Morro Bay's emergency fund pays for open space
On May 23 the Morro Bay City Council voted to purchase the eucalyptus-covered Cerrito Peak, also known as Eagle Rock, with $350,000 from the
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Better internet coming to Shandon schools
After years of struggling with sub-par internet service, students and staff at the Shandon Joint Unified School are finally getting an upgrade. The district
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Neither bigots nor haters
The former SLO High School instructor who wrote an opinion piece for the student paper should be chided for submitting an article expressing his
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Blast from the Past: Matewan
Writer-director John Sayles (Eight Men Out, The Secret of Roan Inish, Lone Star) helms this storyâbased on the true event of a 1920 coal miners'
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Nurturing our land
If you look at an aerial view of Our Global Family Village, the quarter-acre is split into four sections. Founder Teresa Lees has set up her farm to
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Nowhere to go: Gaps in resources for homeless services highlight SLO's geographical divide
Little pieces of tape marked off space on the floor of a 20-by-30-foot room at the Department of Social Services in Arroyo Grande, dividing the room
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In constant flux: SLO County's ever-changing draft marijuana ordinance causes confusion, ruffles …
The winding, rocky road to establishing marijuana regulations in SLO County continued with the release of a new draft ordinance on May 1âwhich
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Monument defenders unite!
The Carrizo Plain National Monument is one of the crown jewels of San Luis Obispo County. It's a place where pronghorn antelope and tule elk roam
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Air pollution officials threaten violation over dunes dust
SLO County's Air Pollution Control District is mulling slapping the California Department of Parks and Recreation with a formal violation for failing to
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San Luis Ranch goes to SLO Planning Commission
The 580-unit San Luis Ranch housing development is one step away from going in front of the SLO City Council for final consideration. The SLO
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County to slap Cal Valley pot growers with lawsuits
SLO County is serving five marijuana growers in the California Valley with lawsuits for allegedly violating the county's cannabis urgency ordinance,
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County declares end to drought emergency
After spending 38 months in a state of emergency due to the drought, the SLO County Board of Supervisors finally lifted that designation on May 23,
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