Grover Beach News

Organizers of this month’s inaugural Foodie Festival in Grover Beach say they’re already planning to promote the event earlier next year to attract more participants in a tasting competition.

In the months after voters rejected a bond measure to fund a new police station in 2010, Arroyo Grande officials tried to make the officers’ current headquarters a little more livable.

Thomas Anthony Sandercock Jr., 35, is accused of stabbing the man after smoking what the Arroyo Grande Police Department described in a press release as “an unknown substance.” Although details are scant, the Sheriff's Office said the man, who had multiple stab wounds, was admitted to Arroyo Grande Hospital Community Hospital sometime ... (more)

The assault occurred Monday in the 300 block of North Highway 1 in Grover Beach when Kelly Lee Freer assaulted a female companion with a deadly weapon in an attempt to murder her while threatening to do so, said Lt.

As members of a Grover Beach audience clutched campaign signs and scribbled questions on index cards, the two men running for a seat on the county Board of Supervisors made final pleas for votes during their last appearance together before the June 5 election.

The past, present and future of Piedras Blancas Light Station and its circa 1875 lighthouse will be celebrated at a free event from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the Hearst Castle Theater in the Castle Visitor Center.

Audits are important for a number of reasons, but most importantly for the Oceano Community Services District; they are required to borrow money.

The Grover Beach City Council, in one relatively quick vote, put an end to the idea of consolidating police services with neighboring Arroyo Grande - at least for the foreseeable future.

Local developer Nick Tompkins is planning the market in the Village on a vacant lot at 307 E. Branch St., off Mason Street adjacent to the site of the former JJ’s Market.

The Latino Outreach Council is sponsoring a debate Thursday between 3rd District incumbent county Supervisor Adam Hill and his challenger, Pismo Beach City Councilman Ed Waage.

Police arrested notorious "mountain man" Don Nichols Tuesday on drug charges following a months-long search that came nearly three decades after he and his father kidnapped a world-class athlete.

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to loan San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport more than $1.6 million to help build a rental car quick-turnaround facility — a project that has been on and off the drawing board for more than a decade.

At a meeting Monday, Grover Beach council members shot down a proposal from Arroyo Grande to provide contracted police services, saying paying for such services does not constitute “full consolidation.” The Grover Beach Police Officers Association has written a letter opposing a proposed merger of its department with Arroyo Grande police ... (more)

The Justice Department says it is extending to next Jan. 31 a deadline for making existing swimming pools accessible to the disabled.

The May 7 Grover Beach City Council meeting was a sobering event for city leaders, staff, and residents alike, as city staffers presented the most recent draft of the budget for the 2013 fiscal year.

The Grover Beach Police Officers Association has written a letter opposing a proposed merger of its department with Arroyo Grande police because it could lead to layoffs of a few members.

A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about how much oil was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico claims evidence not given to federal investigators will prove his innocence.

Jacques Servier, founder of Servier Laboratories, left, and Dr. Emanuel Canet, right, sit during the opening of the trial at Nanterre's court house, outside Paris Monday, May 14, 2012.

The Grover Beach City Council this week largely agreed with a plan to cut an $800,000 deficit in the upcoming budget year through various means, including laying off six employees.

Shane DeBerti, 20, and brother Brad, 17, had hoped to have a surf shop opened by now in the Village of Arroyo Grande with their father, Doug DeBerti, who declined to be photographed.