PG & E Proposal 01.31.2022

PG and E is proposing building a series of battery energy storage projects around the state. The intent is to help improve energy resiliency after Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is shut down. Diablo produces 9% of the state’s energy. Now, PG and E wants to build nine battery storage projects. The one in Nipomo…

Highway 46 Allocation 01.31.2022

Caltrans announces highway 46 has received an allocation of 136 million to continue the work to widen the highway to four lanes. The funding comes from Senate Bill I and the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The money will go to convert highway 46 east between the Shandon rest area and the Jack…

Opener For Monday 01.31.2022

January ends this year cloudy skies in the north county. John Lindsay says it was one of the driest January’s on record, but it followed a wet December, so we’re still head of average rainfall for the rainy season. After cloudy skies today, we’ll see mostly sunny skies through the weekend. Highs in the low…

North County Weather 01.28.2022

Mostly sunny skies, highs near 70 with light variable winds. Partly cloudy skies, lows near 37 with light, variable winds. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs near 67 with light variable winds. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through the weekend. Highs in the upper 60’s and low 70’s. The sunshine expected to continue through…

In Sports 01.28.2022

The Paso Robles boys basketball team hosts the Arroyo Grande Eagles tonight at Gil Asa gym. The Paso Robles girls travel to Arroyo Grande. The Atascadero Greyhound boys travel to San Luis to take on Mission Prep. The girls are idle tonight. They host San Luis Tuesday. The Templeton boys team visits Nipomo tonight. The…

Cal Poly Humboldt 01.28.2022

Have you heard about the new Cal Poly? Cal Poly Humboldt is the newest member of the Cal Poly family. Cal State University board of trustees approved the new campus on Wednesday. It’s located in Arcata. It has gone by the name, Humboldt State University, but they’re changing the name and the curriculum to attract…

Cal Poly Students in Hotels 01.28.2022

Cal Poly students who come down with covid are being put up at off campus hotels. The university has spent more than $100 thousand dollars isolating those students in hotel rooms. In the first week of the winter quarter, which began January third, there were more than one thousand positive covid tests, as the omicron…

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Other Stories This Friday 01.28.2022

Morro Bay city council passes a resolution in support of reproductive freedom. Protecting the “rights to abortion.” Council member Dawn Addis brought the item forward. Addis is running for higher office. She’s running for the state assembly. Firefighters responded yesterday to a vegetation fire in a densely forested area near Cambria. The fire was off…