Local news in San Luis Obispo County including San Miguel, Paso Robles, Shandon, Templeton, Atascadero, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo, Avila Beach, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande, Santa Maria, and other cities along the Central Coast of California.
Local barbershop owner, Nathan Abate of Atascadero, was charged earlier this year with sex crimes following an investigation by the county sheriff’s office. Charged with rape, rape by use of drugs, and oral copulation of a person under the age of 18, Abate pleaded not guilty to his charges yesterday. The judge denied a motion…
The Paso Robles utilities department announced yesterday that a large recycled water pipeline will be installed under the Salinas river, in North River road, and up a hillside above North River road. The pipeline’s purpose is to deliver a new source of irrigation water to east Paso Robles, and help solve the problem of declining…
About 1300 PG&E customers in the Templeton & Lake Nacimiento were without power yesterday for a few hours. Power had gone out at around 10:49 am, and was restored several hours later. The cause of the outage remains under investigation.
Members of the public gathered on Tuesday at the Atascadero school board’s meeting to express their concerns over student locker and restroom use. The school district’s superintendent, Tom Butler, sent a letter on August 22nd clarifying the district’s policies: the Atascadero unified school district is required by state law to allow transgender students access to…
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently awarded 799 million dollars in grants to non-profit organizations that provide resources and housing to at-risk and homeless veterans. In San Luis Obispo county, a total of 3.5 million dollars were awarded. 2.14 million has gone to the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO), and 1.45 million…
Central coast congressman Salud Carbajal announced yesterday at the San Luis Obispo county regional airport that he intends to introduce two new bills on Friday aimed at reducing water pollution sources. For decades, firefighters used a film forming foam for airport training, which contains chemicals that have been linked to groundwater pollution and a variety…
CAPSLO announced yesterday prior to its meeting that it has withdrawn its application for use of Palm street as a safe parking location. The safe parking program in San Luis Obispo provides a safe place for unhoused residents to park overnight, and has been located at Railroad Square. In recent months the city has decided…
The city of Atascadero will be holding its next regular meeting on Tuesday, September 12th, at 6pm. On the agenda’s public hearing is an affordable housing development impact fee deferral policy. The agenda packet says city council directed staff in April of this year to draft a policy that would allow for the deferral of…
The San Miguel Community Services District will hold a public hearing on proposed water rate increases. The CSD says the increases will gradually phase in over the next five years, and will be used to support the operating and maintenance needs of the community. A release by the San Miguel CSD shows a chart for…
In mid-August, registered sex offender Jonathan Oscar Davis followed a ten-year-old girl into a Bath and Body Works in downtown San Luis Obispo, where he attempted to inappropriately grab her and pick her up. The girl and her sibling screamed for their mother, who confronted Davis and called 911. District attorney Dan Dow announced yesterday…
