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.
The San Luis Obispo county elections office announced they are in the final stages of preparing and proofing 2024 March primary ballots for print. The first ballots to be sent out will be registered military and overseas voters. Eligible individuals serving or living abroad who wish to receive ballots must complete the registration process online,…
The Atascadero city council will be meeting next week on Tuesday, January 9th. On the council’s agenda is the approval of its 2023 annual road report. The city council first adopted a half cent sales tax in 2014 to fund local road repairs in the city. A requirement of the sales tax is an annual…
Several public works items will be discussed in the next county board of supervisors meeting. This will include seeking grant funds for the Oceano and Templeton Vineyard drive corridor multimodal improvements projects. The board may approve submitting an application for these projects to SLOCOG for its community betterment grant programs, and approve seeking a grant…
The city of Paso Robles announced that its holiday-themed tree lights in the park will be turned off on Monday, January 8th. The city encourages residents and visitors to take the final opportunity for photographs or a stroll in the park. The city says this was the first year of an enhanced holiday lighting display…
The national weather service has initiated a high surf advisory for San Luis Obispo county beaches. The advisory will remain in effect until Monday. Large waves of 10 to 15 feet are expected, with 12 to 18 feet on Friday. The advisory says the largest waves are expected in Morro Bay state park and Oceano…
The city of Paso Robles announced it will be hosting its 17th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Monday, January 15th. The event will begin at noon with a unity march led by Paso Robles high school drummers at Robbins field (on 6th and Park street), and will end at the downtown city park.…
The California Highway Patrol reported a man from Atascadero was killed in a crash on highway 99 near Bakersfield. The crash occurred just before 3:30 am yesterday morning, where a semi-truck rear-ended the Atascadero man’s prius. The prius driver was pronounced dead at the scene. CHP says the semi-truck driver was traveling at about 55…
Resilient Souls will be holding a human trafficking awareness event on Thursday, January 11th from 6 to 9 in the evening at Park Cinemas in Paso Robles. The event will feature education and awareness, questions and answers, and an auction after the movie “Sound of Freedom.” Resilient Souls is a nonprofit organization dedicated to care…
The petition to recall San Luis Obispo county district 2 supervisor Bruce Gibson has been approved by the county clerk recorder’s office. A release by the committee to support the recall says that they may start gathering recall petition signatures beginning today. Recall petitions will be available at the republican party headquarters, 7357 El Camino…
The Morro rock parking lot will be closed through Friday for repairs. Crews will be filling potholes and reinforcing the rock wall that has received damage from hazardous waves. Previously, the city of Morro Bay also issued road closures for the 1700 block of Embarcadero to clear out debris. The city of Morro Bay says…
