SLO County

 The Madre Fire, near New Cuyama and Hwy 166, has grown to nearly 80,000 acres making it California's largest wildfire this year. The blaze is 10% contained as of 10 a.m. Saturday.

As immigration raids continue in California, the Mexican Consulate in Oxnard is urging undocumented residents in the Tri-County area to know their rights.

An estimated 5,000 people marched through Downtown San Luis Obispo Saturday, according to the SLO Police Department. joining some 2,000 “No Kings” protests in cities throughout the country. Organizers say the demonstrations are a response to what they call 'authoritarian' actions by President Donald Trump—including military deployments and sweeping immigration raids.

San Luis Obispo County is working to close a more than $35 million budget deficit heading into the 2025-26 fiscal year, prompting proposed service cuts across several departments.

The San Luis Obispo Whale Rock Commission held its annual meeting on May 8 to discuss the future of the county’s aging water pipeline system.

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors has approved an agreement with a local nonprofit to continue a long running housing and support program for the county’s most vulnerable residents.

Morro Bay residents filled this week’s San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting. They urged officials to place a moratorium on green-lighting battery storage projects.

San Luis Obispo County Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance to adopt fire hazard severity zones

A San Luis Obispo County park is one step closer to fruition. In the second phase of a three part plan, The Land Conservancy of SLO County acquired 750-acres stretching from Del Mar Park in Morro Bay through Alva Paul Canyon.

A nearly nine million dollar budget deficit at a Central Coast school district nearly caused it to cut its transitional kindergarten (TK) program. After significant community feedback, the district will modify the program rather than shut it down.