This week, France is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the death of Napoleon Bonapart. To celebrate the former emperor, they have released fascinating factoids about the man. For instance, he wrote a romance novel when he was in his 20’s. His first wife, Josphine, narrowly avoided the guillotine. Napoleon would disguise himself as a commoner…
A Malian woman gives birth to nine babies at once in Morocco. Doctors said she was expecting only seven. The five girls and four boys are doing well. The 28-year-old mother gave birth by cesarean section at 30 weeks, a little premature.
The pentagon says a Chinese rocket is falling out of orbit, and will re-enter the earth’s atmosphere tomorrow. Officials say it’s too early to predict where any debris will land. The rocket put a portion of China’s first space station into orbit last month. If you want to follow it, the military’s 18th space control…
A Los Osos student at Humboldt state left school when she realized living in the dorm cost her more than tuition. Anna-Grace Dicus took a break from school, got two jobs, and saved her money until she found an old school bus for sale in Gerogia. She bought the bus for $3200 and drove it…
In Tehachapi, 15-20 California condors have taken over a woman’s home, and they’re trashing it. Cinda Mickols say the giant birds littered the deck with debris. They ruined a spa cover, decorative flags and lawn ornaments. They’ve knocked plants over, scratched railings and they are defecating everywhere. The birds showed up last weekend. Many of…
Fires continue in the Salinas river bed in Paso Robles. Several in the past two week, both started by humans. Paso Robles police Chief Ty Lewis says the new ECHO homeless shelter at the old Motel 6 has helped, but it hasn’t stopped the activity in the Salinas riverbed. During a recent appearance on KPRL,…
San Luis Obispo county health officials report 28 new coronavirus cases yesterday. 20 of the new cases are in San Luis Obispo. Three in Paso Robles. One in Atascadero. Four in Arroyo Grande. One in Nipomo. That adds up to 29, not 28, but that’s the report. No new deaths reported. Statistics show that of…
Mostly sunny through the weekend. Tomorrow, temperatures in the north county will approach 90. Then it will cool off Sunday. Next week will start out cooler with temperatures near 80 on Monday. Then over in the mid 80’s for most of the weekend. No rain in the forecast.
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: *Steve Frank of…
Sunny, after some clouds this morning, highs near 82. Westerly wind 10-20 miles per hour. Overnight, clear skies, lows near 47. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs near 82. Westerly winds10-20 miles per hour. Mostly sunny through this coming weekend. Upper 80’s Saturday, cooling to the mid 80’s Sunday. Then temperatures will stay in the low 80’s…
