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Santa Barbara County Grand Jury blasts supervisors over marijuana laws

Written on 6 Jul, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE In a scathing report on Santa Barbara County’s cannabis regulations, the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury lambasts county officials for behaving unethically, and creating rules that cost the county financially and compromise quality of life. “Santa Barbara... (Continue reading)

SLO County Supervisor Hill fails to attend most meetings

Written on 2 Jul, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 21 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill has repeatedly failed to show up to work, attend meetings, or respond to the media. Since March 1, Hill has failed to participate in 26 of the 33 board and... (Continue reading)

The regulators who cried wolf

Written on 29 Jun, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

BY KAREN VELIE For more than a decade, San Luis Obispo County’s Air Pollution Control District (APCD) warned about silica dust blowing inland from the Oceano Dunes. It causes cancers, and lung and kidney disease. It was the result of... (Continue reading)

Atascadero Police Chief Jerel Haley retiring

Written on 26 Jun, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE After 29 years in law enforcement, Atascadero Chief of Police Jerel Haley announced on Friday that he plans to retire in October. Haley has served as Atascadero’s police chief for nine years. “Chief Haley has truly been... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande police chief retiring in July

Written on 26 Jun, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By Karen Velie Arroyo Grande Police Chief Beau Pryor announced Friday that he plans to retire in July, capping a 26-year career with the department. “I am very pleased to announce my planned retirement date with you,” Pryor said.”It has... (Continue reading)

Protests cost San Luis Obispo at least $250,000

Written on 24 Jun, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 41 comments

By KAREN VELIE The city of San Luis Obispo tallied some of the taxpayer costs related to a handful of recent protests. Those expenses come to $253,238, and do not include all the costs. One of the primary goals of... (Continue reading)

SLO County deputy shoots dog three times during suspected burglary

Written on 20 Jun, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 69 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputy who wrongly assumed a man was robbing a dry cleaners on June 15, shot the man’s dog three times. An Atacadero police officer then handcuffed the man’s wife, even though... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles gunman threatened to shoot bus driver

Written on 18 Jun, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Before going on a shooting spree in Paso Robles, Mason Lira threatened to shoot a bus driver in the head while exiting a Regional Transit Authority bus and then burglarizing a San Luis Obispo attorney’s office. Shortly... (Continue reading)

Black organization accuses SLO mayor of cheap political tricks

Written on 16 Jun, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon has come under fire from the California Black Chamber of Commerce for attempting to link racism to global warming. Harmon, who has been a primary proponent of an ordinance supporting all... (Continue reading)

Oceano official dubs flag supporting officers a sign of white supremacy

Written on 15 Jun, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 35 comments

Clarification: Replogle used the wording quoted to her in the story. She said the flag hung on Linda Austin’s property was a sign of white supremacy, and not of racism. By KAREN VELIE Protests over the death of George Floyd... (Continue reading)