Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia

The Pacific Coast Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge tourist railroad located at the Santa Margarita Ranch in Santa Margarita, California. Established in 2000 and completed in 2004 by San Luis Obispo entrepreneur Rob Rossi, the railroad sees only limited public operation. Phase 1 consisted of a 1.5 mi (2.4 km) loop around the most historic part of the ranch. The railroad currently operates three steam locomotives built between 1897 and 1968, and four of the original Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad Retlaw 1 passenger cars. One of the locomotives, the No. 2 Roger Linn, was used in the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman TV show. Other equipment includes an ex-International Railways of Central America caboose, business car Cuscatlan, and several ex-Denver & Rio Grande freight cars.

Santa Margarita (Spanish for "St. Margaret") is a town and census-designated place located in San Luis Obispo County, California. It was founded in 1889 near Cuesta Peak and San Luis Obispo along State Route 58. The town's name comes from the Mexican Alta California land grant of Rancho Santa Margarita. It is home to the Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia site. The population was 1,259 at the 2010 census.

Garden Farms is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California. Garden Farms sits at an elevation of 955 feet (291 m). The 2010 United States census reported Garden Farms's population was 386. Garden Farms is a subdivision located between Santa Margarita and Atascadero, California.

Rancho Santa Margarita was a 17,735-acre (71.77 km2) Mexican land grant in the Santa Lucia Mountains, in present day San Luis Obispo County, central California. The rancho was granted by Governor pro tem Manuel Jimeno Casarin in 1841 to Joaquín Estrada. The grant encompassed present day Santa Margarita. It remains an active ranch.

Tunnel Number 6, or the Summit Tunnel, is a railway tunnel between Santa Margarita, California and San Luis Obispo, California. It is the longest tunnel along the Union Pacific Railroad Coast Line at 3,610 feet (1.10 km) in length and is wide enough to carry a single track. The tunnel under the Cuesta Pass represents the highest point along the line at 1,323 feet (403 m) above sea level.The tunnel was constructed between 1893 and 1894 by the Southern Pacific Railroad. It was enlarged between 1940 and 1959. One daily passenger train, the Coast Starlight, operates through the tunnel.

KSTT-FM (104.5 FM, "Coast 104.5") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Atascadero, California, United States and broadcasts to the San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria—Lompoc, California areas. The station is owned by American General Media and airs a hot adult contemporary format.

KMLM-FM (107.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Grover Beach, California and broadcasting to the San Luis Obispo, California area. The station is owned by Gold Coast Radio LLC and airs a regional Mexican format.

KLFF (89.3 FM, "Family Life Radio 89.3") is a non-commercial radio station that is licensed to and serves San Luis Obispo, California. The station is owned by Family Life Broadcasting and broadcasts the contemporary Christian music format of the nationally syndicated Family Life Radio network.

KSLY (96.1 FM, "K-Love") is a non-commercial radio station that is licensed to San Luis Obispo, California. Owned by Educational Media Foundation, the station carries a contemporary Christian music format from the nationally syndicated K-Love network as of October 16, 2016.

KERW (101.3 FM) is a non-commercial radio station that is licensed to Los Osos-Baywood Park, California and broadcasts to the San Luis Obispo, California area. The public radio station is owned by Santa Monica College and broadcasts an eclectic music format known as "Eclectic 24". The KERW transmitter is located off TV Towers Road on Cuesta Peak in Santa Margarita.

KCBX (90.1 FM) is a non-commercial radio station that is licensed to San Luis Obispo, California. The public radio station is a member station of NPR and airs a wide variety of programming, including All Things Considered, Democracy Now!, and jazz and classical music. KCBX has a network of repeaters and translators that enable the station to be heard throughout the Central Coast of California. Full-power repeaters are KNBX (91.7 FM), licensed to San Ardo, California, and KSBX (89.5 FM) in Santa Barbara, California. KCBX itself broadcasts in HD Radio.