A blowhole in Big Sur fascinated some young visitors last weekend. One 18-year-old man crawled closer to get a look in the rocky cliffs at Garrapata state beach. That’s when he fell in and dropped to the beach below. He signaled friends that he was okay, then he was hit by a series of 14-foot…
In Atascadero, plans are underway for Saturday’s Tamale Festival. Terrie Banish says 32 tamale festivals will be on hand, each with an average of more than a thousand tamales, although they still expect to sell out by early afternoon. The Tamale Festival is coming this Saturday from 11-5 at the sunken gardens in downtown Atascadero.
Teachers in the LA school district out on strike again today. Last Friday, the teacher’s union rejected a new offer from the LA unified school district. The two sides did not renew talks over the weekend. The teachers want more pay, smaller class size, more nurses and more counselors. The school district says to do…
The Paso Robles school board conducting budget input sessions today. There are three hour long sessions to get your input. The first 8:30 – 9:30, this morning. The second this afternoon from 3:30 – 4:00, and a third from 5:30 – 6:30 this evening. Each session will provide information on the current school budget and…
That embarrassing sign at War Memorial stadium corrected yesterday. The sign went up recently. It was on the backside of a new scoreboard which superintendent Chris Williams ordered for the football stadium behind Flamson middle school. The sign says Paso Robles joint unified school district. Beneath that it read…..The District of Excellence. Unfortunately, excellence was…
The Atascadero planning commission has a big ticket item on tonight’s agenda. The planning commission will consider a permit for a four story 131-room hotel at 940 El Camino Real. That meeting gets underway at six tonight at the historic rotunda in downtown Atascadero.
The Paso Robles city council meets tonight at the library conference room. The council will discuss alternatives to district elections for city council members. They will also discuss the city’s municipal code regarding hazardous fuel and weed abatement. The council meeting gets underway at 6:30 tonight. You can hear the meeting live here on KPRL,…
The precipitation this week may help refill reservoirs in the north county. Both lake Nacimiento and lake San Antonio are below 20% capacity. Some resourceful residents are capturing precipitation for their own use. Former mayor Frank Mecham has been collecting rain water for several years at his home in Paso Robles. If you use water…
More rain expected today and tomorrow in the north county. Yesterday, the north county received a fraction of an inch of rain. About one tenth in Paso Robles. Seven tenths in Cambria. A bigger storm expected to hit today. A stronger system still is expected to arrive late tomorrow night. Highway one is closed north…
Rain today in the north county, highs in the mid 50’s More rain tonight, with lows in the mid 40’s Rain continuing tomorrow, highs again in the mid to upper 50’s
