By KAREN VELIE The Pismo Beach Police Department is asking the public to avoid interacting with sick sea lions along Central Coast beaches. Because of a recent red tide event, there are numerous sea lions and other marine mammals on... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The man accused of violently assaulting a Pismo Beach police officer was on probation at the time of the attack. A court had previously convicted him for strangling his girlfriend and he was also facing felony charges... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Emergency personnel rescued two individuals who were stranded in the ocean after a kayak overturned off of Pismo Beach Saturday morning. Shortly before 10 a.m., a witness reported an overturned kayak and two individuals in the water... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Fire damaged a two-story house in Pismo Beach on Thursday. Shortly after noon, a caller reported the fire burning at a single-family home in the 1200 block of Costa Brava, according to Cal Fire. Firefighters arrived to... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A violent burglar smashed a Pismo Beach police officer’s head into a wall causing disabling injuries and later also injured the police chief. Even so, the assailant is unlikely to spend more than six month in jail... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE An overflow of approximately 100 gallons of raw sewage flowing into the ocean near Pismo Beach resulting in a warning to avoid contact with ocean water, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. At... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A fire at a hotel in Pismo Beach damaged 15 rooms early Wednesday morning. Shortly before 4 a.m., a caller reported a fire burning at the Grove at Pismo Beach. Firefighters evacuated guests and extinguished the blaze.... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The Pismo Beach City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to place a referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot to increase the sales tax by .5% and to extend a previously approved .5% sales tax measure, which city... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A 26-year-old Arroyo Grande man was killed in a crash in rural Pismo Beach on Monday evening, according to the CHP. Shortly after 9 p.m., the man was driving a motorcycle westbound on Price Canyon Road near... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo Superior Court jury on Friday awarded $350,000 to a contractor who Pismo Beach officials threatened to harm unless he agreed to accept less than the city owed him for his work. Four years... (Continue reading)