San Luis Obispo department of public works has announced that roadway and shoulder construction work in Morro Bay will begin on Sunday, August 13th through Friday, August 18th. South Bay boulevard will be closed in both directions from Quintana road to Turi road near Los Osos between the hours of 7 pm and 6 am…
The California Regional Water Quality Control Board for San Luis Obispo issued an order for water cleanup and replacement for the Buckley road area. The order says that the groundwater and wells in the Buckley road area have been tainted by trichloroethylene (TCE) and other pollutants. TCE has been detected in the soil, soil gas,…
The city of Paso Robles is still seeking public comment on the proposed mitigated negative environmental impact assessment for the highway 46 east interchange project. The project is a partial cloverleaf interchange and overcrossing at the intersection of highway 46 east and Union road. The city is asking for members of the public to read…
The Paso Robles school board met on Tuesday of this week, following a special public comment meeting on Monday night. Much of the meeting was spent on discussing the future of the 36th street campus, and the comments heard the night before. The school board’s intent for the meeting was to direct its staff on…
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The Templeton school board will be meeting tomorrow for its regular board meeting. The meeting will be in the Eagle conference center at 950 Old County road at 6:15 in the evening. Part of its agenda will be a discussion on proposed revisions to the school’s discipline regulations. The revisions come from new guidance from…
The San Luis Obispo county board of supervisors voted to accept the housing and infrastructure plan in its meeting yesterday. The board voted 3 to 2 with supervisors Debbie Arnold and John Peschong dissenting. The housing and infrastructure plan, know called a ‘framework’ was previously brought to seven city councils across San Luis Obispo. Of…
Earlier this week, an inmate who was in a hospice care facility in Fresno county died as a result of a terminal illness. According to a release by the San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s office, 46-year-old Brett Douglass was booked into custody earlier this year in March. Prior to this, Douglass was diagnosed with cancer,…
A report by the California department of justice showed that the city of San Luis Obispo had the highest rate of hate crime events in the county in 2022. California defines a hate crime as “A criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against race,…
The Bureau of Land Management has recently signed a plan to help reduce the intensity and severity of wildfires across California. The statewide wildland-urban interface fuels treatment programmatic environmental assessment will seek to partner with local and state agencies for fuels reduction projects. Under this plan, the BLM hopes to reduce wildfire risk in communities…
