Sea creatures have been clogging up the water intake screens at one of the units at California's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, located in Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo. more ›

An 18-month-old boy has been placed in protective custody with San Luis Obispo County's child welfare department after ingesting cocaine. Priscilla Tabarez, the toddler's 20-year-old mother, called police on Wednesday morning to report that her son had eaten some cocaine. more ›

Karen Lee Shumey, a 65-year-old longtime middle-school teacher, was shot and killed in San Luis Obispo on Saturday afternoon. Her son, Christopher Shumey, is the alleged killer. When police officers arrived at Christopher's apartment on Saturday to investigate a report of gunshots, the 34-year-old male opened fire on them. more ›

Road trip! Grab someone special, gas up the car, and hit the highway to check into the only California spot to make Food & Wine's list of the World's Quirkiest Hotels. For most of us Golden State-rs, it shouldn't be too hard to guess which SoCal hotel found a place to stay on the list. more ›

A registered sex offender was arrested while surfing Facebook at the Apple Store in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday, according to the SLO Tribune. more ›

Students and faculty are growing increasingly concerned after the third rape was reported in one week at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The victim told police that she was assaulted inside her dorm room on Sunday, according to KCBS. She reported that she was intoxicated and unconscious during the attack, as were the other two victims. more ›

There's radiation in our milk!!! But unlike earlier this month the media is declaring it unquestionably non-threatening, as opposed to shocking viewers to induce vomiting and feverishly turn to adult breastfeeding in fallout shelters. The fact is, there's always radiation... everywhere. Likely more so if you take your milk from a paper or plastic carton rather than one of those fancy glass bottles. more ›

Further evidence that the ground is made of swiss cheese, rescue crews pulled a 200-pound Mastiff to safety early Saturday morning after he fell into a large, backyard sinkhole in San Luis Obispo County at approximately 9:00 p.m. on Friday, reports KTLA. Owners told authorities the sinkhole, estimated at 20 feet deep and 3 feet wide, was located near the site of an old concrete well. Technical Rescue Teams, fire crews and a veterinarian were called to the home where a rescuer, lowered into the hole, was able to harness the dog and raise it to safe ground. No update on the dog's condition has been released. more ›

One can take Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner or Coast Starlight to San Luis Obispo, but flying in and out of there--whether it's between L.A. or elsewhere on the west coast-- is limited and quite pricey. The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced a $500,000 grant to help the city improve air service with the goal to "bring competitive, low-fare service to the community, improve connectivity among intrastate markets, and increase access to markets in the Pacific Northwest." more ›

Though it may not have the scenic majesty of Morro Bay or the woodsy seclusion of Big Sur, San Simeon State Park is one of the quiet wonders of the California seaside. Located just a few miles south of fabled Hearst Castle, San Simeon offers two campground sites (San Simeon or Washburn) where you can set up home base for a long weekend. It's a short walk to cool, lightly populated beaches where you might stumble across an entire pack of elephant seals stretching out in the sun. You can also hike several miles of trails, some of which descend into seasonal wetlands, and others that plateau on top of vast seaside vistas. more ›

Apprentice "Los Angeles" finale tonight, live from Hollywood Bowl. Can I be Ivanka Trump when I grow up? - BuzzSugar California Democratic House member Juanita Millender-McDonald, 68, dies of cancer - San Luis Obispo Tribune Baldwin apologizes for his role in his daughter's future battle with bulimia. - The Washington Post Beckham pouts, Real Madrid won't let him go early to come play with us. - CNN Would there be any more lovely a... more ›

O.J. to Auction Book Rights After a long string of controversies and cancellations, rights to O.J. Simpson’s If I Did It will be auctioned off on April 17, according to Los Angeles authorities. Freeing the slaves - in Los Angeles Tales of modern day slavery, in LA. And none of these people work for Disney. Benefit Concert For the Midnight Mission The Malibu Performing Arts Center (MPAC) was the place to be on March... more ›

- "With little fanfare until this month, Los Angeles County has quietly become the country’s capital of medical marijuana." - LA Business Journal - Tuesday night he was sent to Hollywood on "American Idol". Wednesday TMZ reported that he had been busted for possession of weed.Thursday he was fired from Idol. Thursday afternoon he says they knew about his record even before he auditioned - People - Marijuana-like chemicals (whatever the hell those are) may... more ›

During WWII, women flew in the Air Force — they were the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP. It was an elite group: only 1,830 of the 25,000 women who applied were accepted into the WASP training program — 1,074 graduated. 38 WASP died serving our country. They flew every craft being used by the Air Force (albiet never in combat) including the powerful B-24 Witchcraft, which had 130 combat missions at the hands of male Air Force pilots. more ›

Writer Michelle Huneven delves into all aspects of life in Southern California, from the material to the spiritual and everything in between. She is the author of two published works of fiction, Jamesland (2004) and Round Rock (1998), as well as many pieces of non-fiction journalism. She’s also familiar to readers as a former restaurant critic for the LA Weekly. more ›

This morning, a small service was held in San Luis Obispo to honor the passing of Los Angeles musical icon Ernie Ball, who passed away September 9th. Even if you aren't a guitar player, chances are you've seen the brightly colored packages that hold Ernie Ball strings—a staple amongst nearly all guitar players. more ›