The Arroyo Grande Creek levee gave way this winter, flooding homes and farmland in Oceano. Work is underway to remove 11,000 cubic yards of sediment while retaining habitat, shown on Wednesday ...

San Luis Obispo County is preparing for more rain and flooding at the Arroyo Grande Creek Levee in Oceano during El Niño weather forecast for this winter.

The San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department started work to restore Arroyo Grande Creek and repair the levee to prevent flooding in Oceano.

While a severe rainstorm battered San Luis Obispo County on Jan. 9, the Arroyo Grande Creek breached the south side of its levee and flooded nearby homes and farmland in Oceano. Nearby residents ...

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When winter storms slammed the Central Coast this year, the levee along the Arroyo Grande Creek was one of the areas most impacted.

Oceano in particular has already been at risk of flooding throughout this winter’s extreme storms thanks to its location near the Arroyo Grande Creek Levee.

Communities in Cambria and Oceano near the Arroyo Grande Creek Levee had to be evacuated, Jalbert said, and the American Red Cross opened a temporary evacuation center at the San Luis Obispo Veterans ...

Oceano residents south of the Arroyo Grande Creek Levee should seek higher ground before 8:00 p.m. tonight," the Office of Emergency Services of San Luis Obispo said in an update.

“Forecasted rain amounts are anticipated to fill the Arroyo Grande Creek Channel and potentially overtop the south levee,” the release said.