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35-655: The Carmel Pine Cone was founded in 1915 by William L. Overstreet who proclaimed in the first four-page edition of 300 copies, "we are here to stay!" By 1924, the Pine Cone moved into the De Yoe Building , opposite of the Carmel Post Office. Overstreet sold the paper in May 1926 to J.A. Easton, who then increased the paper to 16 pages, tabloid form. Two months later Easton entered a joint venture with Allen Griffin, owner of

70-437: A "blend of hokey local features and aggressive news coverage and advocacy." The TV show 60 Minutes did a piece on the Pine Cone after the paper successfully registered a fake person to vote. The segment aired on November 1, 1998. The Pine Cone also got national attention after interviewing Clint Eastwood following his infamous "empty chair" speech at the 2012 Republican National Convention . In 2015, KSBW reported on

105-497: A direct economic impact and a growing wine country vacation industry. The county led the state in hemp cultivation in 2018 as hundreds of acres of the crop were grown in research partnerships. In 2019, nine agricultural research permits were still active. Sixteen commercial permits were issued before a temporary ban on new applications running through June 2020 was passed by the Board of Supervisors. San Luis Obispo County leaned toward

140-685: A division of CAL FIRE , since 1930. The county fire department also serves Los Osos , Pismo Beach and Avila Beach . The city of San Luis Obispo is served by the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department . San Luis Obispo County is served by Amtrak trains and Greyhound Lines buses. The San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority provides countywide service along US 101 as well as service to Morro Bay, Los Osos, Cambria and San Simeon. The cities of San Luis Obispo, Atascadero and Paso Robles operate their own local bus services; all of these connect with SLORTA routes. Intercity service

175-640: A household in the county was $ 42,428, and the median income for a family was $ 52,447. Males had a median income of $ 40,726 versus $ 27,450 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 21,864. About 6.8% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over. The mainstays of the economy are California Polytechnic State University with its almost 20,000 students, tourism, and agriculture.The economic indicators reveal that San Luis Obispo County aligns closely with California regarding median household income and poverty rates. However,

210-759: A weekly paper in Lafayette, California . The newspaper's offices moved in 1970 to the Goold Building and remained there until 2000. Donrey Media Group purchased the Pine Cone along with the Carmel Valley Outlook in 1973. The company sold them in 1977 to Carmel Communications Corp, owned by Albert M. Eisner and his wife Judith. In 1982, the couple sold the papers, along with the Monterey Peninsula Review which they started in 1973, to brothers W. A. "Chip" and Bill Brown, of Oakland. The brothers sold

245-561: Is Mexican, 0.3% Puerto Rican, and 0.2% Salvadoran. As of the census of 2000, there were 246,681 residents, 92,739 households, and 58,611 families in the county. The population density was 75 people per square mile (29 people/km ). There were 102,275 housing units at an average density of 31 units per square mile (12 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 84.6% White , 2.0% Black or African American , 1.0% Native American , 2.7% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 6.2% from other races , and 3.4% from two or more races. 16.3% of

280-486: Is primarily a service economy. Service jobs account for 38% of the county's jobs, government jobs accounts for 20.7%, and manufacturing jobs represent 6% of the county's jobs. San Luis Obispo County is the third largest producer of wine in California, surpassed only by Sonoma and Napa counties. Wine grapes are the second largest agricultural crop in the county (after strawberries), and the wine production they support creates

315-621: Is provided by Amtrak trains, Greyhound Lines and Orange Belt Stages buses. The Amtrak Thruway 18 provides a daily connection to Visalia on the east, and Santa Maria on the west, with several stops in between. FlixBus boards from the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum at 1940 Santa Barbara Avenue. In the future, SR 46 may be considered for a possible westward expansion of Interstate 40 via SR 58 from Barstow to Bakersfield, from Bakersfield to I-5 via Westside Parkway , and then following SR 46 to Paso Robles. SR 46

350-661: The 2020 census , the population was 282,424. The county seat is San Luis Obispo . Junípero Serra founded the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa in 1772, and San Luis Obispo grew around it. The small size of the county's communities, scattered along the beaches, coastal hills, and mountains of the Santa Lucia range, provides a wide variety of coastal and inland hill ecologies to support fishing, agriculture, and tourist activities. California Polytechnic State University has almost 20,000 students. Tourism, especially for

