The San Luis Obispo City Council will consider three design options Aug. 15 for the Broad Street “Bicycle Boulevard” to make the cycling and walking route between downtown and Foothill Boulevard safer and more “low stress.” More than 300 cyclists use the route each day, traveling between the downtown core and Cal Poly or to two elementary schools on the north end of town, said Luke Schwartz, a...
Travelers still need to use an inland detour to reach a stretch of Highway 1 affected by road closures, but they now have access to a much longer stretch of coastline as of Tuesday. Caltrans announced in a news release that workers had blasted away the only remaining obstacle — a large boulder — and reopened the road at Paul’s Slide as of 9 a.m. Tuesday. The slide, the smaller of two major...
The California state Senate has approved a new fee on real estate transactions to help generate hundreds of millions of dollars for affordable housing. The legislation passed Thursday would impose a $75 fee on documents such as deeds and notices, with a cap of $225 per transaction. The bill now heads to the Assembly. California is facing an affordable housing crunch, prompting lawmakers to look for...
The long wait for access to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is just about over. You may still have a hard time getting there from the south, thanks to the mudslides on Highway 1, but the park itself is reopening Saturday, State Parks announced, after an 11-month closure. The park was closed during last summer’s Soberanes Fire and remained closed during this year’s heavy winter storms. State Parks...
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