South County Sanitation District fined $9,000

After spending years and millions of dollars settling a case over a 2010 sewage spill, the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District received a new fine from the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.

The latest fine, which is for a series of water quality violations between July 2015 and May 2017, is much smaller, totaling $9,000. Read More …

Allegations of racism lead to $150,000 settlement

A black South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District plant operator won a $150,000 settlement after complaining that district officials were discriminating and retaliating against him. The district announced Friday that it had reached a settlement agreement with plant superintendent John Clemons. Read More …

Investigation of Mayor Jim Hill finds no Brown Act violation

By KAREN  VELIE An investigation into accusations that Arroyo Grande Mayor Jim Hill shared closed session information in violation of the Brown Act determined the accusation was unfounded. However, the report Read More …