Los Osos News

This January, the South African government passed a law that would imprison weather forecasters for up to 10 years — or a fine up to about $100,000 — if they issue incorrect severe weather warnings without official permission.

County supervisors have postponed to April 17 deciding how they’ll modify the regulations of short-term rentals of private homes in certain coastal neighborhoods.

Road construction intended to restore access to the beach at Guadalupe Dunes County Park is underway and expected to continue through the month, according to the Santa Barbara County Parks Department.

Democratic state Senate candidate Bill Monning will meet voters at the third Margaret Mehring Forum from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Jan.

The Los Osos Community Services District Board of Directors has appointed Mitch Cooney as the agency’s interim general manager.

Dementia can sneak up on families because its sufferers are pretty adept at covering lapses early on.

Federal officials have released their proposal on how they plan to spend $1.9 billion to buy up Native American-owned fractionated land tracts and turn them over to tribes.

A Los Osos resident was arrested after the San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s narcotics unit found cocaine packaged for sale at the Taco Temple restaurant in Morro Bay.

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department arrested an employee at Taco Temple in Morro Bay Wednesday on suspicion he was dealing drugs out of the restaurant's kitchen.

Open the packaging for Jody Mulgrew's new CD, "Rocket Ship," and you'll find an interesting old photo on the inside.

Some retirees find comfort in the familiar, while others crave a fresh start. When Mike and Marie Preach retired from their careers as educators, their choice fell somewhere in between.

The Salvation Army says it set a new fundraising record with its 2011 Red Kettle campaign during the holidays, raising $147.6 million across the nation.

The Los Osos Community Services District board of directors will hold a special meeting tonight to accept the resignation of General Manager Dan Gilmore.

Most careers build step-by-step. Author and blogger Anne R. Allen writes in Los Osos.

A broken mast on a sailboat is never a good thing, but paraplegic sailor Jordan Koeninger managed to turn that potentially fatal accident into a series of positives.

An autopsy of a man accused of killing a Roman Catholic priest and taking the victim's car on a family vacation to Walt Disney World shows he died in a jailhouse suicide.

Taken into custody were Courtney Vail Cardoza, 36, and Ryan Oray Krebs, 35. Both were listed by police as transients.

According to district officials, local media should watch for a prepared statement pertaining to Gilmore's position.

John and Robin Godfrey moved to San Luis Obispo County in 1997, not for its beaches or wineries, but for its favorable growing conditions.

This colorized NASA image, taken Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows a flare shooting out of the top of the sun.