The San Luis Obispo council of governments held a special meeting on Wednesday this week regarding the Bob Jones trail project. The remaining funding gap was slated to be filled by Caltrans, but in late February, Caltrans withdrew these funds upon learning the project was not eligible. SLOCOG’s agenda says the project must be fully…
A new training center for Paso Robles Fire & Emergency services and the police department will have a groundbreaking ceremony to start its construction on March 8th. The center includes a fire training tower and an indoor training classroom for first responders. Representative Jimmy Panetta announced he will be in attendance at the groundbreaking ceremony;…
Daylight savings time will start this Sunday, March 9th. Most of the United States, except for Hawaii and Arizona, practices daylight savings time. At 2 am on March 9th, clocks will be moved forward 1 hour to 3 am local time instead. This is often known as ‘spring forward,’ letting there be more light in…
Three residents of Atascadero and Paso Robles were arrested on Wednesday by Atascadero police following a six-month long investigation into the illegal sale of narcotics. Atascadero’s special enforcement team led this investigation, and targeted three different residences for searches and arrests: Outlaws Bar and Casino on El Camino Real in Atascadero, the 5500 block of…
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Thousands of PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo county lost power Wednesday morning around highway 227. Reports from the California Highway Patrol say that a car crashed into a pole on Orcutt road between La Lomita Ranch and Avocado lane; around that time, near 10 am, PG&E started receiving reports of outages near the San…
The Atascadero city council has released the agenda for its next meeting on March 11th at 6 pm. The meeting contains no discussion items, and has only two items on its consent agenda, and one management report. The report is for measure D20, a one percent tax that voters passed in 2020. The tax goes…
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Sherwood park pickleball court construction was scheduled yesterday for 1 pm. However, due to the rainy weather, the city announced the groundbreaking ceremony will be rescheduled. A new date has been scheduled for March 26th. Construction at Sherwood park includes seven new lighted public pickleball courts, a new picnic, shade,…
Grant funding from Caltrans for pedestrian improvements have been granted to the city of Paso Robles, the city announced in a release yesterday. The city says these funds total around 380 thousand dollars, and will fund the installation and upgrades for rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFB) in the city. The existing RRFB’s on Spring street…
