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 city of Paso Robles has announced that applications for serving as a commissioner on the airport commission will be accepted until September 30th. Appointed commissioners serve three year terms with a maximum of three consecutive terms. The purpose of the commission is to aid city council in gathering public input on the operation and…
The Atascadero city council met Wednesday evening for a special workshop on its general plan update. The city has been working for about a year now to update its general plan, and is projected to end with a policy document and land distributions. A bulk of Wednesday’s discussion was on 12 focus areas outlined in…
A vegetation fire broke out yesterday afternoon in a rural section of Arroyo Grande. The fire was located just northeast of the city on Fox Canyon lane off Corbett Canyon road. Cal Fire says the fire burned two trailers and spread to nearby vegetation before being knocked down at a little under a quarter of…
The San Luis Obispo council of governments invites community members to share their local project needs and how local transportation tax measures can improve their community. SLOCOG announced that it is moving forward with a 2024 local transportation ballot measure, a half-cent sales tax on every dollar to ensure local project needs can be met…
The San Luis Obispo county planning commission met yesterday to review a proposed major housing development plan known as the Dana Reserve Specific Plan. The Dana Reserve proposes adding around 1300 homes to a 288-acre plot of land in Nipomo. Housing would be spread across 10 neighborhoods at varying sizes and affordability. At the request…
The San Luis Obispo planning commission will be holding a study session for Diablo Canyon’s decommissioning on Tuesday, September 5th at 9:00 am. This is part of the dual paths Diablo Canyon has followed while it seeks to renew its license for continued operations. The decommissioning project for Diablo Canyon would span for approximately 15…
The city of Paso Robles announced yesterday that fire and emergency services has sent an engine and six fire staff to assist with northern California. Northern California is currently experiencing dozens of fires, and the staff have been sent to aid with fires along the Smith river via the California mutual aid system. This will…
The city of Atascadero’s public works department announced yesterday that much of the work for the F-14 pavement rehabilitation project will begin in early September. According to the release, the project consists of pavement rehabilitation for a total of 3.3 miles of roadway in the central and northeast areas of town. These include Magnolia avenue,…
The California Highway Patrol announced yesterday that it will be partnering with the Nevada Highway Patrol and Arizona Department of Safety this Labor Day weekend for a maximum enforcement period. The tri-state enforcement begins tomorrow at 6 pm, and goes until 11:59 pm on Monday, September 4th. In a release by the CHP, the enforcement…
The county of San Luis Obispo and council of governments have created an interactive website for the Los Osos Valley road corridor concept plan. The plan is a conceptual design tool to facilitate improvements to Los Osos Valley road from Montana de Oro state park visitor center to West Foothill boulevard. The county and SLOCOG…
