San Luis Obispo county health officials report another death due to coronavirus. The person was in their 90’s and was residing at a skilled nursing home. The person had underlying health issues. That makes 19 people in the county who have died with corona virus since March. Of those 19 fatalities, 14 victims were over…
Paso Robles city council meets tonight in a virtual meeting. You can hear the meeting live here on KPRL. At the outset of tonight’s meeting, they will give a phone number if you would like to make a comment during the discussions at the meeting this evening. The council will discuss the security contract for…
San Luis Obispo county supervisors meet today in another virtual meeting, but there are some hot topics on the agenda, cannabis and the Paso Robles groundwater basin. Superivsor Peschong says he would like to hear more north county people speak up about the recent protests over black lives matter, and the arrest of 20-year-old activist…
Despite the hot weather, schools in the Paso Robles school district gave out Chrome books and laptops to facilitate distance learning yesterday at local schools. Tim Vincent is principal at Flamson middle school. He says it got so hot, he gave his staff a two hour break from 2-4 yesterday afternoon. Today, 7th grade parents…
Another hot one today in the north county. Forecasters say high temperatures will reach 112 in Paso Robles. 107 in Atascadero. The cooling station is operating at centennial park for those who don’t have access to air conditioning. Smoke continues to linger. The smoke is from the River fire which is burning out of control…
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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…
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…
Paso Robles city officials say goats and sheep begin grazing in the Salinas riverbed today to reduce wildfire risk. The mitigation of vegetation overgrowth is part of the city’s hazardous fuel reduction program. City officials contracted with the Goat Girls LLC to graze nearly 15 acres of vegetation. Using a mixture of 250 goats and…
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…
