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Surfer dude steals bags, runs toward Pirate’s Cove

Written on 10 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A man wearing Hawaiian-style flowered board shorts, a black hat and no shirt smashed a car window, stole two bags and took off running in the direction of Pirate’s Cove on Saturday afternoon. Sheriff’s deputies tracked down the thief, but... (Continue reading)

Elderly man drowns in Avila Beach hotel pool

Written on 28 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

An 88-year-old man was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon shortly after he was found at the bottom of a hotel pool in Avila Beach. [KSBY] At 1:22 p.m., Cal Fire responded a call about a possible drowning at the San Luis... (Continue reading)

Jackson Browne, Michael Franti offer musical diversity

Written on 4 Sep, 2016 in Discovered, Featured | One comment

By Colin Jones It was a tale of two shows, one steeped in rock royalty and the other in spirit rock. Therein lies the beauty of live music outdoors on consecutive cool summer nights on the Central Coast. Choices abound,... (Continue reading)

Armed robbery at Sycamore Springs Resort

Written on 13 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A man wielding a handgun robbed the Sycamore Springs Resort in Avila Beach Friday night. In a replay of a robbery at the Spyglass Inn in Pismo Beach a week earlier, officers searched for the robber but did not find... (Continue reading)

Man rescued from Pirate’s Cove cliff

Written on 11 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Emergency personnel rescued one of two people who were reportedly stuck on a cliff at Pirate’s Cove Sunday evening. Rescue workers called off the search for the second person, who is believed not to exist. Around 5 p.m., Cal Fire... (Continue reading)

Phony bomb threats leads to Avila beach evacuation

Written on 2 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Avila Beach was the subject of a bomb scare Friday night after a man called the Pismo Beach Police Department with a claim that he had planted two bombs at the Inn at Avila Beach and another bomb on the... (Continue reading)

Macaroni & Cheese Festival 2016, event photos

Written on 24 Jun, 2016 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | One comment

American General Media Radio produced the grand wine and cheese lovers event of the year on the Central Coast, the Gourmet Macaroni and Cheese Festival at Avila Beach Resort. See the photo gallery here... (Continue reading)

Dee Torres-Hill rips nonprofit volunteer at fundraiser

Written on 24 May, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 108 comments

By CCN STAFF Tempers flared Saturday night when Dee Torres-Hill, wife of San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill, allegedly confronted a woman and a political opponent of Hill’s during a fundraising dinner for the Senior Nutrition Program. Torres-Hill took... (Continue reading)

SLO County presses on with Diablo desal plan

Written on 23 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to move ahead with plans to pipe water from the Diablo Canyon desalination plant to a South County water system. The board authorized spending $900,000 on project planning and... (Continue reading)

No Hill in Avila Beach, debate civil

Written on 29 Jan, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 56 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Avila Beach Community Center was packed during Thursday night’s San Luis Obispo County District 3 supervisor debate, the first of the political season. The debate was unmoderated, without time limits and included only questions from members... (Continue reading)