Chloe Cooper Jones

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Chloe Cooper Jones

Cal Coast News reporter Karen Velie is facing a new lawsuit accusing her of defamation. It’s the second time she has been sued for defamation, after she lost a $1.1 million verdict in 2017. The new lawsuit was filed on Feb. 14 by Jody Bernat, the ex-wife of San Luis Obispo County attorney John Belsher, who accuses Velie of defaming her in a Dec. 30 Cal Coast News article. Belsher is her lawyer, according to court documents.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Chloe Cooper Jones

A Cambria woman is hoping for her dog’s safe return after she was stolen — along with her car — Friday afternoon. Valentina Nuciforo, a Cambria resident of 20 years, told The Tribune she drove her son’s 2009 Black Honda CRV and parked at 2579 Main St. in Cambria around noon. Her dog Annie, a 12-year-old female Samoyed, was inside the vehicle. The Honda CRV’s license plate is 6GDP242, Nuciforo said. Annie, who weighs about 50 pounds, does not have a collar or microchip.

2 months ago | noozhawk.com | Chloe Cooper Jones

A former San Luis Obispo County probation officer has been accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from the Probation Department’s union. Fallyn Sierra Rollins, 32 — who was sworn in as a deputy probation officer in 2019, according to the county’s Facebook page — appeared in court for the first time on Friday to face nine counts of grand theft. County spokesperson Jeanette Trompeter told The Tribune that Rollins was first hired by the county in 2017 as a juvenile services officer.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Chloe Cooper Jones

A former San Luis Obispo County probation officer has been accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from the Probation Department’s union. Fallyn Sierra Rollins, 32 — who sworn in as a deputy probation officer in 2019, according to the county’s Facebook page — appeared in court for the first time to face nine counts of grand theft on Friday. County spokesperson Jeanette Trompeter told The Tribune Rollins was first hired by the County in 2017 as a Juvenile Services Officer.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Chloe Cooper Jones |Sadie Dittenber

The Paso Robles cannabis business owners who found themselves swept into a maelstrom of political controversy amid former city manager Ty Lewis’ conspiracy allegations have come forward to defend themselves, their business and their city.