While a few high school graduates are signing million dollar contracts to play professional baseball, Brooks Lee of San Luis Obispo is going to pass on a $2 million dollar signing bonus to play for his dad at Cal Poly. Lee was slated to be drafted around #37 overall. Lee worked out with three major…
This is the week for graduations. Atascadero and Shandon held commencement exercises yesterday. 245 Greyhounds graduated yesterday. Kyle de Matias is this year’s valedictorian at Atascadero high school. In Shandon, sixteen Shandon seniors graduated. Alberto Ramirez was this year’s valedictorian. More graduations today in the north county including Liberty high school in Paso Robles.
A new development in the Paso Robles school district. The director of the Culinary Arts Academy has been suspended. Gregg Wangard was hired by former superintendent Chris Williams. During Wangard’s tenure, the Culinary Arts Academy has been fined at least three times by the state, although the infractions were not made public. The academy started…
Tonight in Atascadero, the final in a series of four “Talk on the Block.” Tonight’s event to be held from 6-7 at Monterey Road elementary school. The events are sponsored by the Atascadero chamber of commerce. Tonight’s final “Talk on the Block” in Atascadero takes place at Monterey Road elementary school, which is located on…
Today, marks the 75th anniversary of D-day. Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber is back in the UK for the reenactment. On board the plane several local pilots including pilots Shermon Smoot and Scott Stelzle from Templeton. Also on board John Doyle of Paso Robles. They left Paso Robles on May 3rd. Flying a Douglas C-47 transport plane,…
After five hours of staff analysis, public testimony and council discussion, the 3-person San Luis Obispo city council ultimately approved an ordinance on short term rentals. STR owners and the residents who live next to them testified for more than an hour on both sides of the issue. After several votes, the three person council…
The Morning Exchange; North County’s local news show airs 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. every weekday. Hosts Kevin Will and Dick Mason take a lively, sometimes irreverent look at local issues. Weather every hour around the clock. Call in and let your voice be heard on a number of topics.
Jaime Umphenour is the host of “Sound-Off”, the longest running talk show on the Central Coast. She brings to the show an eclectic range of guests from Authors to Artists, business owners to politicians, and everyone in between. Tune in to Sound Off every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Today’s guests: *John Lott firearms…
Mostly sunny, highs in the low 90’s. Tonight, clear, lows near 60. Tomorrow, sunny, highs in the upper 80’s. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 80’s and low 90’s, through next week.
Hundreds of cyclists leaving the Paso Robles fairgrounds this morning as part of the annual aids/life-cycle bicycle ride. Yesterday, they rode from King City to Paso Robles. They spend the night at the fairgrounds. Now, they’re headed to the coast on 46 west to highway one south. They’ll continue south to Santa Maria. Please watch…
