The San Luis Obispo county of governments announced it has received $65 million in grant funding awarded from the California Transportation Commission. The funds will go towards transportation improvements for the Five Cities multimodal transportation network enhancement project (also known as the Five Cities project). A primary component of the Five Cities project is a…
Yesterday afternoon, a semi truck with a trailer and a red Kia crashed on highway 46 in Paso Robles. The collision happened around 1 pm near Union road. The 18 year old driver of the Kia and his passenger were both found unconscious, sustaining major injuries, and were transported to a local hospital for treatment.…
The San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s office announced it will resume its search for missing five-year-old Kyle Doan this weekend. Doan was swept away by floodwaters earlier this year when he and his mother tried to drive across San Marcos creek. A large scale ground search operation will take place this weekend, involving up to…
The public workshop addressing homelessness in the city of Paso Robles begins today. The workshops are for community members to share their perspectives, suggestions, and insights to the strategic working group. Six key areas have been identified by the working group, including behavioral health and substance abuse, funding and resources, affordable housing, and education and…
As part of its regular meeting, the Paso Robles school board will be responding to the San Luis Obispo county grand jury report titled “Are high schools making the grade at addressing mental health?” The report was submitted back in June, focusing on how well teachers and staff in San Luis Obispo county were addressing…
Cal Fire’s Lewis A. Moran Reforestation Center is looking for the assistance of public and private landowners in the yearly cone crop survey. American Forests, Cal Fire, and other US Forest Service entities have launched a new joint cone survey application where anyone can provide cone survey data. The objective of this survey is to…
The city of Atascadero invites all community members to attend the ceremonial oath of office for the newly appointed city manager, James R. Lewis. Jim Lewis will be sworn in on Monday, July 10th at 10 am on the front steps of historic city hall; attendees will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with…
A vegetation fire broke out on the fourth of July in Paso Robles at nine in the evening. Units arrived to approximately a quarter acre fire burning in the open space between the neighborhood along Kleck road and highway 46, according to a press release. The fire was fully controlled a little more than half…
The San Luis Obispo Food Bank is expecting to see another surge in demand for its services. Currently The Food Bank serves over 31 thousand people in a month, providing over four million pounds of food every year. The demand for the Food Bank’s services surged during the pandemic, and again with recent record-high inflation.…
A Pismo Beach man has been caught in a legal battle with the city for over three years. William Kendall owns a property in Pismo Beach that he wanted to turn into a self-storage lot, but after the city charged him with development impact fees he felt were excessive for his project, Kendall sued the…
