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SLO County BLM protester appeal headed back to the appellate court April 8, 2021 By KAREN VELIE In the latest legal round regarding a group of Black Lives Matter protesters who blocked Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo last summer, the appellate court reversed their earlier decision not to hear an appeal of Judge Matthew Guerrero’s recusal of county prosecutors. In early January, the attorney general filed two appeals regarding Guerrero’s finding the SLO County District Attorney’s Office h...

March 13, 2021 The 2nd District Court of Appeal determined this week that the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Appellate Division will hear the Attorney General and District Attorney’s appeals of Judge Matthew Guerrero’s recusal of all county prosecutors in the cases of a group of Black Lives Matter protestors who detained people on Highway 101 last July. In early January, state and local prosecutors filed two appeals each, one in the felony case against Robert Lastra — the protest...

San Luis Obispo BLM protesters want to sack judge, refuse diversion March 4, 2021 By KAREN VELIE Attorneys for several Black Lives Matter protesters expressed interest on March 3 in disqualifying San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Rita Federman from the case, while at the same time displaying no interest in a diversion program that could lead to the charges being dropped against some defendants. Curtis Briggs, one of Tianna Arata’s attorneys, said he wanted first to clarify Judge F...

During a virtual appearance in the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court on March 3, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorneys Office recommended a misdemeanor diversion for five of the seven local Black Lives Matter protesters charged with endangering and violating the personal liberty of nonparticipants in a protest last July. Citing the communitys division over the case, Deputy District Attorney Delaney Henretty made the request, asking the court to consider the defendants—Marcus M...

January 8, 2021 By KAREN VELIE The California Attorney General’s Office on Friday appealed a recent court ruling that disqualified the entire San Luis Obispo District Attorney’s Office from prosecuting local Black Lives Matter organizer Tiana Arrata and six others defendants involved in alleged criminal acts during a July protest. The state filed two appeals, one in the felony case against Robert Lastra — the protester who allegedly smashed a car window onto a 4-year-old boy — and one...

Youthful leader has had seven state champions Cape coach Chris Mattioni gives his wrestler instructions during a match in the 2014 state tournament. NICK ROTH PHOTO Dave Frederick December 24, 2020 Chris Mattioni rolled off Route 1 and Kings Highway into a job interview at Cape Henlopen in the summer of 1995, securing a social studies position sweetened by being named head coach of the wrestling team. Mattioni had wrestled at Valley Forge Military Academy and The Citadel, then spent t...

Judge disqualifies SLO County District Attorney from prosecuting Tianna Arata case Posted at 11:03 AM, Dec 11, 2020 and last updated 2020-12-11 18:25:52-05 A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge on Friday approved a defense motion to disqualify the San Luis Obispo County District Attorneys Office from further prosecuting the case against community activist Tianna Arata. Arata, who is charged with 13 misdemeanors in connection with a July 21 Black Lives Matter protest in San Luis Obispo,...