Arroyo Grande Police purchased protective dog vests for a pair of police dogs to better ensure the dogs’ safety. Community donations were used to entirely fund the costs of the vests, approximately $4,000. Because of the weight of the vests,... (Continue reading)
Following the discovery of an 11-foot cross burning outside their home on Friday at 12:30 a.m., a mother and her African-American daughter say they are fearful in their own home and are planning to move. When the daughter and a friend... (Continue reading)
A mother is terrified after finding a cross burning outside her 19-year-old African American daughter’s bedroom window in Arroyo Grande at about 12:30 a.m. on Friday. Hearing banging and fearing someone was breaking into her car, the daughter went out onto... (Continue reading)
A proposed investigation into accusations that the administrator of the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District (SSLOCSD) has been using his position to funnel monies to his private engineering company is on the district’s Wednesday board meeting agenda. Allegations of... (Continue reading)
Cuesta College is searching for a new South County education center site after negotiations with owners of a proposed Grover Beach property were abandoned. Cuesta College officials had offered to pay 75 cents a square foot for the Grover Beach... (Continue reading)
A proposal to build a shopping center anchored by a grocery store on Grand Avenue was sent back to the drawing board by request of the developer at Tuesday’s Arroyo Grande Council meeting. “It is a step in the right... (Continue reading)
Protesters holding signs lined up along Grand Avenue in Arroyo Grande to protest the proposed Courtland Place Development on Thursday evening. The development is slated to be built on a four-acre parcel on the corner of Courtland Avenue and East... (Continue reading)
Santa Lucia Bank received an enforcement action by federal regulators telling its board of directors to improve oversight of the bank’s management staff and operations, according to a written agreement signed late last year. Bank officials agreed to correct all violations... (Continue reading)
Two people are homeless after a fire roared through their mobile home early Sunday morning. The mobile home, located at 3711 Alisos Road in a rural area of Arroyo Grande, was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters from Cal Fire,... (Continue reading)
By LISA RIZZO The South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District is under state scrutiny once again; this time for its alleged treatment of Hispanic and temporary workers. A complaint was filed with the California Division of Occupational Safety and... (Continue reading)