Oceano could soon be home to two separate community advisory councils: one with members who unanimously support the elimination of off-roading in the Oceano Dunes.
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NO CHOIR? Arroyo Grande High School s choir program is under threat of closing next year. Parent Kim Carrington found out about the possible cancellation of the program from her daughter when she came home from work on May 24. Carrington s daughter, an eighth grader in the Lucia Mar Unified School District, has been working with a counselor to schedule courses for her freshman year at Arroyo Grande High School, and said school staff recently informed her that choir wouldn t be available next year. Carrington said her daughter is a lifelong music lover and had been planning to take an elective choir course even at the expense of her summer vacation. She planned to take a health class early this summer, specifically, to free up space in her schedule for ch
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BREACH DETECTED The Department of State Hospitals is investigating a data breach at Atascadero State Hospital (pictured) involving the personal information of patients, former patients, and employees. On March 18, the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) announced that an employee with access to Atascadero State Hospital data servers improperly obtained more than 1,400 patient and former patient names, more than 600 employee names, as well as COVID-19 test results and health information related to COVID-19 tracking. On April 5, the department announced that additional data was accessed in the same breach, including Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, and employment-related health information for more t