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.
According to a UC Merced study conducted for the state, California farmers left nearly 400,000 acres of agricultural land unplanted last year because of a lack of water. The result, the study found, was a direct economic cost to farmers of $1.1 billion and the loss of nearly 9,000 agricultural jobs. Farmers Market this afternoon…
PG&E is hosting a webinar at noon today to discuss wildfire prevention efforts in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. PG&E representatives will be on hand to answer questions and hear feedback. These online meetings allow community members to learn more about wildfire safety and emergency preparedness. To join, visit pge.com, and go to…
San Luis Obispo police confiscate a skimmer device at a San Luis gas station. A customer spotted the skimmer at the Shell gas station on Madonna road and alerted a gas station employee. The skimmer reads credit cards and steals information. Employees removed the skimmer from the pump, but with no video available, they have…
An Arizona teenager who disappeared from Nipomo early this month, has been located in Mexico. Lily Trujillo is being held at the border until her family takes her birth certificate and picks her up. The 15 year old girl vanished while visiting family in Nipomo.
Yesterday, Ditas Esperanza explained that preliminary work is getting underway on the intersection of Gold Hill and Union roads. There is also restriping of Creston and some other roads which will soon be getting underway. More on that tomorrow.
Atascadero city council met last night at the historic rotunda. Councilwoman Heather Newsom read a proclamation declaring July as Parks Make Life Better month. Julie Fanning of the California Park and Recreation Society spoke about the proclamation. City manager, Rachelle Rickard, talked about a free event happening this afternoon at the sunken garden in Atascadero,…
Mostly sunny today, highs near 85. SW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tonight, mostly clear skies, lows near 53. WSW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny skies a bit cooler, highs near 88. WSW winds 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny skies thru the week. But a warming trend begins…
Former Greyhound Austin Kaiser is out on the St. Andrews golf course today, studying it for the upcoming British Open. Kaiser caddies for Xander Schauffele who won the Scottish Open last week in the UK. Austin played with Xander Schauffele at San Diego State. He says his technical expertise on the course serves him well…
Coming up this Saturday evening in Atascadero, Zoofari. An ice cream adventure at the Charles Paddock Zoo. Alan Baker is director of the zoo. He says Zoofari generally attracts more than one thousand people to the Charles Paddock Zoo. It’s coming up Saturday evening from 5:30 – 8:00 at the Charles Paddock Zoo.
The whale carcass remains on the beach in Cayucos. It’s a juvenile humpback whale. It’s about 24 feet long. It’s been dead for several days. State officials are still trying to ascertain what to do with it. State parks superintendent Dan Falat talking with wildlife officials about what can be done with the carcass. One…
