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Lawsuit challenges city’s right to ban natural gas appliances

Written on 26 Nov, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 22 comments

By KAREN VELIE A mere six weeks after the Berkeley City Council voted to ban natural gas appliances in new construction, the San Luis Obispo City Council followed suit. And now Berkeley is battling a lawsuit, and SLO could be... (Continue reading)

Abel Maldonado’s cannabis plant tests inconclusive

Written on 23 Nov, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

By KAREN VELIE The lab tests former Lt.Gov. Abel Maldonado offered to prove he is growing hemp and not marijuana in his farm in San Luis Obispo County were based on samples that could not be used to tell the... (Continue reading)

Victim asks SLO County judge to reopen criminal case

Written on 18 Nov, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

By KAREN VELIE Which is more important, a criminal defendant’s right to finality or a victim’s rights to be heard and informed? San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Jesse Marino is currently pondering that question. [Cal Coast Times] Earlier... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande Council votes to raise mayor’s pay 97 percent

Written on 14 Nov, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 28 comments

By KAREN VELIE Following pleas from the public not to raise their salaries, the Arroyo Grande City Council voted 3-2 on Tuesday to give themselves a 60 percent increase and Mayor Caren Ray-Russom a 97 percent increase in pay. [Cal... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande City Council seeks a 60 percent pay raise

Written on 9 Nov, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 39 comments

By CCT STAFF The Arroyo Grande City Council will consider granting itself a 60 percent pay raise at its meeting on Tuesday, according to the agenda. [Cal Coast Times] In September, Mayor Caren Ray-Russom asked staff to review council member... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles High School parents angry over locked bathrooms

Written on 7 Nov, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 37 comments

By KAREN VELIE Amid allegations of drug dealing, vaping and sex in bathrooms, Paso Robles High School administrators are locking the bulk of student restrooms for much of the school day, an action that has angered many students and parents.... (Continue reading)

Politics, loopholes and research exempt hemp

Written on 4 Nov, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 9 comments

Editor’s note: This is part two in a series about a loophole in state and county hemp regulations and those taking advantage of the lack of oversight. By KAREN VELIE Both hemp and marijuana are cannabis plants. But hemp has... (Continue reading)

Lawsuit targets trove of hidden SLO County IWMA documents

Written on 31 Oct, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 37 comments

By CCT STAFF A private investigator who spent 23 years as an IRS special agent and whose work helped dismantle a Colombian drug cartel is suing San Luis Obispo County’s waste disposal agency and District Attorney Dan Dow to force... (Continue reading)

McLaughlin SLO County Jail death case not over yet

Written on 30 Oct, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Counsel Rita Neal is claiming the family of a 60-year-old man who died at the county jail accepted a nearly $42,000 settlement, while the family’s attorney is saying no such settlement occurred. Amid... (Continue reading)

Police investigate San Luis Obispo parking garage death

Written on 29 Oct, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police are taking a second look at the death of a 21-year-old Atascadero man who died in a fall from the Marsh Street parking garage. Thomas “Tommy” Jodry had a blood alcohol of 0.38,... (Continue reading)