Avila Beach News

Volunteers with the Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers are closing in on an important goal: They want visitors to the historic site to be transported 120 years back in time to when the light station was first commissioned.

The following services and agencies are being affected this week by Thursday's Thanksgiving Day holiday and extended observances.

The SLO City Council voted Nov. 17 to approve the Chinatown project, putting the final city endorsement on a near-decade-long effort to develop the 2.12-acre plot east of the mission.

This weekend, the Straight Down Fall Classic golf tournament will join the fight to cure ALS.

Cal Poly faculty members are on the cutting edge of oceanic research. The Cal Poly Center for Coastal Marine Sciences is set to launch a special underwater vehicle Tuesday, called the Remus 600.

Editor's note: This is the second and final article in a series of stories examining how the development of Pasolivo olive ranch was funded through Estate Financial Inc.

San Luis Obispo County Environmental Health officials issue advisories for three Central Coast beaches.

While Victoria is one of Canada's few year-round golf communities, for those who like their rounds a little warmer, you can't beat the weather - " and proximity - " of California.

We live in a county with many microclimates, which become especially prevalent during the late summer and early fall months.

A Cadillac Escalade races down the Avila Beach Pier with a camera car in pursuit Friday during filming of a commercial for Bridgestone tires.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a rise in the sea level of up to 24 inches at Port San Luis around 9:07 tonight as a result of the tsunami generated by the earthquake today off America Samoa.

AVILA BEACH, Calif. a " A reactor at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant has been restarted three days after it was shut down to repair one of its six feedwater heaters.Unit 1 at the twin-reactor Central Coast plant was restarted Tuesday at 4:22 a.m. The Unit 2 reactor has continued to operate at full power.Unit 1 was taken down Saturday to ...

Large wildfires can create their own weather. As summer comes to an end and fall begins on Tuesday, we enter into a difficult time for our firefighters.

Hundreds of volunteers are needed once again today to help rid the county's beaches of marine debris during the 25th annual California Coastal Cleanup.

Michael Nowak, music director of the San Luis Obispo Symphony, kicked off the Pops by the Sea show called Pops Goes Hollywood at the Avila Beach Golf Resort on Sunday by paying tribute to 'King Kong' from the resort's roof.

Whether it was to paddle an outrigger canoe, glide over to the sandspit for a walk or harness the wind with a sail, Morro Bay was full of activity on Labor Day.

The San Luis Obispo Symphony turned the Avila Beach Golf Resort into a music hall Sunday for the 18th annual Pops by the Sea Concert.

Last week's column focused on the phenomena of El Nino and how it could have a major effect on our local seawater temperatures and rainfall.

Get ready to rock at this year's Pops by the Sea concert. The Damon Castillo Band will join the San Luis Obispo Symphony onstage Sept.