Atascadero News

A new retail development proposed for downtown Atascadero is slated to go before the city’s Planning Commission on Tuesday night.

The project will eliminate a safety hazard on the 260-foot-long bridge just south of Center Street by adding sufficient bridgewidth to accommodate sidewalks.

A San Luis Obispo man, who recently turned himself in to San Luis Obispo police claiming he robbed a bank in Atascadero, now claims he is innocent.

Editor's note: This is the first installment in a five-part series. Coming Monday: How the falling groundwater levels have affected four North County homeowners and businesses.

If you want to give Dad a non-traditional gift for Father's Day -- we're talking about skipping the ties, cufflinks and socks, here -- consider giving him the gift of his own, personalized space; his "Man Cave."

With its wine grapes, relatively affordable housing and recovering labor market, San Luis Obispo County sits at the leading edge of the recovering in the Tri-Counties and statewide.

The largest lingcod caught by a sports fisherman off the Central Coast in a number of years was bagged early Sunday afternoon by an Atascadero angler.

What should soon-to-be-ex-Atascadero City Manager Wade McKinney do with all the money he's going to make at his new job? The following article was posted on June 12th, 2013, in the New Times - Volume 27, Issue 46 [ Submit a Story ] The human body has always had the ability to repulse and excite.

What should soon-to-be-ex-Atascadero City Manager Wade McKinney do with all the money he's going to make at his new job? The following article was posted on June 12th, 2013, in the New Times - Volume 27, Issue 46 [ Submit a Story ] Jake McGuire is Yank, a disillusioned engine stoker, in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape.

It's been more than five years since the state's proposal to buy 584 acres of county-owned dunes land for recreational vehicle use crossed county planners' desks, and though that sale has long sat idle thanks to opposition from the environmental community, it seems there's a quiet effort to lobby the Board of Supervisors to once again take up the ... (more)

A central piece of property in downtown Atascadero scarred by a fire may be reborn if a new commercial development proposal becomes a reality.

It's officially official. It is with great sadness, glee, melancholy, and a little more glee that I inform you that this esteemed column is about to lose one of its longtime stars.

BanjerDan is traveling through Montana, Washington and Nevada, and as he heads down the California Coast he will be making a stop in Santa Paula for one night at the Santa Paula Theater Center, Saturday, June 8, to present 'Wow! Banjos Rock!' The concert is appropriate for all ages, with the doors opening at 7 p.m.; the performance begins at 7:30.

Atascadero’s elected officials remained tight-lipped Tuesday night about what’s next for the city now that City Manager Wade McKinney has formally resigned .

A man claiming to have robbed two local banks turned himself in to police Tuesday.

Investigators with the San Luis Obispo Police Department are interviewing a suspect who turned himself in Tuesday, claiming to be the person who recently robbed banks in San Luis Obispo and Atascadero.

Arroyo Grande City Council. Meets Tuesday. 473-5400. Consider plans to demolish two existing buildings and construct two retail buildings and a drive-through restaurant at 1205 E. Grand Ave.; consider fiscal year 2013-14 budget.

An industrial structure fire started by an explosion Friday in Atascadero caused $800,000 in damages and took 50 firefighters two hours to get under control, according to the Atascadero Fire Department.

UPDATE 8:15 p.m.: A man walked into the Bank of America branch at 6905 Capistrano Ave. in Atascadero on Friday and demanded money from one of the tellers, according to Atascadero police.

Atascadero City Manager Wade McKinney formally resigned Thursday to take a city manager job in the Southern California resort town of Indian Wells, according to the city.