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Regulators close Weyrich’s Carlton Hotel restaurant

Written on 3 Feb, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 6 comments

Government regulators shut down the restaurant at The Carlton Hotel on Feb. 2 because of unpaid taxes, CalCoastNews has learned. According to an Atascadero city official, regulators from the Board of Equalization pulled the restaurant’s seller's permit because of un-paid taxes.... (Continue reading)

CalCoastNews’ top stories of 2009

Written on 1 Jan, 2010 in Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

From government employees abusing the public trust to lending schemes that devastating investors, CalCoastNews readers were the first to get the news about many of the prominent local events of 2009. Lending schemes devastate investors In March, we broke the news that... (Continue reading)

Principal agrees to pay back misappropriated monies

Written on 7 Dec, 2009 in Uncovered SLO | 29 comments

Atascadero High School Principal EJ Rossi agreed to return $32,000 to the San Ardo School District (SASD) bringing to the forefront questions of why officials in Atascadero hired Rossi knowing he was accused of misappropriating school funds. Last month, Rossi signed... (Continue reading)

Atascadero officials attempt to filch more FEMA funds

Written on 5 Nov, 2009 in Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE There is growing evidence in Atascadero – the recollections of former elected officials, city employees, and previous reports – that shows that some leading city officials purposely lied when they reported that the historic City Hall’s foundation substantially... (Continue reading)

Overheard: Police chief tells “one” side of gun snafu

Written on 28 Sep, 2009 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A local police chief, who was overheard boasting rather loudly at a recent public school event, apparently was explaining how he and another police chief are “working together” with the San Luis Obispo County district attorney to make... (Continue reading)

Police chief faces possible criminal action

Written on 11 Sep, 2009 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

By KAREN VELIE In addition to questions about how Paso Robles Police Chief Lisa Solomon left her loaded gun last year in an unlocked police car, Solomon faces possible criminal actions due to her failure to properly register her handgun, according... (Continue reading)

Police chief loses loaded gun

Written on 8 Sep, 2009 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

By KAREN VELIE The emerging and evolving story of how Paso Robles Police Chief Lisa Solomon had her loaded semi-automatic gun stolen from her car that she left unlocked in front of her home has left her red-faced about how it... (Continue reading)

Police raid home and business of postal worker

Written on 12 Aug, 2009 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

By KAREN VELIE In a page right out of the Keystone Cops, police kicked down the door of an unlocked home and then ransacked the property based on a bad tip from an informant. At around 7 p.m. on Monday, an officer... (Continue reading)

City officials paved Gearhart’s path of destruction

Written on 3 Aug, 2009 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

By KAREN VELIE As developer Kelly Gearhart worked to build more than 400 new homes in the Atascadero area, city inspectors and others were apparently looking the other way, allowing Gearhart to avoid paying city fees due to falsified and unfinished... (Continue reading)

Con man misleads Hertel-Fowler bankruptcy trustee

Written on 12 Jun, 2009 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Bankruptcy court trustees are investigating claims that businessman Rob Rossi and the City of Atascadero are concealing assets of developer R.W. Hertel and Sons in an attempt to help the bankrupt home builder avoid paying creditors and taxes. Trustees... (Continue reading)