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SLO County supervisors won’t correct staff error over appointment

Written on 6 Oct, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | One comment

By KAREN VELIE After a heated debate and a few tears, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 not to correct staff’s misdirection that led to an advisory committee selecting only three candidates who had worked in... (Continue reading)

Battle over SLO County’s clerk recorder appointment

Written on 4 Oct, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will discuss whether to require seven candidates for the interim county clerk recorder position as voted by the board, or chose from three people selected by a... (Continue reading)

District attorney sues San Simeon manager over alleged illegal practices

Written on 29 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office filed a civil suit on Tuesday alleging illegal business practices and false advertising against a company paid to manage the San Simeon Community Services District (CSD). The complaint accuses... (Continue reading)

SLO County lodging legal action against San Simeon management

Written on 28 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office plans to file a civil complaint against the the owner of the management company running the San Simeon Community Services District, according to a letter the county sent the... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo’s homeless sue for their rights

Written on 27 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

By KAREN VELIE A group of homeless individuals in San Luis Obispo is asking the court to help them secure the right to sleep in tents and vehicles without facing destruction of their property, harassment, fines and criminal charges, according... (Continue reading)

SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon quits early, demeans critics

Written on 22 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 39 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon posted multiple rants on Instagram Tuesday evening announcing she would be quitting five days early and calling criticism of her leadership “crap.” Amid allegations she took gifts from marijuana businessman Helios... (Continue reading)

Kristin Smart murder case heads to trial for both father and son

Written on 22 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE After more than a month of testimony, a San Luis Obispo County judge ruled Wednesday that there is probable cause for Paul and Ruben Flores to be tried in front of a jury in the alleged 1996... (Continue reading)

Ruben Flores’ neighbor refutes allegations she saw digging under porch

Written on 21 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE A neighbor of Ruben Flores denied seeing anyone under his Arroyo Grande home on Feb. 9, 2020, calling the allegations she viewed digging, shovels and a wheelbarrow “untrue.” Ruben Flores’ son Paul Flores is accused of murdering... (Continue reading)

Five Cities Fire Authority shutters Oceano station, firefighters elsewhere

Written on 20 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Five Cities Fire Authority announced plans Friday to add a full-time firefighter as a partial remedy to the regular closures of the Oceano station. While Five Cities fire crews were battling the Dixie Fire, the authority... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande back in regional recycled water project

Written on 15 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Arroyo Grande City Council voted unanimously on Sept. 14 to rejoin Pismo Beach and Grover Beach in Central Coast Blue, a regional recycled water project set to bring a reliable water source to the Five Cities... (Continue reading)