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Warning: Tap water in the Five Cities area may smell, taste odd

Written on 11 Nov, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County warns that some residents in the Five Cities area may notice a slight change to the taste or smell of their tap water as the county changes the disinfectant used in the Lopez... (Continue reading)

Change is hard, but a long time coming for Los Osos

Written on 17 Jun, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by JULIE TACKER The headlines read, “Building moratorium could be lifted” and then “Coastal Commission approves plan to lift Los Osos building moratorium.” What reporters didn’t say is that there is not a “building moratorium” presently or in the... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach and Arroyo Grande vote to leave recycle water agency

Written on 15 May, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE Both Grover Beach and Arroyo Grande city councils voted this week to quit the joint powers association tied to the Central Coast Blue reclaimed water project. Last month, the Arroyo Grande City Council voted to quit the... (Continue reading)

Investigators close in on source of water pollution near SLO airport

Written on 30 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A few years after the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board discovered 12 wells near SLO County Regional Airport contained levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) that exceeded state limits, investigators appear to have discover the site, if not the source,... (Continue reading)

Are officials planning to export water from the Paso Robles basin?

Written on 30 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION by JIM OLESNANIK On Oct. 8, I attended a meeting at the Creston Elementary School. The meeting was billed as a “workshop” on “Sustainable Management Criteria” and presented by the Paso Basin Cooperative Committee. The workshop was presented by... (Continue reading)

Cambria CSD approves another water and sewer rate hike

Written on 10 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

As it has done multiple times in recent years, the Cambria Community Services District Board of Directors approved water and sewer rate increases last week. On Oct. 4, the CSD held a ratepayer protest hearing, as required by California’s Proposition... (Continue reading)

Landowners victorious in North County water trial

Written on 1 Oct, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION by  GREG GREWAL All citizens pay attention. The jury’s decision on Sept. 24 was a devastating blow to the governmental agencies who are claiming a “win.” Here is a bit of history for context, important details and a call... (Continue reading)

Hearst Castle’s Neptune Pool filling with water

Written on 14 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The iconic 345,000-gallon Neptune Pool at Hearst Castle is getting filled with water again after sitting empty for the better part of five years because of leaks and the California drought. [Cal Coast Times] Several years ago, workers determined the... (Continue reading)

Police searching for driver who hit fire hydrant in SLO

Written on 2 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo police are searching for a driver who slammed into a fire hydrant Thursday morning and then fled the scene as the hydrant burst. [Cal Coast Times] At about 6 a.m., he driver hit a fire hydrant on... (Continue reading)

California regulators working on water rules for pot grows

Written on 3 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The California State Water Resources Control Board has released draft water regulations for growing marijuana in attempt to reign in the environmental damage that pot farms have caused and prepare for a new wave of legal cannabis grows. As required... (Continue reading)