Grover Beach News

Funeral arrangements have yet to be made for the Grover Beach Marine who died last week in Afghanistan.

A former San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's deputy appeared in federal court on charges of child pornography on Monday.

Troops with local ties killed in Iraq or Afghanistan include: ARMY SGT. ROBERT T. AYRES III.

Among them is former San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Deputy Bryan Jon Goossens. His arrest comes after a state-wide investigation led by federal and local authorities.

As of Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at least 500 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Aug. 9 at 10 a.m. EDT.

Of those, the military reports 355 were killed by hostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 65 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, two were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen.

The Department of Defense confirms the death of 27-year-old Lance Corporal Jacob Toves.

A marine from Grover Beach was killed in Afghanistan Thursday, the Department of Defense announced today.

The Pacific Coast Hotel planned for the northwest corner of Highway 1 and West Grand Avenue in Grover Beach is back on track after the California Coastal Commission approved a coastal development permit for the ...

The Grover Beach Farmers Market will launch from 3 to 6:30 p.m. this Sunday at Ramona Garden Park in conjunction with the Sizzlin' Summer Concert Series.

Residents of Grover Beach finally got their wish last week, when the City Council passed a vote that would allow the city to have a Farmers' Market hosted there. Many of the surrounding towns on the Central Coast have held successful Farmers' Markets for years, and Grover Beach residents are looking forward to the boost it will bring to their local businesses. The official launch is this Sunday afternoon, August 17, at the Ramona Garden Park.

For the 17th year in a row, the residents in Grover Beach will party in the heart of town with live music, great wine, and savory foods from all over the world. Yes, the multi-cultural Stone Soup Music Faire is back in full force at the Ramona Garden Park next weekend, August 23 - 24. Starting at 10am each day, the festival will also feature a petting zoo, cold beer, pony rides, and the ever-popular Dune Run Run, a 5-10K course along the streets and coast of Grover Beach. For further information, visit the Grover Beach Chamber of Commerce website.

City Council and mayoral hopefuls in San Luis Obispo County filed papers for local public offices by Friday's deadline.

The California Coastal Commission appears poised to give a green light to a Grover Beach seaside hotel that was approved by the City Council but stalled when two Coastal Commissioners appealed the project.

An agreement that will launch the environmental review of a plan to expand the Grover Beach train station was approved this week by the City Council in its role as the Grover Beach Improvement Agency board.

Grover Beach officials are frustrated with the state's bureaucracy and its plan to take away the city's share of tax money, and two of them plan to travel to Sacramento to personally get that point across.

Bookstore owner Larry Hensley is seeking a permit to construct a new bookstore and coffee shop at Chorro Street and Foothill Boulevard in San Luis Obispo.

The family of a woman injured in an alleged hit and run drunk driving accident speaks to Action News.

A two-car head-on collision on Highway 1 south of Grand Ave. in Grover Beach around 10 p.m. Sunday led to the temporary closure of the highway by the California Highway Patrol.

Civic-minded citizens in the Five Cities area who would like to try their hand at local politics have until 5 p.m. Friday to pull nomination papers for the Nov.

A new shade pavilion at Grover Heights Park proved its worth last Friday afternoon as about three dozen people gathered to celebrate its completion.