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a claim or dispute brought to a court of law for adjudication.



LaBarbera thinks Brennler constitutionally protected

Written on 21 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 62 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN A San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge, in a tentative ruling, is planning to uphold an anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss a slander lawsuit brought by a homeless services official against Mike Brennler, a North County private investigator.... (Continue reading)

Judge denies Torres request for delay of hearing

Written on 20 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A San Luis Obispo judge denied a request made by CAPSLO Homeless Services Director Dee Torres’s attorney to delay a hearing scheduled for Thursday that could halt a suit Torres filed against private investigator Mike Brennler. Torres alleges Brennler slandered... (Continue reading)

Torres untruthful in slander case documents, new court filings say

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 122 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The slander suit filed by CAPSLO’s Homeless Services Director Dee Torres took a new turn when defendant Mike Brennler submitted a case document on Friday saying that Torres was not truthful in her sworn statement to the... (Continue reading)

Supervisor tries to get witness to change story about homeless gifts

Written on 16 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 182 comments

By KAREN VELIE Less than a week after his fiancé filed a slander lawsuit against a local private investigator, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill began contacting a key witness in the case, attempting to get him to change... (Continue reading)

Schools can’t ask parents for supplies

Written on 13 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 54 comments

Teachers in San Luis Obispo County schools will be paying more out of their own pockets for classroom supplies following passage of a new state law prohibiting schools from charging parents any kind of fee. (San Jose Mercury News) The... (Continue reading)

Former SLO police officer sues city

Written on 8 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

A former San Luis Obispo police officer who was fired after he pled guilty to misdemeanor charges of bringing misbranded Mexican prescription drugs into the United States, filed suit against the city on July 31. [NewTimes] Former patrol officer Dan... (Continue reading)

ASH drops deranged man in Paso Robles

Written on 6 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

A parolee deemed too dangerous for release because of mental illness was dropped at a bus stop in Paso Robles, the result of a clerical error that led to the death of a Santa Cruz woman. [LATimes] In May 2012,... (Continue reading)

Civil conspiracy trial against Cuesta and Stewart titles to be lived streamed

Written on 3 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Courtroom View Network (CVN) will be live streaming a civil trial in which hundreds of plaintiffs allege Stewart Title and Cuesta Title aided and abetted and/or conspired with Hurst Financial and former North County developer Kelly Gearhart in defrauding hundreds... (Continue reading)

Heritage Oaks Bank settles with Gearhart investors

Written on 30 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 32 comments

By KAREN VELIE In a last minute decision, Heritage Oaks Bank agreed to settle with investors in Hurst Financial’s Vista del Hombre project in Paso Robles for a currently undisclosed amount of money, an investor said. The settlement was agreed... (Continue reading)

Atascadero bookkeeper convicted of embezzlement

Written on 29 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

An Atascadero bookkeeper who embezzled more than $123,000 from a client’s bank account was sentenced to two years in San Luis Obispo County Jail. [Atascadero News] While working for A. R. Pete Reed Bookkeeping, Teresa Olmscheid wrote checks to herself... (Continue reading)