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Arroyo Grande

American  

noun

  1. a town in SW California.


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It was a July evening when Elyse Pahler, 15, sneaked out her bedroom in the Central Coast town of Arroyo Grande, planning to get into some mischief.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025

He was a 1961 graduate of Arroyo Grande High School and first spelled his name Jimy as a prank in high school.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Dominik Contreras scores 24 points in Oxnard’s 69-65 championship win over Thousand Oaks at the Arroyo Grande boys’ basketball tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2022

Investigators used dogs trained to detect human remains and ground-penetrating radar to search Ruben Flores’s property in Arroyo Grande, Calif.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2022

The highway snaked through green rolling hills past Nipomo, Arroyo Grande, and Pismo Beach until we reached San Luis Obispo.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez