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1 week ago | 
newtimesslo.com | Libbey Hanson
Looking behind him, a man on a bike pedals in the wrong direction down Marsh Street and swerves left onto Chorro Street, cutting in front of a large white truck, which stops abruptly. Hanging a right into the Chase Bank parking lot, the rider drops a jacket. Adam Kemp, who was filming the whole thing, picks it up. "I will catch you if you steal," the caption below his post on Instagram states.
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1 week ago | 
newtimesslo.com | Libbey Hanson
Positive impacts drive the San Luis Obispo Friday Night Live program as local youth educate and encourage their peers to avoid underage drinking during April, Alcohol Awareness Month.
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Katherine Gross is a SLO County Friday Night Live program coordinator and oversees Shandon Middle and High schools, Santa Lucia School, and Coast Unified School District. But the program isn't specific to SLO County.
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1 week ago | 
newtimesslo.com | Libbey Hanson
A five-year effort to put battery energy storage in Morro Bay is over—at least for now—after Vistra withdrew its application with the city to build the plant earlier this month. Vistra announced its exit in a letter addressed to the city on April 4, asking Morro Bay to cease any further processing of its, at the time, paused application with the city.
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1 week ago | 
newtimesslo.com | Libbey Hanson
Amid a slew of executive orders from the Trump administration, one to expand logging efforts has a local nonprofit worried about the potential impacts for endangered species, erosion, and wildfire prevention Los Padres National Forest. On March 1, the executive order "Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production" ordered the streamlining of logging permitting throughout the country to increase economic security.
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2 weeks ago | 
newtimesslo.com | Libbey Hanson
Now that four water districts over the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin have opted into a joint powers authority, its board alleviated rural users of water fees, leaving the cost primarily up to agricultural users.
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2 weeks ago | 
newtimesslo.com | Libbey Hanson
An estimated 5,000 people took to the streets on Saturday surrounding the San Luis Obispo County Courthouse rallying against the Trump administration and Elon Musk and demanding they keep their "hands off our courts."
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The event on April 5 was a part of the national "Hands Off!" protest effort, which saw around 1,400 protest events throughout the country and world.
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3 weeks ago | 
santamariasun.com | Libbey Hanson
As thousands of U.S. Forest Service workers get the axe amid mass federal staffing cuts, the Los Padres Forest Association is also feeling the impacts of loss, slowing its capacity to improve trails and preserve local wilderness. Los Padres Forest Association (LPFA) Executive Director Bryan Conant said that the nonprofit’s primary purpose is to assist the U.S. Forest Service, and that LPFA staff is out in the Los Padres National Forest 350 days out of the year maintaining and improving trails.
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3 weeks ago | 
newtimesslo.com | Libbey Hanson
The Atascadero school board approved its new candidate for superintendent on April 1 after teachers and residents protested its previous pick. The Atascadero Unified School District (AUSD) school board voted unanimously to hire candidate Dr. Tom Bennett to replace current superintendent Tom Butler, who announced his retirement in September 2024.
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3 weeks ago | 
newtimesslo.com | Libbey Hanson
After months of delays, the Paso Robles school board approved a $6 million-plus project to revamp Georgia Brown Dual Immersion School's campus, opting to keep its current science labs despite district staff's recommendation. The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District (PRJUSD) school board reviewed six different options at its March 25 meeting to renovate Georgia Brown's campus, which focused on science lab facilities, as well as campus and traffic flow.
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3 weeks ago | 
newtimesslo.com | Libbey Hanson
Despite more than four years of grassroots efforts and $1.2 million raised, Cambria's skate park has yet to get rolling after local leaders announced that the project is still at least $80,000 short of covering projected construction costs.
