Karen Velie
Karen Velie lives in San Luis Obispo County.
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1 man killed and 4 injured while four-wheeling
UPDATE: The driver of the Jeep that crashed into a Ravine Saturday night was Andrew Joseph Kruep, 25, from Orinda. He died Saturday night. Krueps passengers were Darren Thomas Mullen, 25, Sean Ross Mullen, 22, and Myles Andrew Franklin, 21, all from San Luis Obispo and Spencer N. Blodgett, 24, from Lafayette. Al four passengers suffered severe […]... (Continue Reading)
DOJ investigators raid the Manse on Marsh
By KAREN VELIE Investigators from the California Department of Justice continue their work reviewing computer records following a March 24 raid on the Manse on Marsh, an independent living facility in San Luis Obispo. More than a dozen investigators from the department’s Medicare fraud and elder abuse division seized files and computers during the search. […]... (Continue Reading)
Out on bail, Paso Robles man arrested for attempted murder
By KAREN VELIE UPDATE: Thomas Yanaga of Paso Robles was one of three men arrested on attempted murder charges for a shooting Tuesday morning in Hanford. As part of a follow up on last months Paso Robles shooting, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives served search warrants on three homes in Paso Robles on Wednesday. […]... (Continue Reading)
Lenny Jones accused of kidnapping and sexual assault
By KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN UPDATE: Lenny Jones’ bail has been increased from $500,000 to $1 million. ORIGINAL: Arroyo Grande’s 2014 Citizen of the Year was arrested Monday for allegedly kidnapping, penetrating with a foreign object, and molesting two girls under 14 years of age. The alleged molestation took place while the girls were […]... (Continue Reading)
FBI offers reward for arrest of Victor Speedy Gonzales
CORRECTION: The photo originally posted was of the wrong Victor Speedy Gonzales. By KAREN VELIE The FBI is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of Victor Speedy Gonzales, 36, a Nipomo man allegedly involved in a Central Coast drug trafficking ring dubbed “All in the Family.” On Tuesday, FBI agents and […]... (Continue Reading)
Appellate court rules against Oceano dunes dust rule
By KAREN VELIE After three years of litigation challenging the Oceano Dunes “dust rule,” the 2nd Appellate Court in Ventura ruled Monday that the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) does not have the power to regulate air emissions at state parks through the permit process. The dust rule requires the California […]... (Continue Reading)
SLO County releases ocular syphilis advisory
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County public health officials are asking medical professionals to look out for cases of ocular syphilis – a sexually transmitted disease that can cause blindness – after several clusters of the disease have been reported on the West Coast. Since Dec. 2014, confirmed cases of ocular syphilis have been […]... (Continue Reading)
EXCLUSIVE: FBI informant beaten in San Luis Obispo County Jail
By KAREN VELIE An informant who helped the FBI expose a corrupt police officer was severely beaten last month while incarcerated in the San Luis Obispo County Jail. On March 2, the day after it was reported that the city of San Luis Obispo agreed to pay Kip Holland and his girlfriend a $25,000 settlement, […]... (Continue Reading)
SLO City Council votes to outlaw odors
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to enact an ordinance that allows the city to prosecute people who allow foul odors to creep across their property lines for a misdemeanor. During public comment, a handful of people asked the council to vote against the ordinance, calling it vague and […]... (Continue Reading)
EXCLUSIVE: Former sanitation plant manager tied to racially charged emails
By KAREN VELIE More than a dozen emails laced with racial epithets and allegations of wrongdoing have been sent to the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District over the past six months from an IP address belonging to a supervisor at the California Men’s Colony sanitation plant. Jeff Appleton, a former chief plant operator […]... (Continue Reading)
