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Lake Nacimiento at risk: Group takes legal action

Written on 9 Apr, 2025 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

Opinion by Nacimiento Regional Water Management Advisory Committee The Nacimiento Regional Water Management Advisory Committee is in a critical legal battle against Monterey County’s mismanagement of Lake Nacimiento’s water levels. Excessive water releases and the controversial Interlake Tunnel Project threaten... (Continue reading)

Lompoc teen rescues drowning boy at Lake Nacimiento

Written on 25 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Park rangers gave a shout out to a Lompoc teen who rescued a drowning boy at Lake Nacimiento last week. On Aug. 18, 13 -year-old Lazaro Perez was visiting Lake Nacimiento Resort with his family when he... (Continue reading)

Fire destroys home by Lake Nacimiento

Written on 13 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A fire engulfed a multi-story home beside Lake Nacimiento Monday morning.  Shortly after  6 a.m., a caller reported a fire at a house in the 8800 block of Circle Oak Drive within the Oak Shores neighborhood. All... (Continue reading)

Fire burns home near Lake Nacimiento

Written on 2 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A fire on Friday burned 14 acres and destroyed a house in the Oak Shores community between Lake Nacimiento and Lake San Antonio.  Shortly after 3 p.m., a caller reported the blaze burning in the 4000 block... (Continue reading)

Officials investigating death of woman at Lake Nacimiento

Written on 18 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Monterey County park rangers and San Luis Obispo County coroner’s personnel are investigating the death of a woman who fell off a tube at Lake Nacimiento earlier this month. [KSBY] On July 9, Luz Maria Ruiz, 57,... (Continue reading)

Road collapses, cutting off residents near Lake Nacimiento

Written on 13 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN For the second time this year, Chimney Rock Road south of Lake Nacimiento collapsed, stranding residents in nearby communities.  In January, an atmospheric river eroded soil between Chimney Rock Road and culverts beneath it. The road collapsed,... (Continue reading)

Road closed, hundreds cutoff near Lake Nacimiento

Written on 12 Jan, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE The atmospheric river that pummeled San Luis Obispo County on Monday left hundreds of people near Lake Nacimiento stranded in their neighborhood. Early Monday morning the power went out for the more than 400 PG&E customers in... (Continue reading)

Three fires break out in SLO County on Sunday

Written on 24 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Three fires broke out in San Luis Obispo County on Sunday. One fire occurred early Sunday morning in Oceano, while two blazes burned on opposite ends of the county in the afternoon. Around 4 a.m., a boat and a trailer... (Continue reading)

Vehicle started the Chimney Fire, investigators say

Written on 30 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Cal Fire investigators have determined a vehicle started last summer’s Chimney Fire that burned more than 46,000 acres near Lake Nacimiento and destroyed about 50 homes. A vehicle driving on a dirt road south of the lake near Running Deer... (Continue reading)

Bradley woman pleads no contest in North County arson case

Written on 15 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A Bradley woman who reportedly admitted to starting several fires in North County last year pleaded no contest to two charges on Monday. [Tribune] Debra Kay Collins is facing up to six years in prison after pleading no contest to... (Continue reading)