Over the weekend, a plane flew over Lompoc federal prison with a sign that read, “FCC prisoners, you are not forgotten.” The message paid for by a local coalition called, Love Your Inmate. The coalition organized the plane flyover Saturday. Community members gathered at a park in Lompoc to watch the fly over.
That old fire station on Ramada drive in Paso Robles has finally been renovated, and crews are back living in fire station 30. The fire station was decommissioned back in 2018 because of the building’s bad condition. The California department of general services allocated $6.5 million dollars to build a new fire station. For the…
San Luis Obispo county health department reports 71 new cases of coronavirus over the weekend. That’s the number of people testing positive. The total since they began testing a year ago is now 20,260 who have tested positive for the virus. To date, 253 people with the virus died in San Luis Obispo county, although…
The Paso Robles school board meets tonight virtually. The board has a long agenda, which is available on the district website. It includes a report on a new ethnic studies class for students at the high school. The board is also expecting more calls from citizens angry about a proposal to close Georgia Brown elementary…
Atascadero city council meets at six this evening, virtually. The council is expected to proclaim March 24th as equal pay day. The council will discuss a proposed sewer rate increase. They will also get a report on coronavirus. The city is working on a new emergency evacuation program. Each neighborhood as a zone, which describes…
Sunny and warmer today, highs near 70. NNW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Clear to partly cloudy, lows near 42. NW winds 15-25 mph. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, NNW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Highs near 68. Mostly sunny through this week.
High school football gets underway with Templeton, Paso Robles and Atascadero seeing action. The Templeton Eagles against the Wasco Tigers Friday night at Templeton high school. The Eagles had a 25-0 lead at half-time. They hung on to win, 39-22. Coach Crow says the players were glad to be back on the field playing football.…
Friday, the governor signs another bill related to coid-19. It will give millions of workers up to two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave to take time off to get vaccinated, isolate themselves from exposure or deal with the effects of the virus. The governor says, “Paid sick leave gives workers the time they need…
Tomorrow night, the Atascadero city council will discuss an increase in sewer rates. That increase would generate just over one half million dollars. The discussion will also include spending $7,500 related to the Proposition 218 majority protest process. We’ll learn more tomorrow night how much that sewer increase would cost the residents of Atascadero. Their…
After a 12-hour virtual meeting, the California Coastal Commission voted unanimously late Thursday to ban off highway vehicles on the Oceano Dunes beginning in three years, 2024. They had initially planned to ban the use of off road vehicles beginning in five years, but narrowed it down to three before the ban goes into effect.…
