North County Weather 8.17.2020

Partly cloudy this morning, sunny this afternoon with high’s near 110. NW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Overnight, increasingly cloudy after midnight with lows near 70. Westerly winds at 10-20 mph. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after morning clouds, highs near 112. NNW winds 15-25 miles per hour in the afternoon. The extended forecast calls for mostly…

46 East Road Work 8.17.2020

Drivers can expect delays and temporary lane closures on highway 46 east starting Monday morning. Caltrans crews will remove and replace striping along the highway from east of McMillan Canyon Road to west of Lucy Brown Road, in Shandon. The project is scheduled to run between 8 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon…

Fires 8.17.2020

No active fires are currently burning in San Luis Obispo county. The one producing smoke in the north county this morning is the River fire, which is near Salinas. The River fire has burned about 2,000 acres in northern Monterey county. Clint Bullard of Cal Fire says there are no active fires burning in San…

Drug Bust 8.17.2020

Saturday night, Paso Robles police arrested two men from Clovis for possession of a controlled substance, paraphernalia and drug sales. The Paso Robles police department said officers contacted Brian Stoffel and Jess Bussey after they stopped at an Arco gas station. Both men are from Clovis. Officers then conducted a post release community supervision (PRCS)…

Supervisor Adam Hill 8.17.2020

Late last week, San Luis Obispo county officials released information about the investigation into workplace misconduct by supervisor Adam Hill. Supervisor Adam Hill died on August 6th after serving as district 3 supervisor since 2008. The county confirms Hill’s workplace misconduct and in a news release says the county initiated a formal investigation. Because it’s…

Back To School 8.17.2020

Last week, Atascadero schools opened with distance learning. On Thursday, Paso Robles schools open on Thursday. This week, some of the schools will be handing out Chrome books and lap tops to students. You can check out the Paso Robles schools website to learn the schedule. Flamson middle school will distribute Chrome books in a…

Power Blackouts 8.17.2020

The hot weather pushed the demand for power in California to capacity. Power blackouts occurred in some areas over the past few days, and that is expected to continue. The state seeing rolling black outs for the first time in nearly 20 years. The last time this occurred in 2001, which led to the recall…

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Opening Monologue 8.17.2020

Back to school week going to be a hot one in the north county. High temperatures near 110 for the next couple days. The smoke in the air comes from a fire near Salinas. The river fire has burned about 2,000 acres in northern Monterey county, just south of Salinas. Because of the hot weather,…