Power Outage in SLO County Yesterday 06.29.2023

Yesterday morning, over seven thousand PG&E customers in the north county were without power for several hours, impacting customers mainly west of highway 101 between Templeton and Santa Margarita. The power outage was tripped by an enhanced powerline safety setting (EPSS for short). EPSS technology de-energizes a power line in one tenth of a second…

Amtrak Train Derailed in Ventura 06.29.2023

An Amtrak train bound for Seattle, scheduled to pass through Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo, was derailed just outside of Ventura yesterday. The Coast Starlight struck a water truck that was attempting to cross the tracks, when three of the seven train cars derailed, but remained upright. There were nearly 200 people aboard the…