A 77-square-mile area of San Diego county has been placed under quarantine to guard against a Mexican fruit fly infestation. The California Department of Food and Agriculture reported that six fruit flies and one larva were detected in and around Valley Center. The Mexican fruit fly can infest more than 50 types of fruits and…
High school football tonight has all three north county teams traveling out of town. The Paso Robles Bearcats travel to Porterville to take on Monache at Granite Hills high school. Atascadero plays tomorrow afternoon at Alvarez high school in Salinas. And the Templeton Eagles travel to Firebaugh to play the Eagles. Last night, many residents…
USA Today out with its top 10 Autumn Festivals in the nation. Making it to the top ten, Cambria’s Scarecrow Festival. Those scarecrows will begin popping up around Cambria, October first. Among the other events, Base Jumping Bridge Day in Fayetteville, West Virginia, October 15th. Fayetteville is also home to the annual Roadkill Cook-Off in…
Two people arrested in San Luis after their car alarm attracted the attention of police. A 22-year-old woman and 32-year-old man were parked on Calle Joaquin, near some motels off Los Osos Valley road near 101 when their car alarm went off Saturday night. Officers searched the two occupants and the car. They found fentanyl,…
Atascadero’s police chief remains on leave, although not much explanation is being provided. Chief Robert Masterson has only been on the job for a couple years. But, Cal Coast News is reporting that he may be terminated. Masterson was previously the police chief in King City. Right now, Commander Jason Carr is running the Atascadero…
A shortage of bus drivers plaguing north county school districts. The driver shortage has worsened during the covid-19 pandemic. The Templeton unified school district has not had enough drivers for a full fleet of busses for more than a decade. Paso Robles also facing challenges transporting students to and from San Miguel. District transportation directors…
More than 6,000 customers lost power in Atascadero Thursday afternoon. The outage occurred around 1:20. PG & E says it‘s affecting 6,300 customers, including people on both sides of highway 101, north of highway 41 and west of Atascadero avenue. Most had their power back on by 7:00. PG & E has not yet said…
The November general election is only two months away. It’s remarkable for the number of people running for north county school boards. Nine people running for the Atascadero school district. Ten candidates for the Paso Robles school district. Six candidates running for Templeton school board. The candidates range from attorneys to school superintendents, engineers to…
A change in the weather today and tomorrow in the north county. Gusty winds and increasing clouds today. Tomorrow, we’ll see cloudy skies. A few scattered showers and maybe some thunderstorms. Hurricane Kay making an impact in the north county. So this may be our final day of hot weather in the north county.
Jaime Umphenour is the host of “Sound-Off”, the longest running talk show on the Central Coast. She brings to the show an eclectic range of guests from Authors to Artists, business owners to politicians, and everyone in between. Tune in to Sound Off every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Today’s guests: *Jennifer Grinager, Templeton…
