Firefighters in Paso Robles received a report yesterday evening about a fire near the Rancho Paso mobile home park. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find two outbuildings and a 10×20 spot of vegetation burning. Cal Fire SLO says forward progress of the blaze was stopped shortly after arrival, and the cause of the fire…
Two PG&E power outages occurred yesterday in the county: one in San Luis Obispo and one in Atascadero. The Atascadero outage affected about 1700 PG&E customers, including Atascadero high school. Power was eventually restored later in the day after PG&E conducted their safety search. The outage was caused by the enhanced safety settings, which PG&E…
The Paso Robles police department released a statement yesterday on a burglary that took place the same day at approximately 10:30 in the morning. The police department received a report of a residential burglary in progress on Silverwood Way, with the owner receiving notifications via his surveillance cameras. Three unknown suspects entered his residence. When…
Yesterday afternoon, the Paso Robles police department received a notification by Daniel Lewis middle school staff of a student’s social media post regarding a potential incident. In a release by the PRPD, the department quickly responded and conducted a thorough investigation of the school, but determined there were no credible threats. There was no impact…
Caltrans announced yesterday that a project on the US 101 southbound lane in Atascadero will begin on Thursday, September 7th. The project will install a high surface friction treatment on the pavement of the southbound lane between Traffic Way and San Anselmo road. Work will run from 7:30 pm to 6 am, and travelers can…
The Paso Robles Rec Foundation will be hosting a groundbreaking ceremony on September 5th for a few bicycle pump track at Barney Schwartz park. According to the Rec Foundation, the pump track is designed to be suitable for all ages with separate tracks for different skill level riders, and will be the only pump track…
The city of Paso Robles has announced that applications for serving as a commissioner on the airport commission will be accepted until September 30th. Appointed commissioners serve three year terms with a maximum of three consecutive terms. The purpose of the commission is to aid city council in gathering public input on the operation and…
The Atascadero city council met Wednesday evening for a special workshop on its general plan update. The city has been working for about a year now to update its general plan, and is projected to end with a policy document and land distributions. A bulk of Wednesday’s discussion was on 12 focus areas outlined in…
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A vegetation fire broke out yesterday afternoon in a rural section of Arroyo Grande. The fire was located just northeast of the city on Fox Canyon lane off Corbett Canyon road. Cal Fire says the fire burned two trailers and spread to nearby vegetation before being knocked down at a little under a quarter of…
