San Luis Obispo County leaders say Martha’s Place, an early child development center that was in danger of shutting down due to budget cuts, is moving toward long-term funding stability.

A major water project for the Five Cities area is moving closer to reality. At the latest Grover Beach city council meeting, officials got an update on the Central Coast Blue recycled water facility. Pismo Beach city officials say it's slated to be built in Grover Beach, south of Farroll Road.

Monterey County Health Department officials said contractors are on track to finish cleanup of an oil and wastewater spill at the San Ardo Oil Field.

A federal appeals court has thrown out a judge’s order requiring San Luis Obispo County to send more water from Lopez Lake into the Arroyo Grande Creek. Meanwhile, some environmentalists say the order for additional water would protect the endangered Steelhead Trout.

The San Luis Coastal Unified School District is facing a $5 million budget shortfall for the upcoming year. Officials say the gap is tied to a drop in revenue from the nearby Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant and the end of COVID-era funding.

Santa Barbara is taking its next steps toward redeveloping the Paseo Nuevo shopping center—a project city leaders say could reshape downtown’s future. The city council voted Tuesday night to move the deal forward, but not without laying out strict conditions for the developer.

The Paso Robles groundwater basin has been declining for decades and local agencies are under pressure to show progress. This week, the region’s groundwater authority passed its nearly $1 million budget until June 2026.

As the Gifford Fire enters its second week, the American Red Cross has opened a 24-hour evacuation shelter at New Life Student Center in Pismo Beach for residents displaced by the fire.

San Luis Obispo County supervisors unanimously voted to approve a resolution that aims to bring more state and federal resources to the victims of the Gifford Fire. It’s called the Proclamation of Local Emergency and it allows the county to request funding within 60 days of the resolution’s passage.

Fire officials describe the fire as unpredictable because the topography in mountainous areas causes wind gusts to move erratically.