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.
Yaro and Cambria Cal Fire announced that two prescribed burns will occur in the county until Wednesday the 31st. The first will be at Fogs End near Main street and Santa Rosa Creek road in Cambria, and the other near Park Hill, east of Santa Margarita. The Cambria burn will go through 2 acres of…
On Tuesday’s board of supervisors meeting, the board voted to deny an appeal against the proposed 24-hour gas station in Templeton west of highway 101. The project has been approved by the planning commission with several changes to its initial design, such as removing a car wash and quick service restaurant, increasing the amount of…
Caltrans announced that a retaining wall below highway 1, just under a mile north of Fernwood, was loosened after the recent rains and water flows from the Big Sur river. Caltrans crews have begun work to replace the retaining wall, delivering large rocks to the site in preparation. Currently engineering and environmental assessments are being…
Late last week, California senator Scott Wiener introduced SB 961, aimed at vehicle safety equipment. Part of the bill would require all passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses manufactured or sold within the state to include a speed limiter system starting in 2027. The limiter would prohibit the vehicle from driving ten miles per hour above…
50-year-old Brandi Turner has undergone a two week trial in the San Luis Obispo superior court, accused of murdering 31-year-old Quinn Hall. Turner has admitted that she sold Hall a fentanyl drug on October 26, 2022, where he later died of an overdose. The jury for the case has found Turner guilty of three charges…
Yesterday afternoon, a pedestrian was struck by an Amtrak train near the dead end of Industrial Way. The San Luis Obispo police department responded to the incident and investigated. According to the department, the pedestrian was walking near the tracks when he was struck by the train, and tragically killed. The victim is a white…
240263 Media Release PRPD The Paso Robles police department released a statement regarding an assault with a deadly weapon incident yesterday. The department says they were dispatched to the 800 block of Experimental Station at approximately 6:13 pm, based off a report that female was trying to fight with residents in the complex. Officers made…
Press Release 24-0008 10851 Lowe Over the past few months, the Paso Robles police department has noticed an uptick in stolen vehicles from Paso Robles. A release by the department says that three Hondas were reported stolen over a short period of time, and one was recovered the same day after it ran out of…
The Paso Robles fire department and Cal Fire responded to a structure fire near the 6000 block of Airport road in rural Paso Robles. The fire engulfed an outbuilding and heavy equipment at J. Lohr Winery, with more than eight units battling the blaze. The fire was contained at around 7:50 pm, destroying one structure…
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo recently received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant’s purpose is to fund the five-year “breaking the binary project” at Cal Poly, which launched in June 2023. The project seeks to make radical changes to the training of undergraduate engineering students and reimagine the department’s curriculum…
