San Luis Obispo News

Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a spacecraft that will be propelled by the subtle pressure of sunlight.

A memorial fund has been set up for David Kubiak, the fisherman who died in Morro Bay sometime overnight Monday.

A national organization with roots right here on the Central Coast is encouraging homeowners to trade in their traditional yards for greener alternatives.

Monumental plans to overhaul California's water system - decades in the dreaming and months in the works - finally emerged from an exhausted Legislature early Wednesday, defying regional squabbles to become the signature accomplishment in a year mostly lamented for budget cuts.

The deadline to vote by mail in the November 3 election is Friday, October 30. In San Luis Obispo County, Paso Robles residents can also head to the polls to vote on Measure-A, whether to increase monthly water rates.

Your family can help bring a dose of holiday cheer to senior citizens on the Central Coast.

As holidays go, El Dia de los Muertos - known in English as "The Day of the Dead" - is far from bleak.

Expecting a rowdy weekend because Halloween was on a Saturday this year, San Luis Obispo police and other local law enforcement agencies boosted their presence around Cal Poly and downtown.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department says the big party on Isla Vista this Halloween weekend, prompted more than a thousand arrests and citations.

Nearly a year after 29-year-old Atascadero resident Nicole Peck went missing and was found dead in a pool of water in a farm field near San Luis Obispo, police still are seeking answers as to what happened.

The Fifth Annual Sustainable Ag Expo will offer educational seminars for Spanish speakers this year on Nov.

Current Situation: The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department announces that a limited numbers of additional H1N1 vaccines have been delivered in San Luis Obispo County, both to the Public Health Department and private providers.

Police officers surrounded an apartment complex in San Luis Obispo on Thursday afternoon as they looked for a robbery suspect.

Parole was denied this afternoon for Fresno man who killed a man, cut out his heart and put it in his pocket in 1984.

A Marine captain and San Luis Obispo High School alumnus is recovering in a hospital in Germany after he lost one of his lower legs and suffered other serious injuries in a helicopter crash Monday in Afghanistan.

A 21-year-old San Luis Obispo man remains in intensive care at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center after he was assaulted early Sunday morning in Bubble Gum Alley downtown, according to San Luis Obispo Police Capt.

A nurse strike, planned as a statewide protest to protect nurses from the swine flu was called off on Tuesday.

If you've lost a lot of weight and want to keep it off, banishing high-fat foods and getting rid of your TV might help, along with eating less and staying active, new research hints.

Law enforcement in San Luis Obispo is looking for a man who wore a baseball cap and sunglasses at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday and robbed the Chase Bank at 1235 Chorro St.

Two men, waiting until the sun went down, scaled a fence and crossed a roof "ninja style" Sunday night to break out a pet pit bull in the Animal Services Center located next to the Sheriff's Department headquarters, according to sheriff's officials.