San Luis Obispo county has ordered an additional 100 ventilators to avoid a potential shortage due to corona-virus. Air traffic is way down at the county airport. Thursday, airport officials say the passenger load was about 25% of its normal load. That’s because of the corona-virus scare. Because of the threat of the virus, COLAB’s…
Tomorrow night, Atascadero city council gets a report on a survey done about putting a sales tax on the ballot in November. Tomorrow night, the Atascadero city council will get a report on a recent survey of voters in Atascadero, would they support an increased sales tax. That meeting gets underway at six tomorrow evening…
Mile Bradley is out as Chief Executive Officer at the California mid-state fair. The mid-state fair board of directors not saying why they voted to oust Bradley. Business assistant Colleen Bojorquez will serve as interim CEO, effective immediately. This year is the mid-state fair’s 75th anniversary. The fair is scheduled to take place July 22nd…
County emergency services director Wade Horton says gun shops will stay open. Gun shops have seen a tremendous increase in business across the state. Thousands of customers flooding gun stores in California to buy weapons and ammunition for self-protection. Yesterday afternoon, San Luis Obispo county emergency services director Wade Horton announces that after a conversation…
The San Luis Obispo county health director reports the number of Covid-19 cases in the county has reached 27. So far, no deaths reported. None have required hospitalization. In fact, scientists say 80-98% of those who get the corona-virus will have a mild case. San Luis Obispo county health director Penny Borensteen says there have…
A lot of standing water on the roadways this morning, after a deluge last night in the north county. Paso Robles receiving about one half inch of rain late yesterday and overnight. For the season, we’ve received 10.6”. The average for this point in the season is 11 inches. Forecasters say we may get some…
Cloudy skies with highs near. Tonight, showers early, then mostly cloudy overnight, lows in the low 40’s. Tomorrow, clouds and sunshine in the morning. Then, mostly cloudy in the afternoon with a 20% chance of rain. Highs in the low 60’s The extended forecast calls for rain on Sunday. We may get nearly an inch…
San Luis Obispo county schools are still offering free lunches to students. They drive through operations are from 11-1 each weekday at many schools in the county. In Paso Robles, the lunch program is offered at Georgia Brown, Winifred Pifer, Flamson middle school and Paso Robles high school. In Atascadero nearly every school is providing…
Meanwhile in San Luis Obispo county, the emergency services director says six additional cases of Wuhan, China corona-virus Covid-19 have been confirmed. Wade Horton says that brings the total to 13 in the county. That was as of late Thursday. Public Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein says the increase is about what one would expect…
So, why corona-virus is a bigger deal than seasonal flu? This is an explanation from the health department in Shelby, Arizona. Forwarded to me by a nurse who retired locally and is now in Arizona. It has to do with RNA sequencing, i.e. Genetics. Seasonal flu is an “all human virus”. The DNA/RNA chains that…
