Paso Robles city council to talk about budget cuts at their next meeting. Although the agenda item may be generic, the council is looking at cutting money from recreation and the library. The city has about a $46 million dollar budget. Of that, 1.1 goes to recreation. Slight more goes to the library. The city…
The weather has cooled off, but the fires continue to burn out of control in California. Forecasters say we’ll see high temperatures in the low to mid 90’s for the next several days here in the north county. The Dolan fire just south of Big Sur has grown dramatically since last weekend. The fire has…
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Mostly sunny today, but there may be haze and smoke in some areas. Definitely cooler today, highs in the mid 80’s. SSW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tonight, clear skies, with some smoke and haze. Lows in the low to mid 50’s. SW winds 5-10 miles per hour. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies with some smoke…
Monterey Bay Community Power has a new name. The collective energy provider now calls itself, Central Coast Community Energy. That’s partly due to its expansion into San Luis Obispo county. The cities of San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles joining the power collective. Atascadero and San Luis Obispo county rejected invitations to join Monterey Bay…
County health officer Penny Borenstein says the county found 71 new coronavirus cases over the extended Labor Day weekend. In the north county, there were 11 new cases each in Paso Robles and Atascadero. Two in San Miguel and one in Shandon. So far, 3,145 county residents have tested positive for Covid-19. The vast majority…
A trend which started with the black lives matters movement is gaining momentum. That’s the retirement of police chiefs. In Dallas yesterday, an African American female police chief resigned yesterday. Police chief Rene Hall will leave office at the end of the year. That’s following the resignation of a black female police chief in Seattle…
Atascadero chief Jerrel Haley is retiring from law enforcement. At last night’s virtual meeting, city manager Rachelle Rickard says the city is looking for a new chief now. So that process is underway. Chief Haley is reportedly moving to Hawaii after a long career in law enforcement in California.
The Paso Robles School Board received a report from Superintendent Curt Dubost on efforts to reopen the elementary schools. Trustee Chris Bausch said he feels it’s important to reopen the schools as soon as possible, but he recognizes the goal posts keep moving. Superintendent Curt Dubost agrees with Trustee Chris Bausch that the goal posts…
