Oceano News

County environmental health officials have posted health advisories at four South County beaches after tests showed high levels of bacteria in the water.

The San Luis Obispo County Department of Environmental Health has issued advisories at three Central Coast beaches.

Delays in the Los Osos sewer project are causing slowdowns in repairs to roads in the seaside community, according to conclusions by the county civil grand jury.

Independence Day is almost here and local law enforcement is cracking down on illegal fireworks.

The following agencies and services will be affected by today's and Saturday's observances of Independence Day.

It is the season for 'safe and sane' fireworks sales in San Luis Obispo County, but those Fourth of July dazzlers can only be legally used in certain communities.

Youngsters and parents gathered at a Bay Area school last week to mourn the death of a middle-schooler who was injured while swimming in the ocean at PismoBeach, the Contra Costa Times reported.

A 42-year-old Santa Ana woman was killed Tuesday in a crash on Highway 101 north of Refugio Road that also injured her 12-year-old daughter, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A week from today, the sun will set and the night sky will explode with the colors of the rainbow in celebration of our country's independence.

After reviewing the county government's involvement in helping to fund the controversial Oceano Community Center, the civil grand jury recommends better coordination of cost estimates and a more secure funding structure for similar future projects.

The State Park and Recreation Commission has called a special teleconference meeting about the governor's proposal to shutter most state parks and put them in "caretaker status." In this county, state parks that would remain open are Hearst Castle, Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area and a portion of Pismo Beach, as well as Pismo State ...

A Santa Maria woman who was found dead in her home last month with numerous stab wounds to her upper body apparently killed herself, police said Wednesday.

The county grand jury stopped just short of alleging misconduct among county planning staff, but the jury's assessment of what happened at a series of land-use hearings is far from complimentary of the department.

The Grover Beach parks department and the Farmers Market Association have announced the 2009 Sizzlin' Summer Concert Series and Grover Beach Farmers Market.

An Oceano couple changed their plea Tuesday in an armed robbery case. Mary Beth Delgado and Steve Carrera Delgado pleaded no contest, which is similar to a guilty plea, to second degree robbery, officials from the District Attorney's Office said.

Q: I would like to have a vegetable garden, but deer have access to our yard. Do you have any suggestions for making my vegetable beds more deer resistant? - Vincent Avila, Oceano GOT A GARDENING QUESTION? Contact the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners at 781-5939 on Monday and Thursday from 1 to 5 p. m.; at 473-7190 in ...

Santa Barbara, California's DEVILDRIVER will headline the second annual Thrash And Burn Tour , which is set to run from July 24 through August 30, 2009.

Recent rainfall has created trouble for residents in Oceano near Highway 1, as water floods the roadway.

Under The Boardwalk plays at the Great American Melodrama, Highway One in Oceano, through June 14.

CYPRESS, Calif. - June 2, 2009 - The California State Legislature's Budget Conference Committee is meeting today to consider closing more than 200 state parks, including the Oceano Dunes SVRA, aka Pismo Beach , a popular Central California OHV area and "the only California State Park where vehicles may be driven on the beach." As the leading ...