Sound Off for Monday 7.01.2019
Brett Butterfield of the Ravine Water Park, talking about new changes at the water park for the summer of 2019.
North County Weather 7.01.2019
Sunny today with highs in the low 90’s. NW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tonight, clear with lows around 50. NW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny with highs in the upper 80’s. WNW winds to 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny weather with highs in the low to upper…
Templeton Kittens 7.01.2019
Templeton firefighters were practicing car rescue procedures last week at their training grounds near the Salinas riverbed when they made an unusual discovery. They were learning how to use the jaws of life to remove car crash victims when they discovered two week old kittens under the passenger seat. There was no sign of the…
DAR 7.01.2019
The daughters of the American Revolution name an African-American woman to its national governing board. 72-year-old Whilhelmena Rhodes Kelly joined the DAR in 2004. She was researching her family history and hit a roadblock. That’s when members of the DAR gave her some help. Yesterday, the DAR installed Kelly as the head of its New…
Oregon Walk Out 7.01.2019
The legislative walk-out in Oregon ended over the weekend. Republicans returned to the state senate Saturday after a nine-day walk-out. The republicans walked out to protest a state cap on carbon that would have allowed companies to trade pollution credits. After republicans returned, the senate voted 17-10 to send that climate proposal back to committee,…
Bakersfield Man DUI 7.01.2019
The CHP says a Bakersfield man who caused a fatal crash on highway 166 on April 6th was driving under the influence of drugs. Three Cal Poly students were driving eastbound on 166 to look at wildflowers. They were struck by a car driven by 29-year-old Brian Scott Adams of Bakersfield. Adams’ car crossed the…
Price of Gas in SLO County 7.01.2019
San Luis Obispo county has the highest gas prices in the nation. That’s what GasBuddy.com determined Friday. The average price in our county, $3.91 cents a gallon. That’s higher than San Francisco, Los Angeles or San Diego. The most expensive gas in the county is the Shell station in Cambria. $4.59 cents a gallon on…
Paso Robles City Council 7.01.2019
Tomorrow night’s Paso Robles city council meeting is canceled. There will be no meeting tomorrow night. You may remember two weeks ago, the meeting went until 11:20 at night. At the “eleventh hour” the council completely reversed itself on the short term vacation rental (STR) issue. In the previous meeting they voted unanimously to ban…
Fire in Paso Robles 7.01.2019
A vegetation fire burned about 11 acres of the Salinas riverbed Saturday. The fire was reported around five Saturday afternoon in the area near North River road. The wind-driven fire consumed dense vegetation in the riverbed. Fire fighters had difficulty accessing the fire. North River road was closed between Union road and Riveroaks drive for…
Fourth of July Week 7.01.2019
This is fourth of July week. The fourth falls on Thursday. The upcoming weekend is a four day holiday for many. The annual Templeton fourth of July parade will be at ten Thursday morning in downtown Templeton. The pancake breakfast put on the Templeton firefighters begins at 7:00 at the fire station. No roadwork scheduled…