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Panel discusses how local artists shape, protect environment

-By Dick Mason –The San Luis Outdoor Painters for the Environment, or SLOPE, held a panel discussion Sunday afternoon at the Morro Bay Museum of Full Article

Naturalist hosting ‘Fungus Foray’ walk at Elfin Forest

–Small Wilderness Area Preservation or SWAP will have walk leader and fungophile Dennis Sheridan lead a, “Fungus Foray,” through the Elfin Forest in Los Osos Full Article

Road work scheduled this week on Highway 46 East

Motorists will encounter one-way reversing traffic control with delays –Caltrans will perform a crack sealing operation on Hwy. 46 East in both directions from McMillan Full Article

Coastal Commission fires executive director

-By Dick Mason Commissioners met in Morro Bay, heard more than six hours of public testimony –The California Coastal Commission, an agency that regulates development Full Article

Earthquake shakes Central California

–An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.8 shook Central California on Sunday night, according to the SF Gate. The tremor reportedly occurred approximately 8 miles Full Article

Local teachers receive grants from Morro Bay Art Association

Grants help fund art programs, projects –The Morro Bay Art Association has announced three area art teachers who are winners of their Students Matter in Full Article

Update: Hundreds flock to San Luis Obispo to speak on proposed oil train spur

Update posted Feb. 5: -By Dick Mason Public hearing continues today at the San Luis Obispo County Government Center –Several hundred protesters arrived from all Full Article

Phillips 66 offers to reduce number of rail cars for oil spur

Company proposing three trains per week rather than five –In response to the final environmental impact report, presented in Dec. 2015, and a San Luis Full Article

23-year-old steps in front of car, killed, report says

–Early Tuesday morning at 12:29 a.m., San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the report of a distraught male running from his residence on Full Article

Rising lake levels bode well for upcoming Wildflower Triathlon

Triathlon adds new sprint distance race –The Wildflower Triathalon is anticipating a much larger crowd at this year’s race, thanks to rising lake levels at Full Article