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Bank Building Sold to Coffee Company

A family-owned coffee house company has bought the former Bank of America building at the corner of Morro Bay Boulevard and Monterey Avenue, announcing plans to turn it into a coffee roasting plant, coffee shop, bakery and restaurant. Jon and Sara Peterson, a...

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Landmark Kite Shop Slated to Close Sept. 30

Sean Farmer owner of ‘Beachfront Kites & Surreys’ is closing his shop on Sept. 30 marking an end to one of the longest running retail shops on the Embarcadero. Photo by Neil Farrell. One of Morro Bay’s most colorful, and continuously operating waterfront shops is...

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City Awards Infrastructure Repair Contracts

File photo from April 2022 shows where raw sewage spilled from a leaking forced main running under Hwy 1, and flowed back to puddle in the storm drain at The Cloisters, where the City cleaned it up. That forced sewer main is being replaced and upsized. Photo by Neil...

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Carving Up an Ancient Craft

Pat and Dot Rygh pose with a great white egret sculpture they worked together on and will be donated for a raffle at the Sept. 21-22 Woodcarving Show at the Cambria Vet’s Hall. Members of a local wood carvers group make beauty from raw materials, and a Los Osos couple...

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Coastal Clean-Up Day Sept. 21

Larry Fishman, a member of the Cayucos Land Conservancy since 2003, picks up debris during a Coastal Cleanup Day led by the CLC. Photo courtesy of CLC Beachgoers, lake lovers and the conservationist-minded are encouraged to join international efforts to protect...

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City Looking for More Money to Update Waterfront 

The City of Morro Bay will try and tap a State program for more money to update its nearly three decades old Waterfront Master Plan and possibly plan some major changes to the Embarcadero. The City already applied for a $500,000 planning assistance grant from the...

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Commission to Hear Pie-House Appeal

An oddly shaped property at 197 Main St., Morro Bay is the subject of a hearing at the State Coastal Commission Sept. 12, after the City approved plans for a pie-wedge shaped little house. Coastal Commissioners were slated to decide whether to take over permitting of...

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Coastal Commission to Hear House Addition Appeal

An aerial photo shows the location of a home that the owners want to add onto, on Rodman Drive in the Cabrillo Estates in Los Osos. Photo courtesy SLO County In the first test of its recent decision to end Los Osos’ water woes, the Coastal Commission will have to...

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MBPD Citizen’s Academy

Morro Bay residents can sign up now and get an inside look at the machinations of their police department. MBPD announced signups for the “2024 Citizen’s Police Academy,” a 6-week series of seminars held once a week on Wednesday nights, starting Oct. 2, and ending...

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Paso Woman Killed in Hwy 101 Crash

A Paso Robles woman died after being T-boned by an oncoming semi-truck and trailer at one of the more dangerous highway crossings in SLO County. According to the California Highway Patrol at about 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28 a 1990 Cadillac Eldorado was traveling on...

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