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Race-baiting and misinformation mar SLO County official’s departure

Written on 6 Jul, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County’s clerk recorder Tommy Gong applied to be the Contra Costa County deputy county clerk recorder in March. He accepted the job before May 4 and announced his departure in June. His job change... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo leads the Central Coast in hate crimes

Written on 1 Jul, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments

By KAREN VELIE The city of San Luis Obispo leads the Central Coast in the number of hate crimes reported to law enforcement in 2020, according to a report from the California Attorney General’s Office. There were 12 hate crimes... (Continue reading)

SLO County red tags People’s Self-Help Housing project in Los Osos

Written on 30 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE People’s Self Help Housing is under fire after they allegedly clear cut approximately an acre of wetlands in Los Osos, all without a permit. Wetland are complex ecological resources that are protected under state and federal laws.... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County IWMA director explains resignation, misconceptions

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

By KAREN VELIE The executive director of San Luis Obispo County’s waste management agency is resigning after his attempts to overcome board divisions failed. But conflicting statements in local media and mistakes in the Tribune have created questions about the... (Continue reading)

SLO County judge denies gag order in Black Lives Matter cases

Written on 27 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 28 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County judge on Friday denied a request by prosecutors to put a lid on the outspoken defendants and their attorneys in the case against a group of Black Lives Matter protesters who blocked... (Continue reading)

SLO County settles with Justice Department for violations at the jail

Written on 24 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | No comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County has agreed to pay a former inmate $175,000 and to correct violations of the American’s with disabilities Act that led the inmate to suffer a broken leg, according to an agreement finalized on... (Continue reading)

Critical race theory battle reaches Lucia Mar Unified School District

Written on 23 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 31 comments

By KAREN VELIE Lucia Mar Unified School District Board members praised social emotional learning programs as tools for building character and diminishing behavioral issues, while parents argued it is a form of critical race theory that pits groups of people... (Continue reading)

Judge denies audio broadcasting of hearing in Kristin Smart murder case

Written on 22 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Craig van Rooyen ruled Monday against allowing audio recordings of next month’s preliminary hearing of two men accused in the disappearance and murder of Cal Poly freshman Kristin Smart because... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles school board planning to ban critical race theory

Written on 20 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 41 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Paso Robles school district board is scheduled to discuss a resolution banning the teaching of critical race theory at its meeting on June 22. If the board votes to approve the resolution on Tuesday, it will... (Continue reading)

Torres accuses SLO County supervisor of helping kill Adam Hill

Written on 16 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 40 comments

By KAREN VELIE Almost a year after former supervisor Adam Hill died from a reported suicide, his estranged wife, in a Facebook post, accused San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Lynn Compton of helping to kill him. Responding to a SLO... (Continue reading)