Vegetation Fire 8-1-25 Paso Fire & Emergency Services responded to a report of an active vegetation fire on Friday afternoon in the Salinas riverbed area. Paso Fire arrived at 3200 block of Sulfur Springs road at about 2:16 pm, arriving at the scene within three minutes of the initial report. Paso Fire says about a…
PG&E customers experienced an outage on Saturday morning in north San Luis Obispo county. The outage occurred just before noon, affecting residents in Templeton west of the 101, stretching up north to the lake Nacimiento area. PG&E says about 1,466 customers were affected from the outage. Power was eventually restored later that afternoon.
Board Agenda 08-05-25 English The Paso Robles school board’s next meeting is tomorrow evening, with closed session starting at 6 pm. As part of its agenda, the board will introduce the first reading for policy updates, which will return for approval on a future consent agenda. Policies are updated to ensure they remain compliant with…
A three-day full closure of highway 41 between the Cholame “Wye” and highway 33 was initially scheduled to take place this week, from August 5th through the 7th. Caltrans announced on Sunday that this closure has been cancelled due to the Gifford fire on highway 166. An update will be provided when the work has…
A vegetation fire sparked Friday afternoon near the Madre fire scar, on either side of highway 166 near New Cuyama. Since then, the Gifford fire has grown rapidly, fueled by dry vegetation, hot temperatures, and strong wings. The fire, as of around 6 this morning, has grown to 65,000 acres. The fire is burning in…
Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services received a report of a barn fire on Saturday at approximately 4:55 pm. The fire was located at 8620 San Carlos, and had already extended to surrounding vegetation. Atascadero Fire says a coordinated response managed to stop the fire’s forward progress by 5:40 pm. In total, 9 acres of vegetation…
The proposed rate charge for the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin failed to pass. On Friday’s special meeting for the Paso Robles Groundwater Authority, the protest ballots against the rates were counted. Over 50% of impacted parcels submitted protests. The fees were initially proposed to bring the basin into compliance with the state’s sustainable groundwater management…
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