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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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Offshore Wind Farm Testing Begins

Rendering illustrates how underwater sound testing is done from a ship with different types of testing equipment. Photo courtesy BOEM The first of three companies trying to build offshore floating wind farms off the Central Coast is beginning extensive surveying and...

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Breathing New Life into an Old Quonset Hut

John and Joan Solu, pictured, plus their two adult sons and a long-time partner Brian Harvey, plan to remodel a WWII-era Quonset Hut into a unique, 10-room hotel on Main Street in Morro Bay. A local family that’s been in the lodging industry forever is taking on a new...

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The Gift of Music, a Lifetime of Benefits 

Learning to play a musical instrument provides benefits to children that go beyond the shaky notes on day one to a possible stage performance further down the road. It promotes problem solving, creativity, self-esteem, patience, coordination, social skills as well as...

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Split Supes Support 20-More Years for Diablo Canyon

A split County Board of Supervisors approved a Resolution of Support for the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant to remain open another 20 years. It’s the latest rebound of an issue that’s been kicked around more than a soccer ball at recess, as the plant had been on a...

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Election Over, Moreno Wins Supervisor Seat

Atascadero Mayor Heather Moreno has won the Dist. 5 County Supervisor seat over fellow Councilwoman Susan Funk. The March Primary Election is now officially over and no changes occurred from earlier returns, as the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office finished up counting...

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New City Engineer Hired

Cindy Cecil has been hired as Morro Bay’s new City Engineer. Submitted photo Morro Bay has a new City Engineer, filling a key position in the Public Works Department. Public Works Director, Greg Kwolek, announced the hiring of Cindy Cecil to replace former engineer...

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Parking Lot Rehabs Begin

This photo taken with a drone, shows the layout of the Lila Keiser Park, with the parking lot in the center adjacent to the park’s west softball diamond. The parking lot is being repaired and repaved plus handicap accessible improvements. Photo courtesy City of Morro...

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Reckless Driver Arrested in Birthday Suit

Sheriff’s deputies arrested an Arroyo Grande woman after she reportedly led them on two high-speed chases that covered nearly half the county and ended outside Morro Bay where she was arrested in her birthday suit. According to Sheriff’s spokesman Tony Cipolla, on...

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