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What you need to know about Ty Lewis’ settlement with Paso Robles

Written on 6 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE A week after Paso Robles announced Ty Lewis had resigned his position as city manager, the city released a more than $365,000 settlement agreement that discloses Lewis’ mental heath diagnosis. Lewis filed his claim on Aug. 16,... (Continue reading)

SLO County battles order to release Lopez Lake water for fish

Written on 4 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County is appealing a court order to release more water from Lopez Lake to support fish migration because of the rulings impact on the county’s water supply. U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett in... (Continue reading)

This week’s San Luis Obispo County government meetings

Written on 3 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

By CalCoastNews staff How will the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors respond to a request to create a new layer of government that can tax those with wells over the Paso Groundwater Basin? Will the Paso Robles City... (Continue reading)

Agents thwart plot to blow up school, kill SLO County prosecutor

Written on 2 Feb, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

Editor’s note: CalCoastnews is not naming the prosecutor out of concern for his family. By KAREN VELIE FBI agents recently disrupted a 41-year-old man’s plan to kill a San Luis Obispo County prosecutor and then explode a bomb at a... (Continue reading)

Cuesta College’s plan to protect immigrant students from federal agents

Written on 29 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

By KAREN VELIE As immigration enforcement ramps up under President Donald Trump, Cuesta College administration implemented procedures for faculty and staff if approached by federal agents. Even before Trump’s inauguration, the administration office sent out instructions to professors and staff;... (Continue reading)

Witness refutes Paso Robles city manager’s claim, he steps down

Written on 28 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

By KAREN VELIE Less than three days after Paso Robles City Manager Ty Lewis’ primary witness refuted several of his claims of a conspiracy against him on a local radio show, the city announced Lewis stepped down with a settlement... (Continue reading)

Group wants to charge for well water in rural Paso Robles

Written on 27 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

By KAREN VELIE For more than a decade, a group of people have sought to require landowners over the Paso Robles water basin to pay a fee for water usage. Even though nearly 80% of impacted property owners voted against... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly’s DEI office to be renamed following Trump’s executive order

Written on 24 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo is renaming its Office of University Diversity and Inclusion under the umbrella of the University Personnel Division following an executive order from President Donald Trump, Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong... (Continue reading)

Trump suspends offshore wind energy, Morro Bay projects in peril

Written on 21 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 27 comments

By KAREN VELIE President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order halting new offshore wind leases in federal waters while pausing current leases, such as the three charters off the coast of Morro Bay. The order instructs the Secretary... (Continue reading)

Retail theft crackdown leads to arrests in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 19 Jan, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

By KAREN VELIE Law enforcement and prosecutors in San Luis Obispo County are cracking down on shoplifters and thieves after the passage of tough on crime legislation in 2024. Passed by nearly 70%, Proposition 36 provides some of the tools... (Continue reading)