Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 9th of October.
Good morning, San Luis Obispo.
Taqueria San Miguel, recently named best taqueria in 2026, is expanding its space into adjacent properties to serve the busy Tuesday crowds from Cal Poly.
The expansion will help continue the spot's cherished Taco Tuesday tradition for students and locals.
A gas leak forced the closure of parts of Higuera and Garden streets and canceled the weekly Farmers' Market on Thursday (Oct.
8) as crews worked to repair the expanding leak while residents were urged to avoid the downtown area.
On Sept. 26, The Haven opened its downtown location at 532 Higuera St — formerly Fred and Betty’s — to serve Cal Poly students; it plans discounted clothing sales, seller events and revenue donations to SLO Classical Academy.
The Central Coast Film Society will screen Pan’s Labyrinth at the Bay Theatre in Morro Bay on Monday, Oct.
19 — actor Doug Jones will lead a Q&A and autograph session as part of the fall fundraiser.
Downtown SLO's historic Chinatown landmark Mee Heng Low will reopen as a social club and pop-up space run by Karson Butler Hospitality Co. The venue will host rotating Asian dinners and serve as the new home for the Mahjong Social Club — preserving the building's nearly 100-year legacy.
Firefighters visited schools across the county on Thursday as part of the 34th Annual Burn Relay, teaching fire prevention and safety lessons to students.
The event, supported by the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation, reached thousands of children and offered educators a hands-on safety education experience.
PG&E plans to bury nearly 500 miles of Central Coast power lines from 2028 to 2037, including 91 miles in our county, to lower wildfire risk & reduce outages.
Undergrounding work in Avila Beach on San Luis Bay Drive is expected to finish in December.
SLO County Public Health confirmed the county's first measles case of 2026 today and is tracing contacts from Family Industrial Medical Center, Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, and other sites visited between Oct.
5 and Oct. 7 to prevent further spread.
Booker Vineyard earned two perfect 100-point scores from critic Jeb Dunnuck for its 2024 Fracture and ONES Syrah wines, and its winery tour (ranked third best in the nation by readers of The Zoe Report) attracts visitors in Paso Robles.
The tasting room in Willow Creek District showcases sustainable practices.
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