Nipomo News

The legal guardian of two girls wants to tell her side of the story, after being arrested on suspicion of child endangerment.

Several years after Nipomo nurse Margaret Troutman was licensed in 1986, she began stealing prescription painkillers from Marian Medical Center to feed a drug habit, according to state records.

The 25th annual October Festival will offer fun for the family from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Nipomo Community Park.

Helping save lives on the greens. The first annual Save a Life golf tournament was held at the Monarch Dunes Golf Club in Nipomo Friday.

A traffic stop in nipomo leads to a drug bust and two children taken into protective custody.

The draft environmental impact report for a 102-unit subdivision on the Laetitia Vineyard & Winery property is now available for public review and comment.

Many people get all wound up in their work, but Nipomo artist Sharon Duncan's work gets all wound up in strands of wire - gold-filled, sterling silver and copper.

Marina Bobadilla Washburn will guide the Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos in development of a historical park after being named the group's new executive director.

Rick Tibben of Nipomo poses Sept. 25 with his pumpkin "Jabba" at home. Tibben plans to enter Jabba, which he estimates to weigh "about 800 pounds," in the Great Pumpkin Contest this month at the San Luis Obispo ...

A man from Nipomo hopes his estimated 750 pound pumpkin will put him in the record books.

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Deputies arrest a man they say broke into a Nipomo home.

The Central Coast really isn't the ideal place to grow monster pumpkins like the world-record 1,689-pounder born in a Rhode Island pumpkin patch, according to Nipomo giant-pumpkin grower Rick Tibben.

The Party With A Purpose Gala will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Morro Bay Golf Course Clubhouse.

Dave Ortega's eggplant-and-cream-colored, 1955 Chevy glittered in the sunlight Saturday at the Santa Maria Cruzin' for Life, which raises money to fight cancer.

But if the housing market keeps falling and mortgage defaults keep rising, buying mortgage-backed securities remains a risky business for the government.

Residents from across the South County and beyond are needed Saturday to help keep San Luis Obispo County beautiful and its waterways garbage-free during Creek Day 2008.

Three months ago, it looked as though Republican State Sen. Abel Maldonado would have a clear path to re-election, as the Democrats declined to field a candidate early and a late challenger failed to gather ...

Nipomo Senior Center will feature the AARP Senior Driver Safety Course from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct.

San Luis Obispo County will pay $660,000 to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed by the former third-highest ranking officer at the Sheriff's Department.

Ten students from Nipomo High School volunteered to enhance the Nipomo Creekside Preserve by working to help restore natural processes at the site on a recent weekend.