An accident involving a tractor-trailer rig blocked the eastbound lane of 46 east about one mile east of the Shandon rest area yesterday. The big rig collided with a pick up and overturned around 7:30 yesterday morning. The truck was righted around 10:00 am, but it was unstable and partly resting on a bridge near…
Paul Clark says the Easter Sunrise Service at Chapel On The Hill has been canceled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Serra Chapel, as it’s officially known, is located on a hill off McMillan Canyon road, just west of Shandon. The chapel was built by the late Judge William Clark, a rancher who served…
The county health department says two more coronavirus cases were reported yesterday. That brings the total to 104. Of that number, 75 people have recovered. 25 are recovering at home. Three people are hospitalized. Two are in intensive care. Still, only one fatality. Health director Penny Borenstine says if you’re experiencing symptoms of coronavirus, you…
The sounds of spring. Frogs celebrating the recent rains at Turtle Creek in Paso Robles. The creek getting enough water to host a couple mallard ducks yesterday. Today, however, we’ll see a change in the weather with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 60’s. That sunny weather will continue, but temperatures will reach…
Rain this morning with a few scattered showers this afternoon in the north county, highs in the mid 50’s. Tonight, cloudy with about a 20% chance of rain, lows in the low 40’s. Tomorrow, a few clouds in the morning, sunny in the afternoon, highs near 70. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies…
The city of San Luis Obispo doubles the fines for anyone who gathers to party in large groups. They could pay hefty fines for ignoring emergency stay-at-home orders. The San Luis Obispo city council will not consider a moratorium on rent or mortgages. Progressive mayor Heidi Harmon is advocating for a state-wide moratorium that would…
A San Luis Obispo man is arrested on charges of sexual assault on a minor. A teenage girl telling police that her mother’s boyfriend sexually assaulted her. The suspect is identified as 55-year-old Martin Gonzalez-Flores. He was arrested and booked at the county jail. Bail set at one hundred thousand dollars, then when more accusations…
The big, untold story of the coronavirus pandemic is the number of people suffering quietly at home from economic devastation. Thousands of people in the north county lost their jobs. Hundreds of people were forced to close their small business, or their operating on one wing, and losing thousands of dollars every week. It’s not…
One of those in the north county who had the coronavirus and recovered, Commander Paul Oyler of Paso Robles. Commander Oyler retired not long ago after two tours flying jet fighters in the middle east. Today, commander Paul Oyler teaches other navy pilots how to fly. Commander Paul Oyler, now a reservist in the US…
The latest on the coronavirus scare in San Luis Obispo county. Three new cases reporting, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the county so far to 102. 73 of those people have recovered. 25 are isolating home and are expected to recover shortly. 3 people are hospitalized, all three in intensive care. So…
