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Correctional officer allegedly assaulted banker in Grover Beach

Written on 14 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

BY KAREN VELIE Grover Beach police today arrested a correctional officer at California Men’s Colony who is accused of making a racial slur against a manager at the Grover Beach Wells Fargo branch, and then attacking the bank employee as... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s waste agency to pay $44,670 to settle lawsuit

Written on 13 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County’s waste management agency has agreed to release records and pay $44,670 in legal costs in an agreement to resolve a public records request lawsuit brought by private investigator Carl Knudson. The agreement also... (Continue reading)

San Simeon in line to lose previously approved grant funds, again

Written on 7 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Simeon Community Services District is in line to lose $500,000 in grant funding because it appears district officials falsified information in the grant applications, and failed to meet grant requirements. After initially dismissing allegations that the... (Continue reading)

SLO mayor discusses blocking Instagram critics in the future

Written on 3 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 23 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Departing San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon suggested in an Instagram comment on Friday that she may again block social media users with whom she disagrees, this time doing so once she is out of office. On... (Continue reading)

Report on SLO County Jail details abuse, violence

Written on 1 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

By KAREN VELIE A new report on the San Luis Obispo County Jail chronicles abuses ranging from punching inmates to denying medical care — resulting in jailhouse deaths and miscarriages — as it details accounts of brutality, violations of civil... (Continue reading)

SLO County takes no action on votes Hill cast after bribes by Dayspring

Written on 1 Sep, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following an internal investigation, San Luis Obispo County administrators concluded marijuana mogul Helios Dayspring’s bribes to former Supervisor Adam Hill may have only affected two board decisions and that taking corrective action on the votes would now... (Continue reading)

SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon resigns, denies connection to FBI case

Written on 27 Aug, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 51 comments

By KAREN VELIE Amid allegations she took gifts from a marijuana businessman, San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon announced Thursday she is stepping down to battle climate change. First elected mayor in 2016, Harmon said she plans to continue living... (Continue reading)

SLO Mayor Harmon to announce career change, timing suspect

Written on 25 Aug, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 55 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Amid allegations that local marijuana mogul Helios Dayspring bribed San Luis Obispo County politicians, SLO Mayor Heidi Harmon will announce on Thursday that she is making a career change. Harmon plans to take a position as a... (Continue reading)

Podcast creator fights subpoena for testimony, records

Written on 25 Aug, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paul Flores’ defense attorney has subpoenaed a freelance journalist whose podcasts have covered the Kristin Smart case since September of 2019. Robert Sanger also tried to keep Chris Lambert, who produces the popular podcast “Your Own Backyard,”... (Continue reading)

San Simeon CSD refuses to identify its general manager

Written on 20 Aug, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Simeon Community Services District officials have refused to disclose the identity of their general manager, or if they even have one, as they continue to battle allegations of conflicts of interest and self-dealing. Throughout the over... (Continue reading)