Nipomo News

The Cambria Land Trust is coordinating the work and has hired Stillwater Sciences, a Berkeley- based consulting firm, to collect pertinent information about waterways of the Santa Rosa Creek watershed.

While many government agencies are struggling financially as the economy circles the drain, Nipomo Community Services District directors last week approved a 2009-10 budget that shows a surplus of more than $1.1 million.

Kristin Diane Harris and Theodore Joseph Garbeff II were married on March 14, 2009 at the Dana-Powers House in Nipomo, CA.

Pre-sale discount tickets are now available for the 118th annual Santa Barbara County Fair, which will run from July 15 through 19 at the Santa Maria Fairpark.

Staff Sgt. Jason March of Sacramento arrived at the San Luis Jet Center the way many visitors to the Central Coast have before him.

The antique coupes and muscle cars that dotted the streets of downtown Pismo Beach Saturday had meaning beyond their flawlessly painted exteriors and souped-up engines.

Law enforcement teams arrest seven men after a drug sting. Investigators arrested 52-year-old Gilberto Mendez of Santa Maria after setting up a sting to buy methamphetamine from him.

A Santa Maria man's bid to raise up to 99 show birds on a 5-acre Nipomo Mesa site was dealt another blow last week when the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission rejected his appeal of a staff-level denial.

Colorful flags, glimmering banners and even a biplane flying over with aerial congratulations marked the commencements for nearly 1,1,00 more graduates around San Luis Obispo County onFriday.

A former city engineer and public works director for Pismo Beach has been selected as Guadalupe's contract city engineer.

Investigators are looking into a robbery that occurred Tuesday at the Rabobank on Highway 246 in Buellton.

Local government was 'belly up' in 1854, when David F. Newsom arrived in town. Newsom's studies in bookkeeping made him a desirable candidate for the vacant county clerk's position.

Arroyo Grande attorney and rancher Mike Zimmerman, announced Friday that he will run for the Fourth District County Supervisory seat being vacated next year by Katcho Achadjian.

How much owners of developed and undeveloped properties will have to pay for construction of the supplemental water pipeline from Santa Maria is expected to be considered by Nipomo Community Services District directors at their June 10 meeting.

A 14-year-old Mesa Middle School student was the Central Coast's only representative at a prestigious four-day leadership conference held in Irvine in April.

Teens who completed the Community Action Partnership's Lifebound Leadership program in Nipomo were honored at a graduation ceremony held Friday at the Dana Adobe.

Medical marijuana, since the beginning in 1996, has been a gray area of the law, constantly redefined by court rulings and shifting law enforcement policies.

A historic landscape in Nipomo is forever protected, thanks largely in part to one San Luis Obispo County man.

Hotel parking lots are packed with new and nostalgic vehicle models belonging to the West Coast Kustoms car show's participants this weekend as the city gladly welcomed the guests and the economic boost.

Although the Five Cities Dog Park has been packed with canines daily since it opened more than a week ago, the facility became official Saturday morning with a leash-cutting ceremony.