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Highway 58 resurfacing project begins

–A project to resurface 24 miles of Highway 58 from six miles east of Santa Margarita near State Route 229 to the Navajo Creek Bridge Full Article

Prescribed fire operation planned at several local state parks

–The California Department of Parks and Recreation tentatively plans to conduct prescribed burns in several coastal state parks within San Luis Obispo County (County) between Full Article

Central Coast sea otter population remains stable

–Southern sea otter numbers have declined off the coast of California since peaking in 2016, but the average population count remains above 3,090 for the Full Article

RTA awarded $6.2 million Department of Transportation Grant

Grant will be used to build administration, bus maintenance facility –The San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority (RTA) is receiving a $6.285 million grant to Full Article

United way sponsors local 211 program

–Since January 2010, United Way has made available 2-1-1 SLO County, a free program that is a one-stop way to get timely access to health Full Article

Governor signs Diablo closure mitigation bill into law

–California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bipartisan bill into law Thursday that will ease the local and statewide impacts of the impending closure of Diablo Full Article

Book of the Year program at Cuesta features ‘Black Dove’

–Cuesta College’s 2019 Book of the Year program will bring renowned Mexican-American Chicana scholar, novelist, and poet Ana Castillo to Cuesta College in March of Full Article

Elfin forest Small Wilderness Area Preservation)

Small Wilderness Area Preservation walk happening Sept. 15

–The monthly Small Wilderness Area Preservation Nature Walk in the Los Osos Elfin Forest is slated for Sept. 15. Join local naturalist Al Normandin and stroll around Full Article

Condor shooting under investigation in California

Reward offered for information –The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the shooting of an endangered California condor found on a remote private property Full Article

Valley Fever on the rise in San Luis Obispo County

Submitted by the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Agency –With Valley Fever, knowledge is power. That’s why the Public Health Department wants everyone in Full Article