Jaime Umphenour is the host of “Sound-Off”, the longest running talk show on the Central Coast. She brings to the show an eclectic range of guests from Authors to Artists, business owners to politicians, and everyone in between. Tune in to Sound Off every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Today’s Guests: Paso Robles Youth…
Mostly sunny skies today. Smoke and haze are possible. Highs this afternoon in the low 90’s. Overnight, clear skies, lows near 50. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, highs in the mid 90’s. The long range forecast calls for mostly sunny skies. High temperatures dropping back into the upper 80’s Thursday and remaining cooler through next week.
Golfers warming up at Wing Foot golf course in New York for the US Open. Among the favorites, Xander Schaufele, who captured a second place finish at the Fed Ex Cup on Labor Day weekend, good for $4.5 million dollars, not bad pay for a 26-year-old golfer. His caddy is former Greyhound Austin Kaiser. They’re…
This is no surprise, Amazon is hiring. The Seattle based company is hiring 100,000 new employees. That’s in addition to 33,000 new jobs it announced last week. They’re building 100 new offices. Amazon is offering $1,000 sign up bonuses for new employees. Fed Ex says they’re planning to hire 70 thousand seasonal workers this holiday…
Cal Poly announces the formation of a diversity, equity and inclusion committee in the Big West conference. Each of the eleven universities in the Big West will have one administrator and one student-athlete on the committee. The committee will work “to combat racism, fight for social justice and, proudly support the black lives matter movement…
A lot of talk about systemic racism in the US today. Paso Robles resident and retired attorney Chris Arend raising a stir about the subject. That’s retired attorney Chris Arend of Paso Robles, talking about systemic racism. It’s become an issue today because there’s a diversity committee made up of educators and city officials talking…
Its’ been six months now since the county locked down due to the coronavirus paranoia. Back in March, the county health officer predicted victims would flood local hospitals. The county prepared 1350 hospital beds for the influx of people sick with Covid 19. So far, 369 people have been hospitalized, that’s the total number. The…
Six months into the government imposed shut down, Paso Robles city council will discuss budget cuts. It may mean cuts to recreation and library services. It’s taken the city council six months to talk about budget cuts. They’ve already talked about a tax increase which will go before voters in November. And it only took…
Forecasters say we’ll see a warming trend today and tomorrow, highs up into the low to mid 90’s, then it will cool off again by the weekend. The smoke and haze will persist. The intensity depends on the fires, particularly the Dolan fire on the coast. That fire along highway one, just south of Big…
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