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Templeton board supports one marijuana farm, votes against another

Written on 28 Dec, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Templeton Area Advisory Group weighed in on the high-stakes debate about where legal marijuana should be grown in San Luis Obispo County last week, voting unanimously to support one farm while voicing their objections to a... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo pot shop permits to cost nearly $100,000 a year

Written on 29 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The city of San Luis Obispo plans to charge brick and mortar marijuana stores nearly $100,000 a year for operating permits, and it wants locals players in the pot industry, rather than out-of-town businessmen, to run the city’s pot shops.... (Continue reading)

Alex Bar-B-Q building in Shell Beach torn down by mistake

Written on 19 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

During what was supposed to be a remodel, a contractor tore down the historic Alex Bar-B-Q building in Shell Beach on Tuesday. [Cal Coast Times] Built in the 1930s, the building has been a local gathering spot for almost 80... (Continue reading)

Is Abel Maldonado’s pot or hemp grow legal?

Written on 10 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Republican politician and former Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado has entered the Central Coast marijuana cultivation business, and he now claims to be growing hemp in San Luis Obispo County as well. [New Times] SLO County officials are probing Maldonado’s purported... (Continue reading)

Fact check: Did SLO County ban investments in marijuana farms?

Written on 22 Feb, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | No comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors did not vote Tuesday to “tweak the county’s marijuana ordinance,” to disallow selling application rights, despite claims by the Tribune and a marijuana consultant. While it takes at least four votes to... (Continue reading)

SLO County shutting down popular Paso Robles roadside stand

Written on 8 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

San Luis Obispo County officials delivered an eviction order to a popular roadside produce stand in Paso Robles, angering customers and prompting a petition drive. The family-operated stand has been selling produce, including locally grown strawberries, at the corner of... (Continue reading)

SLO Brew ordered to stop work, permits suspended

Written on 20 Oct, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

  By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo city inspectors placed a stop work order and suspended all permits for SLO Brew’s new facility out by the airport after discovering multiple violations. The new facility, dubbed the Rock, includes a brewery,... (Continue reading)

Trailer proves fleeting refuge from smells at sanitation district office

Written on 19 Sep, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 30 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District’s new administrator has caused a bit of a stink over an office trailer that he rented to get away from odors, mold, pests, stained carpets and having administrators and... (Continue reading)

Environmental group sues state over Price Canyon oil wells

Written on 6 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An environmental group says California regulators are negligent in protecting the state’s groundwater amid an historic drought and shouldn’t allow new oil and gas wells in Price Canyon without the proper environmental reviews, according to a lawsuit filed on Aug.... (Continue reading)

Resnicks’ deforestation ignites battle

Written on 15 Jun, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

By KAREN VELIE In the rolling hills that surround northern San Luis Obispo County communities, some farmers have planted grapes among the oaks. Locally, there has been an emphasis on stewardship of the land and protecting the oaks. Almost 20... (Continue reading)