United to fly to Santa Maria in October
United Airlines has begun booking flights for the fall out of Santa Maria Public Airport, after repeated delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. United had originally planned to open in Santa Maria in June 2020. That was changed to March 2021, and the later date was abandoned as well as the pandemic dragged on. The Read More →
With Newsom’s proposal, oil industry’s clock starts ticking
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Cal Poly to get $5M in federal funds for drone project
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo will get $5 million in federal funds to form a partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory to study drone technology. U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, was one of three reps who helped direct $10 million to Cal Poly SLO and Cal Poly Pomona in the Consolidated Appropriations Act Read More →
Flights to start in June between SLO and San Diego, Portland
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct a reference to Alaska Airlines’ Santa Barbara-San Diego route. That route has not begun service yet. Alaksa Airlines will begin flying between San Luis Obispo and both Portland and San Diego on June 17. Both routes were originally planned to start last year but were delayed Read More →
SLO Brewing incubates its first successful spin-off beer
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Community Bank of Santa Maria reports income decline, asset growth
Community Bancorp of Santa Maria saw its net income decline from the first quarter of 2020 to the first quarter of 2021, even though other financial measures soared year-over-year. The bank’s net income declined 7.2%, going from $609,521 to $565,683 in a year’s time, but during the same time total assets grew almost 37%, the Read More →
PCH mudslide area to reopen this week
Caltrans announced that Highway 1 at in Big Sur is reopening April 23 at noon, even sooner than the agency had previously expected. The new opening is a week ahead of what was previously announced, and months ahead of what the agency originally estimated. Pacific Coast Highway has been fully closed near Rat Creek, north Read More →
