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New employer concerned about SLO police chief’s past

Written on 21 Sep, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 28 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Outgoing San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deanna Cantrell has not yet begun her job as the top cop of Fairfield, and city council members are already calling into question her record, specifically voicing concerns over the chief’s... (Continue reading)

Attorney says police targeted San Luis Obispo protest leader

Written on 17 Sep, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 40 comments

By CCN STAFF Attorneys for San Luis Obispo BLM protest leader Tianna Arata are seeking to have her charges of disturbing the peace, obstruction and false imprisonment dismissed, asserting her actions are protected under the First Amendment and that she... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach pot shop owners’ bid to dismiss theft case fails

Written on 15 Sep, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

BY KAREN VELIE A pair of Grover Beach marijuana shop owners’ attempt to quash a lawsuit claiming the pair had defrauded a partner hit a significant judicial roadblock earlier this month. San Luis Obispo County Judge Ginger Garrett denied a... (Continue reading)

Mishaps, coverups and manipulation in a case against a SLO family

Written on 9 Sep, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editor’s Note: This is part two in a two-part series about the consequences of mistaken identities assumptions and the San Luis Obispo Police Department’s efforts to send a couple to prison after officers tried to quietly find... (Continue reading)

Court records reveal failures following loss of Chief’s pistol

Written on 9 Sep, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

By KAREN VELIE Editor’s Note: This is part one in a two-part series about the consequences of mistaken identities assumptions and the San Luis Obispo Police Department’s efforts to send a couple to prison after officers tried to quietly find... (Continue reading)

Parishioners prevail in battle over Grover Beach church

Written on 6 Sep, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE An expensive legal battle over ownership of the Bethel Baptist Church in Grover Beach concluded with the parishioners saving their church through a private settlement agreement. After learning in late 2018 that the 57-year-old church was being... (Continue reading)

Tianna Arata supporters batter reporter in SLO

Written on 3 Sep, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 121 comments

By CCN STAFF Hundreds of protestors gathered in San Luis Obispo Thursday morning for the arraignment hearings of BLM organizer Tianna Arata and protester Elias Bautista, several of whom battered reporter Josh Friedman. Arata’s arraignment was continued until Sept. 17... (Continue reading)

SLO County supervisor’s Zoom meeting goes boom-boom

Written on 29 Aug, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By KAREN VELIE What happens when a naked man Zoom bombs a meeting held by San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson? The meeting ends early, women claim they were sexually assaulted, and pussy hats are ordered. During an Aug.... (Continue reading)

SLO Police Chief Deanna Cantrell quits suddenly

Written on 27 Aug, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 67 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deanna Cantrell, who has faced criticism for incidents ranging from losing her gun in a restaurant bathroom to her handling of Black Lives Matter protests, announced Thursday she is leaving the city... (Continue reading)

Activists bused in from LA to attend San Luis Obispo rally

Written on 26 Aug, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 26 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Protesters rode buses from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo on Tuesday in an attempt to dissuade prosecutors from filing charges against SLO Black Lives Matter leader Tianna Arata. The gathering held outside the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)