Mostly sunny today, highs in the mid 60’s. Westerly winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. Tonight, mostly clear, lows in the mid 40’s. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs near 70. NNW winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for light rain late Saturday through Sunday morning.
The Atascadero Greyhounds boys baseball team beat the Templeton Eagles, 4-3, to advance to the championship game in division III of the CIF central section. Several hundred fans watched the game at Atascadero high school Wednesday afternoon. With the victory, Atascadero becomes the only north county baseball team to reach a championship game in the…
Despite a crash near the finish and a wild ride down highway one through Big Sur, the Tour of California bicycle race rolled into Morro Bay yesterday afternoon. Stage four finished at the Embarcadero around 3:45. Fabio Jakobsen won the stage by out sprinting three-time world champion Peter Sagan through downtown Morro Bay. The fifth…
A Santa Maria man arrested over the weekend for stealing more than 700 avocados from a ranch in Nipomo. Sheriff’s deputies arrested 37-year-old Christian Lara Medrano. They found wire cutters and about 730 avocados in his vehicle. The avocados are worth about $620. An avocado ranch manager says he’s found fences cut several times in…
Helicopters to hover over the north county this week and next, while inspecting 25,000 miles of power lines in the county. That’s in response to Cal Fire accusations against PG and E for starting wildfires in northern California. The helicopters will fly about 300 to 500 feet above the power lines. The choppers are equipped…
State fire officials announced yesterday that after a six month investigation, they’ve determined that PG and E power lines in the hills of Butte county ignited the wildfire that destroyed 19 thousand buildings and killed 85 people. The announcement made yesterday at a news conference at the state capital. Governor Gavin Newsom called PG and…
A day in court for a 25-year-old Los Osos woman accused of striking and killing a Morro Bay pastor as he took a walk on a Sunday afternoon back in November. 67-year-old Dale Paulsen had announced his retirement after 24 years at the Morro Bay Presbyterian church. 25-year-old Emily Bales was allegedly driving under the…
An arrest in Atascadero Tuesday afternoon after a chase through downtown. A man wearing a Dodgers baseball jersey was spotted removing a license plate from a pick-up truck near Chalk Mountain Liquor. A bystander got the plate number and reported it to a police dispatcher. The Atascadero police determined the plate belonged to a vehicle…
San Luis Obispo county mental health announces a new federally funded program to train clinicians with county sheriff’s deputies. The plan announced yesterday will provide boots-on-the-ground services to people in the field to provide services to homeless and under-served members of the community. The annual grant is worth $330 thousand dollars.
Late last night, the Paso Robles planning commission approved guidelines for owners of short term vacation rentals. The commission recommended the Paso Robles city council approve those staff guidelines. Homeowners and those with short term rentals (STR) packed the library conference room Wednesday night. The public hearing on guidelines was delayed one day because only…
