2023 Time Change Check Alarms The Paso Robles fire department released a statement yesterday encouraging residents to check their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms with the upcoming time change on the 5th. The fire department says it has been traditional to pair the end of daylight savings time with the reminder to check smoke alarms.…
[Concerns that a spike in whale deaths is linked to offshore wind turbine planning and construction is being expressed by Patrick Moore, a former head of Greenpeace Canada. New York and New Jersey have seen high numbers of whale corpses found in the last six months, according to federal data. Photo Credit: New York Post]…
The Lizzie fire is at 100% containment as of yesterday evening, according to Cal Fire. The fire started on October 30th, and quickly spread to over a hundred acres in its first day. The forward progress of the blaze, however, was stopped, and the fire’s maximum size before 100% containment was 124 acres. The cause…
The San Luis Obispo county’s homeless services division is asking for residents to complete a survey to help guide its use of federal dollars received from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. The county says 3.1 million dollars are expected to be received in 2024, which may be used to support affordable housing,…
Bruce Gibson Recall Press Release The San Luis Obispo county clerk recorder’s office has released details for the petition to recall Bruce Gibson. On the county’s website are links to the notice of intention, Bruce Gibson’s answer to the notice, and an estimated timeline of the recall process. Currently the petition and its signature verification…
On Tuesday’s meeting for the county board of supervisors, the board voted 3 – 1 to rejoin the IWMA. The board previously left the agency after an embezzlement scandal, with the county assuming responsibility for garbage collectors complying with state regulations in unincorporated areas of the county. Garbage rates were scheduled to increase for the…
The California Highway Patrol announced that it will swear in more than a hundred new officers in a ceremony tomorrow. The graduation ceremony will take place in west Sacramento after 26 weeks of intense training for the officers. They will all be assigned to one of CHP’s 103 area offices throughout the state.
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The district attorney’s office for the central district of California released a statement earlier this week about an arrest made for conspiracy, falsification of records, and obstruction of justice. 37-year-old Ryan Wright was arrested on a federal grand jury indictment, alleging he paid the late county supervisor Adam Hill more than 95 thousand dollars in…
Cal Fire released a statement yesterday evening on an update for the Lizzie fire. As of 6 pm yesterday, the fire was at 80% containment, with 13 fire crews battling the blaze. 0 structures were damaged or threatened, and no injuries were reported. All evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted, and expected full containment…
