Business of the Year The Pottery
The Atascadero Chamber of Commerce has announced The Pottery as their 2024 Business of the Year. The art studio is a place for the creatives of the city to create beautiful and useful items with their own hands while also building a place for community. "It was really...
Lifetime Achievement Award Doug Filipponi
This year the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce Award for Lifetime Achievement is going to Doug Filipponi. Doug has been an Atascadero resident since the age of 7, and in all his time in the area, he has created multiple businesses and helped the community in some really...
Citizen of the Year Jerry Tanimoto
It has been announced that the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce's 2024 Citizen of the Year is Jerry Tanimoto. Jerry has been building relationships within the community through teaching and volunteering since he moved here in the 70s, and it's no surprise that he's...
April events and new businesses downtown
By Kyla Skinner April showers bring May flowers, though with all this rain we’ve already had, flowers will be blooming early, I bet! What’s a better way to welcome spring than by celebrating with our beautiful Farmers Market? Their seventh-year anniversary is...
Beaver mural to be revealed at Charles Paddock Zoo
Chumash artist John Khus, who created the mural, will unveil it with SLO Beaver Brigade ATASCADERO — Beavers and their central ecological role in water and in culture will be celebrated on Saturday, April 20, at 10:30 a.m. at the Charles Paddock Zoo at 9100...
Board of Supervisors approves two projects under the 2024 General Plan Amendment
At the Tuesday, April 9, supervisors meeting, the San Luis Obispo County supervisors considered two projects under the 2024 General Plan Amendment.
ECHO’s Empty Bowls returns for ninth year in Atascadero
El Camino Homeless Organization (ECHO) was back for its 9th Annual Empty Bowls on Thursday, April 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The first installment of the event took place at a new venue, The Pavillion on the Lake, after eight years of being hosted at Atascadero Bible Church.
Man sentenced for vehicular manslaughter that took life of two pedestrians
Saliganpatricio lost control and collided with pedestrians Chachere and Besser, who were walking their dog, Buddy SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY — The man responsible for the death of two pedestrians in San Luis Obispo in November 2022 has been sentenced. San Luis Obispo...
Board of Trustees goes over the feasibility of putting a future bond on November election ballot
During his Superintendent’s Report, Tom Butler invited Atascadero Unified School District Facilities Director Brant Lloyd to the podium to give an update on the Atascadero High School (AHS) swimming pool. Lloyd said water was put into the pool a few weeks before Spring Break.
Denise J. Grigory 1931-2024
Denise Jean Grigory, a pillar of strength and heart to her family and friends, peacefully passed away on April 4, 2024, at the age of 93. She leaves behind a legacy of hard work, compassion, and resilience that will forever echo through the rolling hills and rugged...
