In a third year of drought, California farmers and ranchers have planted fewer acres, fallowed fields or reduced livestock herds as water supplies diminish. State farmers last year fallowed 395,100 acres of cropland, resulting in more than 14,000 lost farm jobs and $1.7 billion in lost revenue. That’s according to the California Farm Water Coalition.…
San Luis Obispo county health officials report the first case of monkey pox in the county. More than two thousand cases of the virus have been reported in California. It’s passed primarily by gay men. San Luis Obispo health officials say the water is slightly colored, but safe to drink after more than 10,000 gallons…
Very early yesterday morning, a Minuteman III missile blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force base near Lompoc. The missile launch occurred at 12:49 yesterday morning. It was a test to verify the safety, security, effectiveness and readiness of the weapon system. Colonel Bryan Titus is the Space Launch Delta 30 Vice Commander. He says, “Tonight’s…
Meanwhile, three council seats will be decided in the November election. The mayor running for re-election. He’s being challenged by Michael Rivera. That’s a city-wide election. The mayor elected at large. John Hamon is running unopposed for re-election in his council district. And school board trustee Chris Bausch is running unopposed for the district two…
The big meeting for the city council of Paso Robles is tomorrow night when they discuss licensing of cannabis retails stores in the city. You may remember how this was handled in Grover Beach. City officials, including the elected mayor and a councilman, sold those licenses to interested parties for cash in a paper bag.…
The Paso Robles city council honored two key employees who are retiring this month. Mayor Steve Martin reading the proclamation for an IT expert who took the city through Y2K and other crises, David McCue was very succinct. Julie Silva Dahlen was more verbal, as you’d expect from a former librarian. The mayor talked about…
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday morning at this time, NB 101 was closed, blocked by a crash involving a truck transporting thousands of oranges. The truck caught fire near the exit to 46 west, and that closed the freeway entirely. They finally opened the NB left lane at 9 yesterday morning, but it…
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: *Paso Robles Main…
Sunny today with highs near 101. SW winds increasing to 10-20 miles per hour. Overnight, clear with lows near 59. WSW winds 10-15 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny skies, with highs near 97. WSW winds 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny skies with highs in the upper 90’s through Friday. Then…
The Dodgers shut out the Brewers 4-0. The Giants beat the Diamondbacks 6-1. Madison Bumgarner gave up a two-run homer to Evan Longoria and picked up the loss. The Mariners beat the Angels 6-2. The Rangers beat the Athletics 2-1. The Rays shut out the Yankees 4-0. The Orioles beat the Blue Jays 7-3.
