By KAREN VELIE With the majority of seats on the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors up for grabs, special interest groups and individuals are donating large amounts of cash to the candidates who support their agendas. Seven candidates... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Cayucos Elementary School Superintendent Scott Smith announced on Friday plans to retire, less than a month after he received a controversial 10% pay raise. Smith, the superintendent of both Cayucos Elementary and Coast Unified school districts, received... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A judge on Tuesday denied Natural Healing Center’s request to continue operating in San Luis Obispo while the court determines if the city properly terminated the retail pot shop’s permit based on Helios Dayspring’s criminal history and... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Paul Flores’ trial on charges he murdered Kristin Smart in 1996 is scheduled to start on April 25 in San Luis Obispo. But it is possible the trial could end up in Santa Maria or elsewhere. Paul... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The City of Morro Bay has received several notices of violations for failing to abide by pollutant discharge requirements at the city’s water reclamation facility construction site. The city failed to “to implement effective erosion and sediment... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A Black Lives Matter protester was again ordered to either agree to diversion or face trial for false imprisonment related to detaining a driver during a July 21, 2020 BLM march through the streets of San Luis... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo Superiors Court Judge Hernaldo Baltodano disqualified himself on Tuesday from hearing a lawsuit challenging SLO County’s redistricting map. Erica Baltodano, the judge’s wife, represents SLO County Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg on the Civil Service Commission.... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Friends of the Oceano Dunes recently slapped the Coastal Commission with another lawsuit, this one for allegedly overstepping its authority to permit the state park and for continuing with legal actions based on Rule 1001, which the... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE For the first time in decades, there are two open seats for judges in San Luis Obispo County, meaning the voters will select two judges. Judges Linda Hurst and Dodie Harman are not expected to run for... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Attorneys for a group challenging San Luis Obispo County’s new redistricting map are seeking a temporary restraining order against the supervisors’ adoption of the Patten map. SLO County Citizens for Good Government and three SLO County residents,... (Continue reading)