Good morning, San Luis Obispo.

Woods Humane Society is holding its free Pets of the Year Calendar Contest from Sept.

1–30 where pet owners can nominate their pets by uploading a photo and asking friends to donate for votes + every fundraiser that raises at least $25 wins a calendar. The top ten fundraisers will be featured in a 2026 print calendar and winners will be announced at the Wiggle Waggle Fall Festival on Oct. 25.

Today, the ALF Food Pantry Board of Directors launched its Community Challenge fundraiser and pledged to match donations up to $31,000 through Oct.

1 to support food-insecure families as grant support has dropped — the pantry spends $15,000 each month on supplemental groceries.

On Aug 28, police said that two people stole a piece of jewelry from Garden Street Goldsmith in downtown San Luis Obispo when an employee immediately retrieved it+ police are seeking help from residents to identify the suspects.

San Luis Obispo police are asking for help to identify two suspected thieves—one is a middle-aged man with salt and pepper hair, beard and mustache, and the other is a younger man with dark hair—who stole a piece of jewelry from Garden Street Goldsmith last week and will face grand theft and conspiracy charges.

Cuesta College will present the Inner Landscape exhibition by Sung Won Yun at the Harold J.

Miossi Art Gallery starting Sept 4 through Oct 17. An opening reception is scheduled for Sept 4 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. (an artist talk at 6 p.m. will be livestreamed) to help visitors explore themes of memory, nature, and time.

Firefighters responded Thursday afternoon to a vegetation fire across from Vineyard Elementary School on Vineyard Road in Templeton — the 2 to 3 acre fire was contained and Vineyard Road was closed for emergency use.

Downtown San Luis Obispo will get a new fourth parking structure early next year.

The $41 million facility will offer nearly 400 parking spots, 41 electric vehicle chargers and 32 bike racks — work continues on Palm, Nipomo and Monterey streets.

Tamale is a one-year-old, 12-pound dog that is housebroken, crate trained, and good with other dogs and cats—he was found on the streets of Fresno after walking into a store for food and is featured as the Adoptable Pet of the Week by Novy's Ark Dog Rescue and Adoption.