Oceano News

Charis Wilson, the muse, model and last wife of art photographer Edward Weston and the author of several books including "California and the West," which she co-wrote with her husband, has died.

San Luis Obispo County's unemployment rate fell to 9 percent in September, down from 9.5 percent in August, according to the latest report from the state's Employment Development Department.

A month-long investigation by a number of State and local agencies, authorities confiscated 121 grams of crystal methamphetamine, numerous guns and arrested five individuals.

Any state study of the La Grande Tract at the Oceano Dunes before its sale should include traffic, air quality, and other effects on the beach and surrounding communities, South County residents told the state Department of Parks and Recreation on Thursday.

Clovis voters will decide today on who will fill two council seats and whether the city can raise raise its sales tax by a penny to help fund municipal services.

Emotions run high at a meeting about the state's possible purchase of a part of the Oceano Dunes.

Having recently returned from 2 weeks in the Midwest - I am reminded that in many parts of the country, this is harvest times when farmers are concerned about getting the crops out of the fields in between fall rains and before the first snows arrive.

Throughout the day KEY News crews have been closely monitoring the rain showers in Santa Maria, Santa Ynez, and southern San Luis Obispo County.

The first Central Coast Railroad Festival is underway, and it's set to bring a lot of fun for the whole family throughout the weekend.

Morro Bay police have closed Embarcadero and Coleman streets along the city's waterfront as a precaution in response to the tsunami advisory issued today.

What if the sweet and pretty Mary Poppins had a twin sister - not necessarily an evil twin, but a rougher, tougher version who shared her sister's magical powers? The Melodrama finds her, Scary Poppins, in its fall show, which has in the past few years become a spoof of popular musicals.

The Oceano Community Services District named Raffaele Montemurro its new general manager on Wednesday night.

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.

California's state parks will stay open after the Schwarzenegger administration on Friday backed off its threat to close dozens of them.

Los Angeles metallers WINDS OF PLAGUE will embark on the "California Love Tour" in November with support from STICK TO YOUR GUNS , SLEEPING GIANT , OCEANO and CIRCLE OF CONTEMPT .

Nearly all of the Lucia Mar Unified School District personnel who received layoff notices in May have been hired back, thanks to federal stimulus funds.

Several years ago, before he developed It's Your Plane , Robert Cezar wrote and published online, his virtual Around the World trip that began in 2002 and ended in 2003.

You can blame it on furloughs and cutbacks: The Department of Motor Vehicles says it will stop offering monthly services in Oceano starting October 14.

Department of Motor Vehicles services in Oceano will be stop after its regularly monthly service day on Oct.

In September 1931, Gavin Arthur, grandson of the 21st president of the United States, Chester Alan Arthur, began work on his utopian society.