PR City Council Race 08.16.2022

In the Paso Robles city council race, we have only one race with more than one candidate. Michael Rivera is challenging mayor Steve Martin. That’s a city at large election. City councilman John Hamon is running for re-election, and he’s unopposed in his district. In the second district, councilman Maria Elena Garcia resigned. School board…

In Sports 08.15.2022

High school football practice is now underway. Friday night, the Templeton Eagles held a scrimmage which attracted about 100 people to the football field to watch Don Crow’s Eagles. The Eagles will open at home against Coalinga, a team which beat them last season. And we’ll have that game for you live here on KPRL.…

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Jim Weimann Memorial 08.15.2022

We learn today of plans for a memorial service and celebration of life for KPRL’s Jimmy Weimann, who died recently. Weimann was the voce of the Bearcats over the past 20 years and more recently on an internet station. Services will be held Thursday morning at 10 at Creston Community Church, followed by the burial…

Chief Aggson Retires 08.15.2022

San Luis Obispo fire chief Keith Aggson is retiring. The chief served San Luis Obispo’s fire department for three years. He will retire in November. Previously Aggson served fire departments in Atascadero, Templeton and Paso Robles. He says fire service has changed over the past 30 years he’s served as a firefighter. He says technology…

Fires in Atascadero 08.15.2022

Two fires in Atascadero over the weekend. Saturday morning, three people suffered minor burns when their RV caught fire on San Fernando road. Around 11:30 Saturday morning, fire fighters responded to a call and discovered a fully-engulfed fire of a 30-foot RV trailer. The fire spread to vegetation and burned about an acre. Three people…

Diablo Canyon 08.15.2022

Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing the state of California loan PG and E $1.4 billion dollars to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. The draft legislation may be attached to the state’s budget as a trailer bill. If passed it would help extend the power plants operation another 5-10 years behind…

SLO Elections 08.15.2022

The San Luis Obispo county clerk recorder’s office posted over the weekend an unofficial list of candidates as of August 12th. It includes those running for school boards in the county, but not those running city council seats. It shows nine candidates running at large for the school board in Atascadero. In Paso Robles, there…

Dog Bone Roundabout 08.15.2022

Did you drive through the detours on Golden Hill and Union roads in Paso Robles? Ditas Esperanza said the detours frustrated a lot of drivers over the past week. But she says people need to stop using the medical plaza parking lot as a short cut. That’s private property. Ditas says the other parking lot…