San Luis Obispo County News

Wildland firefighters in the Los Padres National Forest, which courses through San Luis Obispo County, made the transition into a “high-response posture” last week, the Forest Service has announced, marking the start of fire season.

An abandoned 35-foot boat full of about 1,800 pounds of marijuana was found on the coast two miles north of Piedras Blancas on Thursday, May 24, marking the first recent evidence of drug smuggling in the waters along the San Luis Obispo County coast, local officials said.

The California Retired Teachers’ Association has provided 75 scholarships to students from Paso Robles, Atascadero, Templeton, Shandon, Cambria and Cayucos for the past 20 years.

The San Luis Obispo Police Department is investigating four commercial burglaries that appear to have happened after the businesses closed on Tuesday.

Prosecutors tossed out a $344 littering citation against a driver whose money fell to the ground after he reached through his open car window to hand it to a panhandler.

With the primary election less than a week away, the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder's Office has initiated an investigation with the Secretary of State after a heap of voter registration cards were mishandled.

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.

Whether you are an avid collector of antiques or someone who simply appreciates unique objects from a bygone era, you may want to check out the Remnants of the Past Vintage Show on Saturday and Sunday at the Alex Madonna Expo Center in San Luis Obispo.

A vehicle has run into a group of students Wednesday at a Southern California high school, injuring at least eight people, including three critically, officials said.

An unmanned U.S. Air Force spaceplane that has been in orbit for over a year is coming back to Earth.

The public has a chance to tell the city of Paso Robles what qualities they want in a new police chief on Saturday during a special town hall-style meeting.

Rescuers pulled a 50-year-old woman from a vehicle after it crashed Tuesday morning on Highway 101 in Paso Robles, according to a news release from the city’s fire department.

Penstemon , and convolvulus cneorum grow around the base of the statue. On the table, orange osteospermum grows in pots.

Grover Beach Elementary School’s International Festival kicked off Friday morning with a special tribute that Principal Juan Olivarria didn’t expect.

A Hawaii zip line tower collapsed because of weak soil, sending a worker plunging 200 feet to his death, concluded an investigation released Tuesday by the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

A woman riding a scooter received minor injuries Tuesday when she collided with a semitrailer on Tank Farm Road at Windmill Lane in San Luis Obispo, according to the San Luis Obispo Police Department.

Authorities are searching for two murder suspects who escaped from a southwest Arkansas jail by a using a hacksaw blade to saw through metal bars covering a window.

The sleepy Central Coast town of Arroyo Grande, population 17,000, is the ideal place to shut out the mayhem of city life for a few days.

Gary Bayus of Pismo Beach has been elected to serve a two-year term as president of the California Association of Business Brokers.

Los Osos Girl, Cub and Boy Scouts hold the Stars and Stripes during the Presentation of Colors at the Memorial Day ceremony at the Los Osos Valley Mortuary and Memorial Park.