A new mixed-use “Gateway Project” planned for the northern entrance to Pismo Beach gained the city Planning Commission’s approval on Tuesday evening. Featuring a welcome plaza, commercial space and 39 ...

For a second straight year, a low number of monarch butterflies have been counted at the popular Pismo State Beach Butterfly ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. — Pismo Beach loved its clams. More than a century ago, farmers with horse-drawn plows would comb the sand and haul the clams off by the wagon-full. The meat was fed to the hogs.

Gary Grossman, a homeowner in Pismo Beach for more than 25 years, has fought costly California Coastal Commission battles for his sea wall. "Our first lawsuit was back in 2002, 2003 was to defend our ...

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One of the main attractions in Pismo Beach is undoubtedly the pier. This 1,370-foot-long wooden structure stretches into the Pacific and acts as a community gathering point where visitors can fish, ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. - Pismo Beach businesses are banking the city's recent place atop a national poll of best small coastal cities in the nation will attract more visitors to the popular tourist ...

Four people illegally collected 178 undersized Pismo clams at Pismo Beach on Oct. 15, 2025. Courtesy of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Four people were busted for allegedly illegally ...

Pismo Beach is looking to get all the city’s businesses on the same page by enforcing a license requirement — but some business owners say the burden is too heavy. Since its incorporation in 1946, ...

The 77th annual Pismo Beach Clam Festival kicks off Friday evening and runs through the rest of this weekend. This community tradition attracts generations of families and visitors from around the ...

More than 63 days and counting, Sam "Psalm" Behpoor has been in ICE detention since June 23. And this week, Congressman Jim Costa joined in on the quest for answers to Sam's detainment, as Costa took ...