril

By KAREN VELIE The company in line to construct an offshore wind maintenance facility in rural Avila Beach terminated its contract with the Port San Luis Harbor District on Dec. 4. Two days earlier, Port San Luis Harbor District commissioners voted... (Continue reading)