Avila Beach News

As thousands of San Luis Obispo County residents try to catch a glimpse of the Tour of California on Thursday, one young San Luis Obispo resident will receive a special up-close look at the action.

San Luis Obispo County officials have two main messages they hope spectators remember Thursday if they intend to watch the Tour of California professional cycling race: Ride your bike, if possible, and don’t assume you can park anywhere you want.

Clerks at three San Luis Obispo County stores were caught selling tobacco to minors during a recent sting, the county Sheriff’s Office reported Monday.

Crowds gathered in Escondido on May 12 to root for the professional cycling teams competing in the 2013 Amgen Tour of California.

Pescadero: The Pigeon Point Lighthouse, which includes a hostel in the former keepers' houses, is one attraction of nearby Pescadero.

I have been following the saga of a private/public land battle that Bakersfield's Judi and Rob McCarthy are having in San Luis Obispo County.

A man convicted of killing his mother and placing the body in a septic tank in 2011 was sentenced Thursday to life in state prison without possibility of parole.

For eight days starting Sunday, May 12, millions of California residents will not need passports to experience a major European sporting spectacle.

An unknown mechanical issue is the likely cause of a recreational vehicle fire that delayed traffic this morning on northbound Highway 101, according to CHP.

A body has been found floating in the ocean off the Cal Poly Pier in Avila Beach, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s office.

Shortly after an article was published about a Colorado couple hoping to thank a local man for his quick-thinking actions in 1991, two San Luis Obispo County residents called to identify the man as Bob Martin, an Avila Beach resident who died in 2011.

The waves crashing on the shore felt like the rumbling from the footsteps of giants walking across the Pacific on March 1, 1983.

Former Raiders assistant coach, Randy Hanson, is most well known for throwing his face onto former Raiders head coach Tom Cable's fist , breaking his jaw during training camp back in 2009.

Fog and low clouds will persist along the coastline for much of the day, with some afternoon clearing.

The 27th annual California Festival of Beers on Memorial Day weekend is expected to be the largest yet in both size and number of attendees.

Traffic has been backed up for more than an hour on southbound Highway 101 just south of San Luis Obispo after a bus carrying 20 people broke down on the side of the highway, according to the CHP.