Two years after the SLO County Board of Supervisors unrecognized the Oceano Advisory Council (OAC) due to claims of dysfunction, former members are taking jabs at Oceano's new advisory council. During a March 26 Board of Supervisors meeting, Oceano resident Lucia Casalinuovo said that the Vitality Advisory Council of Oceano's (VACO) new bylaws are appalling, discriminatory, and fail miserably at equal representation of the Oceano Community ..read more

Forty miles of fiber bearing broadband services is on the horizon for some neighborhoods in Oceano and Arroyo Grande—but not before a flurry of drones fly over the unincorporated areas to map them. From April 13 to 20, the drones will soar up to 3,000 feet overhead to capture data on poles and wires, roads, sidewalks, and curbs ..read more

One unique rail journey highlights Santa Barbara County wines, while another explores a single Paso Robles producer. Connected by a love of locomotives and the Central Coast's viticultural bounty, the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum and Halter Ranch Estate are kicking off distinct experiences in May ..read more

There's trouble ahead for Cambria if the Cambria Community Services District gets its way—and doesn't it just always, almost get its way ..read more

A 25-foot box truck is the site for sexual wellness and reproductive health care as it travels to the far reaches of San Luis Obispo County to assist homeless people and lower-income community members. Equipped with an exam room, a little laboratory, and an education and counseling space, the vehicle, dubbed Health Care on Wheels, is the Center for Health and Prevention's newest mobile clinic ..read more

Bruce Cockburn had been recording more than 20 years when I "discovered" him and his 1991 album Nothing but a Burning Light, which positively floored me. The songwriting, his voice, his guitar—how could he have flown under my radar for so long? He wrote these incredibly human, deeply resonant songs, poems really, like the lyrics to the bridge of "A Dream Like Mine": "When you know even for a moment/ That it's your time/ Then you can walk with the power/ Of a thousand generations ..read more

For more than two decades, a well on Coast Union High School's property has produced water for the residents of Cambria—up to 20 percent of the town's water supply annually, according to the Cambria Community Services District (CSD ..read more

One of San Luis Obispo's oldest art galleries just turned 40, and it's ready to celebrate how far it has come. Ralph Gorton first moved to SLO to work for Diablo Canyon in the 1980s and managed to become an art collector for the work of Patrick Nagel in his free time ..read more

Yeah! For Will Powers and his letter about the destruction of our tree canopy by San Luis Obispo and developers ("SLO is losing trees to development," April 4 ..read more

The Dana Reserve is an environmentally friendly project that will bring necessary housing and infrastructure to South County For all our sakes, the Dana Reserve must be good enough for a 5-0 vote in favor of approval. If it is not, the politicians we have elected are not serious about addressing our historic housing crisis ..read more