Los Osos Sustainability Group consultant Lynette Brooks said the County should halt development until chloride, nitrate and ...

The Los Osos Sustainability Group appealed the construction permits for two homes and two hotels in Los Osos at Tuesday’s board meeting, arguing that the projects threaten the sustainability of the ...

Burkett was elected sheriff in November of 2020. According to the audit, Burkett oversaw an office that overdrew bank accounts, lost seized property and awarded no-bid contracts that ballooned the ...

Meanwhile, a population boom overdrew the basin, and chlorides from seawater intrusion contaminated the groundwater. The SLO County Regional Water Quality Board banned Los Osos from installing new ...

Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, a population boom overdrew the basin, leading to chloride pollution from seawater intrusion, and poorly designed septic tanks leaked nitrates into the water source.