385-536: The Peninsula Daily Herald. The two men became co-owners of both papers. After four months, Easton sold his business shares to Griffin and Perry Newberry was brought on as the paper's editor and co-publisher. Newberry was an author, playwright and activist who successfully ran for the office of city trustee. At some point he became a co-owner of the paper. Under him, the Pacific Grove Tribune wrote

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420-562: The Pine Cone "reflected the personality of the artists' colony as portrayed by Newberry, one of the old guard." Griffin sold his interests in 1930 to Hal Garrott, who in turn sold his shares two years later to Ronald Cockburn, the son of a wealthy Honolulu banker and a former staffer at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin . Cockburn redesigned and enlarged the Pine Cone . Newberry retired and sold his shares in 1934 to Ross C. Miller, former editor of The Bakersfield Californian . In 1940,

455-452: The Pine Cone to Paul Miller and his wife Kirstie Wilde in 1997. Miller, a former NBC bureau chief in Tel Aviv, paid $ 960,000 for the Pine Cone . At the time the paper was losing money and lost $ 100,000 the previous year. Under Miller, the paper turned a profit and became known for using harsh language and edgy headlines. Editorial content was described by one Los Angeles Times reporter as

490-405: The Pine Cone was purchased by Carlos Drake, son of hotel owner Tracy Drake . The Santa Ana Register at the time described the paper as "a high class news and literary weekly in the northern art colony." Two years later the paper was acquired by Clifford H. Cook, who sold it in 1966 to Allman Cook, no relation. He sold the paper in 1969 to John Mustard and Wayne Everton, who owned The Squire ,

525-477: The Republican Party in presidential and congressional elections during most of the 20th century; it has, however, become more Democratic starting in the 2000s. In 2008 , Barack Obama won the county with 51.2 percent of the vote. Prior to 2008, the last Democrat to win a majority in the county was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 , although Bill Clinton won a plurality in 1992 . In 2012 , Obama again won

560-420: The U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 3,616 square miles (9,370 km ), of which 3,299 square miles (8,540 km ) is land and 317 square miles (820 km ) (comprising 8.8%) is water. San Luis Obispo County has three main climate types. BSk climate can mainly be found in the eastern portions of the county, along with certain smaller areas in the north. Csa climate can mainly be found in

595-592: The California Secretary of State reported that there were 147,326 registered voters in San Luis Obispo County. Of those voters, 61,226 (41.6%) were registered Republicans, 52,586 (35.7%) were registered Democratic, 8,030 (5.4%) are registered with other political parties, and 25,484 (17.3%) declined to state a political preference. The cities of Grover Beach, Morro Bay, and San Luis Obispo had pluralities or majorities of registered Democratic voters, whereas

630-670: The De Yoe Building in Carmel built by Michael J. Murphy . De Yoe was born in Alamo Township, Michigan , on April 17, 1876, to Anson Serinar Deyoe (1845–1906) and Rosette J. Congdon (1854–1908). In 1879, his parents moved to San Luis Obispo county . De Yoe served in the Spanish–American War . At age 42, during World War I , De Yoe registered for the draft at the local board for Monterey County. On November 7, 1928, De Yoe won

665-454: The central portions of the counties, in communities such as Paso Robles. The rest of the county is made up of the Csb climate type. The Csb warm-summer mediterranean type climate together with the county's varied landscapes reminds visitors of European locales. The 2010 United States Census reported that San Luis Obispo County had a population of 269,637. The racial makeup of San Luis Obispo County

700-805: The cities of Paso Robles , Templeton , and Atascadero lie along the Salinas River , near the Paso Robles wine region. San Luis Obispo lies south of Atascadero and north of the Five Cities region. The prehistory of San Luis Obispo County is strongly influenced by the Chumash people . There has been significant settlement here at least as early as the Millingstone Horizon thousands of years ago. Important settlements existed in coastal areas such as Morro Bay and Los Osos . Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

735-470: The city of San Luis Obispo. To the south are Avila Beach and the Five Cities region. The Five Cities originally were: Arroyo Grande , Grover Beach (then known as Grover City), Oceano , Fair Oaks and Halcyon. Today, the Five Cities region consists of Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Arroyo Grande, Oceano, and Halcyon (basically the area from Pismo Beach to Oceano). Just south of the Five Cities, San Luis Obispo County borders northern Santa Barbara County . Inland,

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770-420: The county distinguishes itself through higher educational attainment and homeownership rates, alongside a distinctive employment sector composition favoring agriculture and related industries. Despite these strengths, the county is not immune to challenges, as evidenced by a housing market that is significantly more expensive than the rest of California and growing income inequality. San Luis Obispo County's economy

