Tuesday afternoon, a Watsonville man led CHP officers on a high speed chase from Atascadero to San Luis Obispo. Luciano Lopez was driving recklessly in an infinity sedan when other motorists began calling 911. That was around 3:20 Tuesday afternoon. Lopez was “swerving all over the road with the right tire deflated, and driving on…
If you’re looking to find sand today, you can get it in Atascadero at 6005 Lewis avenue and 8005 Bagarda road. In Ground Squirrel Hollow, there’s a dirt turn out across the street from 5790 Geneseo road. Heritage Ranch, 4820 Heritage road, (at Cal Fire station 33). In Paso Robles, 1220 Paso Robles street, outside…
Heavy rain hits the north county this afternoon. For the past two days, fire officials have been talking to homeless people, telling them to stay out of the riverbed. Stornetta said in the previous storm they rescued one homeless man from the riverbed twice. If you need to protect your home from flooding, today is…
A lot of rain on the way to the north county. Some areas may get 7-8 inches over the next week. You’re advised to stay safe and hunker down at home if you can. We’ll see rain this afternoon, increasing overnight, and more heavy rain tomorrow. It will lighten up Saturday, then another storm arrives…
Dick Mason from KPRL News hosts “Sound Off” every Wednesday and Thursday. Dick brings a diverse range of guests to talk about the issues that affect us most. Tune in to the longest running talk show on the Central Coast – now in its sixth decade. Sound Off guest: *Angela Hollander, candidate…
A mix of sun and clouds today, highs near 56. Light variable winds. Tonight, increasing clouds overnight, lows near 37. Light variable winds. Tomorrow, cloudy with occasional rain, highs near 58. SSE winds 10-20 miles per hour. The chance of rain is 90%. The extended forecast calls for heavy rain Thursday night. Could be 1.25…
The Cal Poly Mustangs lost a baseball game to Xavier of Ohio, 7-1, last night at Baggett stadium. They host UNLV this weekend. Last night in Henderson Nevada, Cal Poly’s mens basketball team beat Long Beach State 88-68 to advance to the quarterfinals in the big west championships. In high school basketball, St. Joseph beat…
One sad note this morning… Burton Atwood Stokes died recently at his home in rural San Miguel. Burt grew up in Grants Pass, Oregon and attended Salinas junior college. During World War II, he flew the P-38 Lighting out of Italy. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service. He retired from the US…
A mural of George Washington crossing the Delaware was rescued for the second time by art lovers. The mural was saved from a wrecking ball back in the 70’s. It disappeared but an art conservator found it. They may display the mural in 2026 which is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
More progress reported to clear and reopen highway one. One of the three major slides may reopen March 30th. That’s Caltrans prediction on March 30th. That’s providing the new storm doesn’t exacerbate the mud slides along the coast.
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