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 county of San Luis Obispo has made applications available for two grant opportunities. The first grant is a community based and preventative health grant, which will go to local programs and projects that compliment (but do not duplicate) efforts by the county’s health and human services departments. The second grant will be sent to…
The city of Paso Robles has released a statement in response to a “concerning rise” in phishing attempts that target local residents. The city says they have received several reports from residents who received emails claiming to be from the city. The city says that phishing is where cybercriminals send fraudulent emails, appearing to be…
The Paso Robles city council voted 3 – 2 last night to conduct the second reading for the revised ordinance of its municipal code, which re-establishes the downtown parking zone. Councilmembers Chris Bausch and Fred Strong dissented. Councilman Bausch attempted to make a substitute motion to table the item for downtown parking until a later…
County deputies responded to a burglary report at the 6700 block of Avila Valley drive in Avila Beach yesterday afternoon. A release by the sheriff’s department says a resident returned to their home, finding a man inside of the residence who fled with some cash. Deputies then found the suspect’s vehicle in Paso Robles, and…
The county clerk recorder’s office has uploaded its unofficial results for the 2024 presidential primary election. For San Luis Obispo county’s district 5 supervisor race, Heather Moreno currently leads with 4,586 total votes (53.89%) to Susan Funk with 3,916 votes (46.02%.) For the senate, Adam Schiff currently leads in the county with 18,336 (39.01%) of…
The county board of supervisors has released its agenda for the next meeting on March 12th at 9 am. On the board’s agenda is an item that will introduce an ordinance to amend chapter 7 of the San Luis Obispo county code, which would prohibit “unreasonable” noises. The hearing is set for April 9, 2024.…
The Atascadero design review committee’s next meeting is Thursday, March 7th at 2 pm. The one item on its agenda is a proposed ground floor redesign of the Carlton Hotel in Atascadero. In October last year, the hotel was acquired by Capricorn Property Group for 10.5 million dollars. The proposed redesign of the hotel’s ground…
Today is election day for the 2024 presidential primary election. Polling places will be open from 7 am to 8 pm tonight. Vote by mail ballots are also due today, and can be returned by the voter personally to any official ballot drop box, polling place, or vote center in the state by 8 pm.…
PG&E announced that they will be conducting aerial patrols along electric distribution lines in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. The patrols are a part of PG&E’s “efforts to keep customers safe by reducing wildfire risks.” Linemen will be inspecting assets to look for anything that is out of the ordinary and may pose…
The special prosecution unit of the DA’s office for San Luis Obispo reached a settlement with commercial fisherman Brad Leage. The DA’s office said in a release yesterday that Leage operates a boat known as “The Endeavor,” and regularly takes dozens of paying customers on deep sea fishing trips alongside the coast of San Luis…
