The San Luis Obispo city council appointed assistant city manager Whitney McDonald to serve as the city’s interim city manager, beginning April 26th. This comes after the previous city manager, Derek Johnson, announced his intent to resign his post to become Chief Executive Officer in Marin county. McDonald held the city manager position in Arroyo…
The county clerk recorder’s office posted another update for the March 5th primary election yesterday afternoon. For the district 5 supervisor race, Heather Moreno once again widens the gap to Susan Funk. Moreno now holds 56.40% of the votes to Funk’s 43.60%, with a difference of 2,058 votes. The clerk-recorder’s office anticipates releasing another update…
Press Release 20240320 – St Rose Incident The Paso Robles police department released a statement of an incident that took place at Saint Rose Catholic School yesterday morning. At around 10 am, the department received a report that a student had made possible threats towards other students on campus. Staff promptly separated the student, and…
The Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance announced that it is welcoming back Krista Smith as its new marketing director. Holding a master’s degree in public policy and bachelor’s degree in journalism, Smith previously supported consumer engagement efforts for the Wine Country Alliance from 2011 to 2016. Following this, she worked in public affairs and communications…
The county public health department announced that the number of tuberculosis cases in California & San Luis Obispo is increasing. Though the department says the number does remain low, ten cases of active TB were identified in the county in 2023, with increasing cases of latent TB as well. Latent TB is when the disease…
Karen Velie hosts “Sound Off” every Wednesday and Thursday. Karen brings a diverse range of guests to talk about the issues that affect us most. Tune in to the longest running talk show on the Central Coast – now in its sixth decade. Sound Off guest(s): *John Roush in for an update on…
The Templeton school board of trustees will be meeting tomorrow at 5 pm for a special meeting. The special meeting is to conduct interviews and appoint a replacement for a vacant school board seat. Trustee Mendi Swan announced that she will be resigning, beginning March 1, 2024. The Templeton school board has received seven applications…
The San Luis Obispo police department has released a recap for its enforcement activities during the third weekend of the St. Patrick’s Day safety enhancement zone. Despite the holiday falling on this past weekend, the police department had begun its enhanced enforcement earlier in the month. According to the police department, more than 160 citations…
The Paso Robles city council unanimously approved its two-year budget cycle goals in its meeting last night. The next step for adopting its budget will be on the April 16th regular city council meeting, discussing the proposed budget overview. During the meeting, the council was also presented with SLOCOG’s “Local Roads First” proposed sales tax.…
The city of Morro Bay announced that its fire department will be conducting a series of training operations alongside the California Highway Patrol air operations division and the Morro Bay harbor department. The training will begin today, and is known as “Helocasting.” According to the city, helocasting is using a helicopter to deliver a rescue…
