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SLO County Supervisor Adam Hill resigns as board chair

Written on 11 Apr, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 31 comments

By KAREN VELIE Bowing to community pressure, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill announced on Saturday afternoon he would be relinquishing his role as chairman, while remaining on the board of supervisors. In a letter emailed to the county,... (Continue reading)

Los Osos CSD seeking delay in sewer rate increase

Written on 11 Apr, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

The Los Osos Community Services District voted 4-1 on April 7 to ask the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors to delay the sewer rate increase process because of the current shelter-at-home order. On March 4, the county sent... (Continue reading)

Drunk Arroyo Grande man responsible for his own death

Written on 10 Apr, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 6 comments

An Arroyo Grande man who was killed after he walked in front of a car transporting four children, was highly intoxicated and responsible for his own death, Grover Beach police said. In the weeks following 33-year-old Justin Dean Truman Kissinger’s... (Continue reading)

Dee Torres sets sights on Supervisor Adam Hill’s retirement

Written on 8 Apr, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 31 comments

By KAREN VELIE One day after San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill attempted suicide, his soon-to-be ex-wife Dee Torres took action to attach Hill’s county retirement account. After two years of marriage, Hill and Torres separated in the fall... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County reports first coronavirus death

Written on 4 Apr, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

A man in his 80s who tested positive for the coronavirus died in a San Luis Obispo hospital on Saturday, the county’s first death related to the pandemic. For more than a week, the North County man had been in... (Continue reading)

Two Cuesta College students test positive for coronavirus

Written on 2 Apr, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

Two Cuesta College students have tested positive for the coronavirus. Both students began exhibiting symptoms after the campus switched to online classes on March 14. One of the students informed his classmates during a Zoom conference on April 1 that... (Continue reading)

SLO pot shop red-tagged for violating the rules

Written on 1 Apr, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo city officials shut down construction of a marijuana shop on Broad Street because owner Helios Dayspring did not get permits for construction. It is the second time that permitting issues have shut down work... (Continue reading)

SLO County Supervisor Adam Hill confirms suicide attempt

Written on 30 Mar, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 51 comments

San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill confirmed he attempted suicide earlier this month, in a statement released today. Hill attributes his attempt on his life to the stresses of running for office. After inching in front of his political... (Continue reading)

Jobless claims surge in California, SLO County

Written on 27 Mar, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By CCT STAFF More than 180,000 unemployment claims were filed in California for the week ending March 21, an unprecedented gain over two weeks earlier, according to the state. During the past few months, unemployed Californians sent in an average... (Continue reading)

FBI raids SLO County Supervisor Chair Adam Hill’s home

Written on 25 Mar, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 54 comments

By KAREN VELIE FBI agents served a search warrant on San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Chair Adam Hill’s home on March 11, at the same time they were searching his office at the County Building, FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller confirmed... (Continue reading)