North County Weather 05.09.2022

Sunny skies with a few afternoon clouds, highs near 65. NW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Tonight, clear skies, lows near 36. NW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs near 65. NW winds 10-20 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies thru the week, with a warming trend.…

In Sports 05.09.2022

The Templeton high girls swim team won the Division II CIF Swim Championship over the weekend. The Eagles were the only school swimming for the title without having a pool. They finished with 238 points, followed by Nipomo high finishing second with 179. Freshman Kylie Bell broke records in the 200-yard individual medley and the…

Taliban Restrictions in Afghanistan 05.09.2022

Things getting back to normal in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership has ordered all Afghan women to wear all-covering clothing in public, and threatened to punish their male relatives in cases of noncompliance. The decree was issued Saturday. It evoked similar restrictions on women during the Taliban’s previous hardline rule between 1996 and 2001. Now those…

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Other Stories This Monday 05.09.2022

Duckhorn Portfolio out of Napa Valley buys a 289-acre ranch in Paso Robles. The Bottom Line Ranch has been growing cabernet sauvignon grapes on 265 acres of the ranch. Duckhorn people described the Bottom Line Ranch as a rare find in terms of row orientations, root stocks and clonal selection. They say it has great…

The Printery Mother’s Day Event 05.09.2022

Atascadero’s Printery Foundation sold more than 65 mother’s day lasagna dinners yesterday. It’s an annual fundraiser which raises money to restore the old Printery building. The lasagna dinners are prepared by volunteers. Questers was on hand to sell plants. The state Questers organization has deemed saving the Printery as their project this calendar year. The…

Olive Oil & Lavender Festival 05.09.2022

Saturday, thousands of people attended the Olive and Lavender Festival put on by the Paso Robles Main Street Association. Chris Mole brought olive oil from her Molefina Olive Oil Company. Besides olive oil there was lavender. There are a lot of health and beauty products made from lavender. But it’s also really good in ice…

Atascadero Fire’s 100th Anniversary 05.09.2022

A 1929 ford fire truck owned by the Atascadero fire department on display Saturday in Atascadero. It was on display Saturday at an open house celebrating the 100th anniversary of the fire department. Hundreds of people attended the open house at the Atascadero fire station in downtown Atascadero. Incidentally, Atascadero city council meets tomorrow night…