A small Niderer Road winery near Paso Robles is gearing up to fashion a 27,000-square-foot facility complete with an underground cave system, much to the dismay of 30 neighbors. In a 5-0 vote on April 9, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors shot down an appeal of a Feb. 8 Planning Commission decision to approve Clos Solène Winery's request for a conditional use permit ..read more

The SLO Model Railroad Association presents Model Rail Days 2024 at the Oceano Train Depot with six days of activities on April 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, and 21. The venue will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day ..read more

Morro Bay has one more phase to complete on its water reclamation facility, something city Public Works Director Greg Kwolek calls the "cornerstone" of the project. The first phase—the Water Resources Center, pipes, and lift stations—started servicing city customers at the end of 2022/beginning of 2023, and the Morro Bay City Council voted to close out the construction contracts for that phase at its most recent meeting ..read more

An update to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) guidelines on blood donation allows a whole new cross section of people to roll up their sleeves and help those in need. Last May, the FDA eliminated time-based postponements and screening questions posed to men who have sex with other men (MSM population ..read more

About 90 percent of U.S. adults with serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, anxiety, and major depression, are unemployed, according to a Rutgers study from 2020. "A lot of times, because of anxiety and depression, the idea of even applying for a job is so daunting," Transitions-Mental Health Association (TMHA) Community Engagement Director Michael Kaplan said ..read more

Bits of blue dot the entryway to Mirazur restaurant in Los Osos and guide patrons all the way inside. A short lamppost bears a painted heron—a remnant of the previous establishment, Blue Heron—and the greyish teal of the Morro Bay Estuary greets diners when they walk in ..read more

According to David Lindley, who knows a thing or two about music, "Tony Furtado is a major musical force without a doubt. He has his black belt in voice, bottleneck guitar, and his banjo playing scares the crap out of me ..read more

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Offshore wind farms could harm local fish species and the SLO County fishing community's way of life, according to a spokesperson for two local groups of fishermen. Those groups recently sued several state agencies and wind farm developers over planned projects in federal waters ..read more

When the fish stop biting, a professional fish whisperer comes a-knocking in the Great American Melodrama's latest musical romp set in Shewauga, a small fictional town in the non-fictional state of Wisconsin. The Fish Whisperer marks New York City-based actor Austen Horne's stage debut at the Melodrama where she takes on the role of Hannah, a town outsider who offers to rid Shewauga of its fishing crisis with a transcendent dance ritual for a $10,000 fee ..read more