Dave Booker died February 10th in Rancho Mirage. Booker grew up in Atascadero, and graduated from Atascadero high school in 1963. He graduated from Cal Poly with a degree in accounting. After getting his CPA license, he joined the San Luis firm of Glenn and Burdette. He served on the Atascadero school board from 1975-1979.…
Over the weekend, San Luis Obispo county reported 53 people tested positive for Covid-19. Eight people with Covid died. All eight are 50 years of age and older. Since they started testing last year, 235 people with coronavirus have died. The last time they provided statistics on age, the county health department reported the average…
An Atascadero punk rocker convicted of indecent exposure in San Luis Obispo superior court. Steve Klein was a founding member of the band, “New Found Glory.” Klein accepted a plea bargain in a case that has dragged on for six years. Klein will serve no jail time, and will be sentenced to two years of…
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley shared a similar message when he visited Atascadero over the weekend. Kiley talked with KPRL about why he got into politics. He says he’s watched the quality of life in California deteriorate, particularly in the last year under the failed leadership of governor Gavin Newsom. Kiley grew up around Folsom. He graduated…
Political pundit Steve Frank made a rare appearance in San Luis Obispo County Monday. Frank spoke to over 100 people at the Monday night tea party meeting last night in Atascadero. Among other things, Frank talked about church and school closures by Governor Gavin Newsom. He said the Vons supermarket across the street from his…
Paso Robles school district needs more substitute teachers. Assistant superintendent Jennifer Gaviola sent out a flyer that says, substitute teachers needed. Unfortunately, she misspelled the word substitute. It has an “i” in it, not three u’s. Regardless, they clearly need substitute teachers at the Paso Robles school district, and there will be an increase in…
Governor Gavin Newsom announces that schools will be pressured to reopen this spring. He’s allocating $6.6 billion dollars to provide incentives to schools which reopen by April first. In most areas, the barrier to reopening schools is the teacher’s union. The LA teachers union said they wanted several changes before teachers return to school. They…
Sunny today with highs this afternoon near 70. Clear overnight with temperatures dipping down to about 31. Tomorrow, partly cloudy with temperatures around 70. The extended forecast calls for clouds Wednesday, then sunny skies Thursday and Friday. A 40% chance of rain Saturday. And more showers next Tuesday and Wednesday.
High school sports picking up in the north county. Friday, the Paso Robles Bearcat boys and girls swim teams competed against the Greyhounds at Atascadero high school. No spectators were allowed, but the swimmers enjoyed the competition. They did not wear masks when they swam, which makes sense. Football practice underway at many high schools.…
In outer space, Cal Poly graduate and now astronaut, Victor Glover took a six hour walk in space yesterday. A NASA official described the video transmitted from space yesterday. Victor Glover is the son of a police officer from the Inland Empire. He studied aeronautical engineering at Cal Poly. He’s one of several Cal Poly…
