Last week, US jobless claims fell to the lowest level in more than three months. Applications for unemployment aid dropped for the week ending December 31st by 19,000. To just over two hundred thousand. Amazon is going to cut 18 thousand jobs in its corporate workforce. Amazon says it will tell employees about their layoffs…
This may be no surprise to you, but a new report from Construction Coverage says the San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles housing market grew in market value by 269% since 2000. That’s put it among the top 15 markets out of more than 200 measured in the nation. One of the factors that is…
The author who told the story of corruption in San Luis Obispo county has a new book out. You may remember Debbie Peterson’s first book, Sleaze, Lies, and Suicide in a California Beach Town. The former mayor of Grover Beach told the story about supervisor Adam Hill and his cohorts, including supervisor Bruce Gibson. She…
Today, governor Gavin Newsom will be inaugurated. He’s going to march a few blocks to the state capitol, and then he will be sworn in for another four years. Not a lot of information about the event has been released, but they started putting up barricades along Sacramento’s capitol mall on Wednesday. Newsom’s first inauguration…
Highway 1 near Big Sur is expected to reopen temporarily today. Caltrans says crews were able to clean up several slides in the roadway north of Ragged Point. Another assessment will be done today and if it is favorable, highway 1 will reopen between Ragged Point and Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn from 8:00 this morning…
A respite from the rain today, but a lot more is on the way. Sunshine and clouds today and tomorrow. Then early Sunday morning we’ll get rain showers. Another heavy downpour forecast for Monday, and the rain will continue Tuesday. The atmospheric river taking a break for a couple days, but it will resume Monday.…
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 guests: *Debbie Peterson, local…
Cloudy this morning, rain showers from ten to around 4 this afternoon, highs near 56. SW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tonight, mostly clear, lows near 38. Light variable winds. Tomorrow, sunshine and some cloudiness, highs near 58. Light variable winds. The extended forecast calls for showers Saturday night continuing through Friday of next week.…
No Thursday night NFL game tonight. Saturday, the Raiders host the Chiefs in Las Vegas. Sunday, the 49ers host the Arizona Cardinals. The Seattle Seahawks host the Los Angeles Rams. The Broncos host the Los Angeles Chargers. And the Packers host the Detroit Lions.
Police identify one of the two pedestrians struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Grover Beach. 55-year-old Ronald Frank Gupton was struck and killed on December 5th. Security video shows that as the train approached, he stepped off the platform onto the track to retrieve an object. He was struck and killed. Another fatality…
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