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White supremacists disrupt Atascadero City Council meeting

Written on 15 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By KAREN VELIE White supremacists disrupted an Atascadero City Council meeting on Tuesday, espousing their hatred of the LGBTQ community while promoting racism. For more than a year, members of a neo-Nazi group located in California have used Zoom to... (Continue reading)

Man dies across from Paso Robles shelter, hours before body found

Written on 15 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

  By KAREN VELIE A man checking out a discarded barbecue grill standing amongst a pile of trash across from the ECHO homeless shelter in Paso Robles on Friday night found the grey, stiff body of a homeless man. Anthony,... (Continue reading)

Disgraced San Luis Obispo attorney files for separation: Why?

Written on 13 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE With a looming $3.6 million judgement for defrauding a friend, Jody Belsher recently filed a petition for legal separation from San Luis Obispo attorney John Belsher. John Belsher is representing his wife in the separation action. Even... (Continue reading)

Paul Flores moves prisons following two attacks

Written on 11 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE Following two brutal attacks, corrections officials transferred convicted Kristin Smart killer Paul Flores from a prison in Colinga to another Central Valley facility, California State Prison in Corcoran. In Oct. 2022, a Monterey County jury found Flores... (Continue reading)

This week’s San Luis Obispo County government meetings

Written on 11 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | No comments

By CalCoastNews staff The San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission will meet June 13 at 9 a.m. in the board of supervisors chambers. The Nipomo Community Park currently includes a baseball and football field, tennis, basketball and pickleball courts, skate... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo attorney loses $3.6 million lawsuit, selling assets

Written on 8 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE Two weeks after losing a $3.6 million lawsuit, San Luis Obispo attorney John Belsher is selling his personal belongings, with plans to sell his home and move out of state. During an estate sale at his home... (Continue reading)

Did Atascadero councilwoman’s husband assault a 13-year-old?

Written on 6 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 32 comments

By KAREN VELIE The controversy over whether or not locals should ride dirt bikes in the Salinas riverbed exploded into a criminal complaint against the husband of Atascadero City Councilwoman Susan Funk for allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old boy. Children have... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach City Council votes to raise sales tax, needs voter approval

Written on 5 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Pismo Beach City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to place a referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot to increase the sales tax by .5% and to extend a previously approved .5% sales tax measure, which city... (Continue reading)

This week’s San Luis Obispo County government meetings

Written on 3 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | One comment

By CalCoastNews staff The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will meet at 9 a.m. on June 3, June 4 and June 5 in the board chambers. Over three days, the supervisors will discuss and consider the fiscal Year... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach officials accused of cheating contractor, jury agrees

Written on 3 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo Superior Court jury on Friday awarded $350,000 to a contractor who Pismo Beach officials threatened to harm unless he agreed to accept less than the city owed him for his work. Four years... (Continue reading)