805-532: The county's more liberal coastal areas as well as coastal areas of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. With respect to the California State Senate , the county is in the 17th Senate District , represented by Democrat John Laird . With respect to the California State Assembly , the county is in the 30th Assembly District , represented by Democrat Dawn Addis . In April 2008,

840-524: The county, this time with a slim plurality of the vote. Hillary Clinton won with a larger plurality in 2016 ; and in 2020 , Joe Biden won a solid 55% of the vote, the largest for any Democrat since Johnson. With respect to the United States House of Representatives , San Luis Obispo County is mostly in California's 24th congressional district , represented by Democrat Salud Carbajal , with

875-465: The election in the California State Assembly for the California's 48th State Assembly district . He served from 1929 to 1931. In April 1929, DeYoe introduced legislature for a bill that he and Carmel city attorney Argyll Campbell drew up, to allow the formation of public airport districts for Monterey, Pacific Grove, and Carmel. De Yoe was a member of the Livestock and Dairy Committee and helped pass

910-534: The law which gave dairymen payment by the state for cattle condemned and slaughtered because of tuberculosis . De Yoe ran again for the Assembly in November 1930, against Chris N. Jespersen for the California's 43rd State Assembly district of Monterey and San Luis Obispo County. His campaign was backed by Carmel Martin, Monterey attorney, and a large group of Monterey County citizens. He lost to Jespersen, who received

945-518: The majority of the votes. De Yoe died on September 25, 1933, in Carmel, at age 57, from an infection that started when he scratched his finger on a rose bush. San Luis Obispo County, California San Luis Obispo County ( / s æ n ˌ l uː ɪ s oʊ ˈ b ɪ s p oʊ / ), officially the County of San Luis Obispo , is a county on the Central Coast of California . As of

980-532: The northern part of the county in California's 19th congressional district , represented by Democrat Jimmy Panetta . From 2003 until 2013, the county was split between the Bakersfield-based 22nd district, which was represented by Republican Kevin McCarthy and included Paso Robles and most of the more conservative inland areas of the county, and Lois Capps ' 23rd district, a strip which included most of

1015-543: The paper's centennial . [REDACTED] Media related to Carmel Pine Cone at Wikimedia Commons De Yoe Building Ray Congdon De Yoe (April 17, 1876 - September 25, 1933), also known as Ray C. De Yoe served in the California State Assembly for the 48th district from 1929 to 1931. He was president of the Carmel Realty Company and had real estate holdings in Monterey County, California , including

1050-558: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 13.9% were of German, 11.4% English, 9.7% Irish, 6.1% American and 5.7% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000 . 85.7% spoke English and 10.7% Spanish as their first language. There were 92,739 households, out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.40% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who

1085-488: The rest of the county's towns, cities, and the unincorporated areas have a plurality or majority of registered Republican voters. The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense. In unincorporated parts of the county, fire protection and emergency response services have been provided by the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department,

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1120-596: The wineries, is popular. Grapes and other agriculture products are an important part of the economy. San Luis Obispo County is the third largest producer of wine in California, surpassed only by Sonoma and Napa counties. Strawberries are the largest agricultural crop in the county. The town of San Simeon is located at the foot of the ridge where newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst built Hearst Castle . Other coastal towns (listed from north to south) include Cambria , Cayucos , Morro Bay , and Los Osos -Baywood Park . These cities and villages are located northwest of

1155-406: Was 222,756 (82.6%) White , 5,550 (2.1%) African American , 2,536 (0.9%) Native American , 8,507 (3.2%) Asian (1.0% Filipino, 0.6% Chinese, 0.4% Japanese, 0.3% Indian, 0.3% Korean, 0.2% Vietnamese), 389 (0.1%) Pacific Islander , 19,786 (7.3%) from other races , and 10,113 (3.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 55,973 persons (20.8%); 17.7% of San Luis Obispo County

1190-453: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.01. In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 13.6% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 105.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.2 males. The median income for

1225-560: Was founded on September 1, 1772, in the area that is now the city of San Luis Obispo . The namesake of the mission, city and county is Saint Louis of Toulouse , the young bishop of Toulouse ( Obispo and Tolosa in Spanish) in 1297. San Luis Obispo County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. The Salinas River Valley , a region that figures strongly in several John Steinbeck novels, stretches north from San Luis Obispo County. According to

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