The Big Musical 10th Annual Clergy Waiters Night was an evening of great music, food and philanthropy. The benefit, held at the Radisson Hotel in Santa Maria on June 26, raised money to support...
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A man who allegedly forced an 18-year-old girl to engage in prostitution has been charged with human trafficking and pandering, according to Santa Barbara Police Lt. Paul McCaffrey. On June 25, a...
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A California Highway Patrol officer was struck by a motorist at Spanish Camp and River Roads in Paso Robles around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. According to the CHP, a woman driving a Toyota Corolla turned...
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The Arroyo Grande Chamber’s annual tradeshow featured more than 50 booths from area businesses. Attendees at the South County Regional Business Center enjoyed giveaways, samples, prices and...
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A new weekly feature from CalCoastNews where we spotlight upcoming special events.
Summer has arrived and with it comes fun, drinks, friends and maybe the occasional educational opportunity.
Libraries in San Luis Obispo County are offering a summer program from June 19 to Aug. 21 for children 4-years-old and up. Events include making picture books, joining a book club and story-time. Children 5 and younger will have the opportunity to make their own picture book with a parent and older children can join a book club. Each child who finishes their book will receive a free book and a tote bag with gift certificates from participating restaurants such as Round Table Pizza and
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Mohammad Noori will step down as dean of the engineering college on June 30 and Erling Smith, the vice provost for programs and planning, will assume the duties of the dean until a new dean is found, according to an email to engineering faculty from Cal Poly interim provost Robert Koob earlier today.
“We expect a search to begin this fall and a new dean to be named sometime in the first half of 2011, or as soon as possible after a new Cal Poly president is named,” Koob said in the email.
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A California appellate court upheld a San Luis Obispo County jury decision to award the families of two women who were killed when a Paso Robles building collapsed on them almost $2 million in...
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Judge Edward Bullard ruled Tuesday that Lee Leeds, 34, accused of murdering his father and three others during a shooting rampage at a junk yard in Santa Maria, is not competent to stand trial at this time.
Leeds, arrested in March 2008, is the son of Sharon Ostman, a homeless woman who was murdered in downtown San Luis Obispo.
Ostman’s half-naked body was found partially submerged in San Luis Obispo Creek on July 11, 2005. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted, and murdered. She was 59.
Read MoreIn response to an accidental release of carbon dioxide, a chemical used for fire suppression, officials at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in Avila Beach activated the emergency plan Wednesday morning.
Nevertheless, there are no reports of damage to the facility and the plant is continuing to operate.
The unintentional release occurred during a release testing operation in an area used to store lube oils.
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Set against the rolling green slopes of the Avila hills, slightly reminiscent of the texture of dreads and rimmed by enough palm trees to feel like the tropics, the Summer Solstice Reggae Festival at Avila Beach Resort was one of the ultimate ways to usher in summer.
Sunshine, the sea, and the gentle presence of smoke wafting innocuously on the breeze heightened the mood as California bands Top Shelf and Still Time took the stage, followed by Alborosie and The Dirty Heads. And the audience couldn’t have been better in tune with the theme. Mixing rasta style with Avila class, the crowd was young, attractive and as laid-back as summer itself.
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For 16 years, notable performers have made music and revelry at San Luis Obispo’s Downtown Brew, but a few days ago, rumors started circulating that the popular night spot had closed its doors. And while the club is in the process of changing owners, its name, its look and its menu – it is not shutting down.
Compass Health, a partner in the San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles and Santa Barbara Downtown Brew clubs closed their Santa Barbra location and as of June 30, will no longer be affiliated with the San Luis Obispo venue.
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Flooded by sunlight and in constant view of the sea, this week’s Fish and Farmer’s Market at Avila Beach was a whirl of fresh berries, roasted corn, live music and an easygoing vibe.
Popular among locals and out-of-towners alike, the market makes for a vibrant way to spend a Friday afternoon — and still have time for the beach a scant stone’s throw away. Touted for its fresh seafood and local produce, wares also included olive oil, herbs, honey, vinegars, sauces, handmade dog ‘Sc-arfs’ and a myriad of flowers. An elephant-shaped bounce-house and soft rock by Matt Cross and the One Night Band completed the scene.
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The lawyer for a developmentally disabled Atascadero man, who was physically assaulted in March by an off-duty San Luis Obispo police officer, is planning on suing Atascadero police to make the 911 call of the incident public.
The victim of the assault, Scott Summers, 50, who is seeking compensation from the San Luis Obispo police officer, claims he can be heard in the background of the tape screaming for help while his stepmother frantically asks police for assistance.
Terry Francke, an attorney with CalAware and a leading advocate on First Amendment issues that support keeping government open and transparent, said that tapes of 911 calls for assistance should be released under normal circumstances and that San Luis Obispo attorney James McKiernan, who is representing Summers, has a fair chance of winning a suit against the Atascadero Police Department.
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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo brings an estimated $469 million annually to the local economy through campus expenditures and off-campus student spending, according to a recently released report from the...
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Meg Whitman, the GOP nominee for governor, contributed another $20 million to her war chest for a total of more than $91 million in personal donations. [WallStreetJournal] Whitman’s has said she...
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