APCD says spring at the Oceano Dunes lasts 6 months
By KAREN VELIE To support their determination that vehicles on the Oceano Dunes are polluting the air on the Nipomo Mesa, scientists affiliated with the San Luis Obispo County Air Read More …
Author: Weelzebub
Dark money raises questions about decisions on SLO marijuana shops
As San Luis Obispo’s City Council created the selection criteria to determine the winners of three lucrative cannabis retail permits, marijuana business owners flooded candidates with campaign donations, many of which were not properly reported. Read More …
Los Osos board members accused of overpaying themselves
A community with some of the highest utility rates in San Luis Obispo County is embroiled in controversy after several current and former board members appear to have over-paid themselves, alleged misappropriations that for years went uncontested. Read More …
McClatchy CEO pens fake news editorial with inaccurate info
OPINION by DANIEL BLACKBURN
Hello, Mr. Forman:
We haven’t yet chatted, but I thought you should know that you have been buffaloed… misled… fooled… or just plain lied to by your subordinates. Read More …
Is SLO County’s ballot printer suspended from operating in California?
By KAREN VELIE The ballot printer for the San Luis Obispo County Clerk Recorders Office was suspended from doing business in California in 2017, but continued to print ballots putting six Read More …
Garbage agency’s unchecked spending under scrutiny
A credit card issued without authorization to the manager of San Luis Obispo County’s waste disposal agency has nearly a half-million dollars in undocumented charges as well as many questionable charges, according to a recently-released investigative report by a renowned private investigator.
William Worrell, chief of the Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA), acquired the US Bank card in 2010 and since has used it to charge a total of $537,607 Read More …
Questionable spending at SLO County IWMA may be probed
San Luis Obispo County’s public agency responsible for waste disposal is awash in suspicious financial improprieties and has not been properly audited for the two decades of its existence, a former high-ranking county administrator has told the agency’s board of directors.
Wayne Hall delivered a blistering letter to board members of the Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA) earlier this month calling for a forensic audit Read More …
DA’s expert witness never earned a college degree
By KAREN VELIE
A woman who has testified in dozens of cases and been offered as an expert witness by the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office does not have a college degree that she has claimed in court. Read More …
CalRecycle gets restitution from Charles Tenborg for false claims
By Cal Coast Times Staff A CalCoastNews investigation has led to the payment of almost $35,000 to CalRecycle in a false claim investigation of Charles Tenborg, a contractor working with the Read More …
Attorney questions validity of Jim Hill investigation
At a contentious South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board meeting on Sept. 6, an attorney for Arroyo Grande Mayor Jim Hill asked the board to apologize to Hill for conducting a publicly funded inquisition.