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 Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance announced that it is welcoming back Krista Smith as its new marketing director. Holding a master’s degree in public policy and bachelor’s degree in journalism, Smith previously supported consumer engagement efforts for the Wine Country Alliance from 2011 to 2016. Following this, she worked in public affairs and communications…
The county public health department announced that the number of tuberculosis cases in California & San Luis Obispo is increasing. Though the department says the number does remain low, ten cases of active TB were identified in the county in 2023, with increasing cases of latent TB as well. Latent TB is when the disease…
The Templeton school board of trustees will be meeting tomorrow at 5 pm for a special meeting. The special meeting is to conduct interviews and appoint a replacement for a vacant school board seat. Trustee Mendi Swan announced that she will be resigning, beginning March 1, 2024. The Templeton school board has received seven applications…
The San Luis Obispo police department has released a recap for its enforcement activities during the third weekend of the St. Patrick’s Day safety enhancement zone. Despite the holiday falling on this past weekend, the police department had begun its enhanced enforcement earlier in the month. According to the police department, more than 160 citations…
The Paso Robles city council unanimously approved its two-year budget cycle goals in its meeting last night. The next step for adopting its budget will be on the April 16th regular city council meeting, discussing the proposed budget overview. During the meeting, the council was also presented with SLOCOG’s “Local Roads First” proposed sales tax.…
The city of Morro Bay announced that its fire department will be conducting a series of training operations alongside the California Highway Patrol air operations division and the Morro Bay harbor department. The training will begin today, and is known as “Helocasting.” According to the city, helocasting is using a helicopter to deliver a rescue…
Cal Fire announced that up to ten million dollars in funding has been made available for the conservation and protection of environmentally important, privately-owned forestland. Under this grant program, Cal Fire says that it will purchase or accept donations of conservation easements or fee titles of productive forest lands from willing sellers. A pre-application must…
On Sunday, March 24th from 11 am to 2 pm, more than 30 students of the second annual Jr. CEO program will sell their products and services for Jr. CEO business day. Taking place next to LOL Yogurt in downtown Atascadero, the Atascadero chamber of commerce invites the community to attend and support these small…
The San Simeon Community Services District board of directors has voted unanimously to dissolve the district. First formed in 1961, the district has struggled over the past ten years with staffing, investigations of conflicts of interest, lawsuits, and an inability to get residents to serve on its board of directors. If the process is completed,…
Scam Reminders NR v2 On the central coast, over 180 PG&E customers fell victim to scammers. A release by PG&E says that in 2023, they received nearly 43 thousand reports from customers who were targeted by scams that impersonated the company. The average customer who fell victim lost seven hundred and eighty five dollars. Locally,…
