A U.S. federal court ruled that the California Department of Parks and Recreation violated the Endangered Species Act by ...

Without an incidental take permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, State Parks can't allow dune buggies and other off ...

Windblown sand is seen during a tour of the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area in April 2021. At left is Karl Tupper, senior air quality scientist with the San Luis Obispo County Air ...

An off-road vehicle kicks up sand at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. (Laura Dickenson / San Luis Obispo Tribune photo) California’s highest court has ruled that off-roading can ...

Off-road riders at the Oceano Dunes recreation area "can and do drive through flocks of roosting snowy plovers," U.S.

A protected Western snowy plover walks near tire tracks in the sand at Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area is 2018. David Middlecamp [email protected] For more than two years, ...

The San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury has released its report on whether particulate air pollution on the Nipomo Mesa poses a public health risk. Jurors say they sought to understand the issue from ...

A judge in the California 2nd District Court of Appeals officially reinstated some of the conditions imposed by the California Coastal Commission during its March 2021 vote to close most of Oceano ...

State Parks will not have to ban off-roading at the Oceano Dunes after all — at least for the foreseeable future. A San Luis Obispo County judge ruled Wednesday that the state Coastal Commission ...

Makayla Richardson is your community news reporter covering southern San Luis Obispo County, including Avila Beach, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Oceano, Arroyo Grande, and Nipomo. The Oceano Dunes ...