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The Rotary Club of Pismo Beach and Five Cities is hosting its first ever sleeping bag drive this month, an effort to help those in the local homeless community who might be wary of staying in congregate shelters amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "We just are very touched by that," Rotary Club co-secretary Margie Salame told New Times. "Its a massive problem." click to enlarge Photo Cou...

QC Ale Trail is What’s Tappening This week we welcome a new sponsor!  Whats Tappening on 97X is brought to you by The QC Ale Trail: A self-guided tour of the 14 (and counting) participating craft breweries across the QCA.  Create an account online at qcaletrail.com and then check-in at each brewery. You can get a FREE QC Ale Trail bottle opener when you visit 4 or more local breweries. Get a FREE Ale Trail pint glass when you complete the trail. Blaze the QC Ale Trail and see what our cra...

OCEANO, Calif. -- The long-planned Central Coast Blue project in the Five Cities is moving closer to reality. The project would create a regional recycled water facility to provide a sustainable water supply and protect the Santa Maria Groundwater Basin. "Basically, were trying to expand our water supply," said Pismo Beach Mayor Ed Waage. "During the last drought, we came really close to losing two of our water supplies. With Central Coast Blue, this adds an additional water supply and this wil...

Barrel Aged Beers are What’s Tappening This Week On this weeks segment we talked about Barrel Aged beers where they age beer in a barrel that used to house booze (whiskey most likely).  Many Quad Cities breweries have their version.  Some even feature local barrels from Mississippi River Distillery.  You can find that list here. Catch Glenns podcast "Whats Tappening" for a more in depth look at Craft Beer news & events in the QC and across the nation. This Week Wednesday 2/3 Thursday 2/4 W...

Warming centers remain open Thursday night as storm continues Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. KSBY and last updated 2021-01-28 21:47:35-05 The Warming Center at 40 Prado in San Luis Obispo will be open again Thursday night because of the continuing rainfall. Client check-in is from 7-9 p.m. Overnight guests will be provided a dry place to sleep and a hot meal. Pets are allowed and smoking is allo...

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's deputy.

In Californias Middle Kingdom, Life is SLO FacebookTwitterEmail SLO down, California. Even in pandemic, you move too fast. This new year, perhaps we should all resolve to model the spirit of SLO, the acronym that embodies San Luis Obispo, perhaps the easiest place in California to catch your breath and get a little rest. SLO has been central to my own coping strategy during this miserable COVID-19 year. Whenever work pressures or distance learning horrors or home confinement makes our family fe...

COVID-19 pandemic thrown into the mix for good measure. click to enlarge Speaking of the pandemic, COVID-19 has definitely been a naughty little virus, and its resurging with a vengeance just like all those experts said it would. After ruining basically all of 2020, coronavirus is now targeting Christmas. Remember when we were worried about running out of toilet paper, standing in line at Costco, and I, for one, would just ...

Suspect arrested after pursuit from SLO to Five Cities and last updated 2020-12-10 14:14:54-05 Authorities arrested a 36-year-old man from San Luis Obispo after a short car chase on Thursday morning. According to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Office, deputies spotted a suspicious vehicle at the Octagon Barn in San Luis Obispo and when they began to approach the vehicle, the driver took off. Sheriffs officials say deputies pursued the car southbound on Highway 101 to the Five Cities area. ...

Share: By SUN STAFF Gift local During this second round of stay-at-home orders you can still get holiday gifts from local stores like these BY SUN STAFF There’s nothing like the holiday spirit to pull you out of your COVID-19 shutdown depression! Christmas is still coming, whether you’re ready or not, and there are plenty of local shops that could use a little extra love this winter season. The latest round of COVID-19 restrictions do allow retail operations to stay up and running, albeit a...