The city of Paso Robles receives a $9 million dollar grant to build a recycled water distribution system. The plan will enable Paso Robles to distribute recycled water to the city’s east side. That’s a plan which the city has been working on for several years. The city will also build a 900 thousand gallon…
Do you need a weatherman to tell you the drought is over? The US drought monitor indicates our section of the state is completely free of drought. There’s not even any abnormally dry areas. And that includes the Carrizo Plain. The rainfall monitoring stations around the county all well above average levels. Rocky Butte, 224%…
Another blustery wet day today in the north county. This storm delays work to repair and reopen highway 41. That roadway is closed on the Atascadero side at San Gabriel road. Residents who live further west can access their homes, but giant mud slides block the roadway to Morro Bay. Souza Construction will likely not…
Steady rain today on this first day of spring. We’ll get about one quarter of an inch today, another half inch tonight, and a half inch tomorrow in the north county. Then mostly sunny skies Thursday through Monday. Another storm arrives next Tuesday. We’ll get about an inch of rain Tuesday and Wednesday of next…
Today, cloudy today with a few showers, highs near 56. WNW winds 5-10 miles per hour. The chance of rain 30%. Tonight, rain likely, lows near 49, SSE winds increasing to 15-25. About one half inch of rain expected. 100% chance of rain. Tomorrow, cloudy and windy with periods of rain. Potential for heavy rainfall.…
March Madness narrows the field in the NCAA basketball championships to 16 teams. Among those still standing, UCLA beat Northwestern 68-63 to advance. Gonzaga beat TCU 84-81. San Diego State beat Furman 75-52. Princeton beat Missouri 78-63. St. Mary’s lost to U-Conn 70-55. On Thursday, UCLA faces Gonzaga. On Friday, San Diego state plays Alabama.…
The US supreme court will hear arguments today from the Navajo Nation over water rights to the Colorado river. The tribe contends that a treaty signed in 1868 promised the land and water sufficient for the Navajos to return to a permanent home in thier ancestral territory. More than 305 of the reservation lacks running…
A small private plane made an emergency landing Saturday morning in a vineyard near the Santa Ynez airport. The pilot was practicing touch and go landings when the engine quit. So he landed the plane in the vineyard. The pilot was not injured.
Governor Gavin Newsom wants to repurpose San Quentin prison. On Friday, he announces that the 171-year-old penitentiary would be converted from a maximum-security prison into a rehabilitation and education facility. San Quentin currently houses about 4,000 inmates. It has the largest death row in the country. Last October, Cal Poly graduate Scott Peterson was moved…
So how much is this election going to cost? That’s an interesting question. We were told that it would cost the school district about $450 thousand. But tomorrow, the San Luis Obispo county board supervisors has a budget item which suggests puts a $150 thousand dollar price tag on the election. It’s item 14 on…
