Los Osos News

One of the most alive places in San Luis Obispo county is the Los Osos Oaks preserve on Los Osos Valley Road.A A Many believe the tree spirits there are awake, and that fairies dance on the mushrooms which appear abundantly after the rains.

Susan Morrow of Pacific Grove is the new general manager of the Los Osos Community Services District.

Under a proposal from the U.S. department of Agriculture, staffers would be authorized to kill a half-dozen bird species within a five-mile radius of the airport.

The 52-year-old widow of the man who captained a United Airlines flight that crashed into a Pennsylvania field after being taken over by terrorists on 9/11 has died of what her charity says was natural causes.

Federal land managers have rejected an application by a Colorado company to use bacteria to produce methane from northeast Wyoming coal beds.

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.

She will assume her new duties June 7. Mitch Cooney has been interim general manager of the district since Dan Gilmore resigned from that position Jan.

A letter has surfaced showing a Los Osos woman tried to help her mentally-ill son just months before investigators say he killed her.

San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s officials are in the process of removing fuel and about a dozen bales of marijuana from a panga boat that was found abandoned on a beach about two miles north of Piedras Blancas.

Fire crews are responding to the blaze on the USS Miami SSN 755 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, located on an island in the small town of Kittery near Portsmouth, N.H. The Portsmouth Herald newspaper says several firefighters have been injured.

Michael Bret Van Heuver, 23, entered his plea to a charge of premeditated murder in connection with the death of his mother, Lisa Van Heuver.

We are surrounded by beautiful mountains, hills, canyons, and crevices. But how many have you gotten out and really checked it out.

A cold front, coupled with an area of high pressure over the Pacific, will produce winds as powerful as 60 mph.

Michael Van Heuver, 23 was originally charged with attempted murder after investigators say he severely beat his mother, 56-year-old Lisa Van Heuver.

Members of the Los Osos 4-H dropped by Animal Services recently to donate treats for the shelter dogs, to the delight of this beagle, who looks like he’s got a pretty good idea what the kids brought for him.

A South County lawyer was sentenced to five years' probation and credit for 213 days of time served in County Jail today after pleading no contest to felony grand theft by embezzlement.

The past comes alive in “Somewhere in Crime,” the new anthology from Central Coast Mystery Writers.

The election of Debbie Arnold or Ed Waage could tilt the balance of the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors and change how it approaches development and growth issues and how it acts toward the environment.

A suspected cockfighting operation was discovered by San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputies after someone living near the operation in Morro Bay reported it to authorities.

Espressivo! Chamber Theatre’s latest production has all the elements of a 1960s creature feature: a beautiful scientist, an ironjawed government agent, and a race of highly intelligent plant people.