The US trade deficit set a record last year. The annual shortfall in goods and services increased by 12% to $948 billion dollars. The December gap increased to $67 billion from the prior month. That was because retailers tried to replenish inventories during the supply chain delays that clogged ports here on the west coast…
California’s January storms may be paying their first dividends for farmers. The California Department of Water Resources announced that the state water project may deliver 30% of requested supplies this year. That allocation is up from an initial projection of 5% in December. The final water allocation for 2022 was 5%, plus limited supplies for…
There was no Paso Robles city council meeting last night. The council meeting was canceled back in December because several city staff members and at least one councilman went back east to attend a space port convention. The next Paso Robles city council meeting will be February 21st. That meeting will address the public parking…
Although there is not police report or press release from Paso Robles school district, social media is buzzing with a report of a drug bust in the parking lot of Paso Robles high school. Details are sketchy. Like rumors of numerous fights on campus, the school district is not reporting crimes and disturbances on the…
San Luis Obispo county supervisors voted 3-2 yesterday to rescind the Planting Ordinance. The ordinance would have guaranteed 25 acre feet of water for small family farms and ranches in the north county. Both north county supervisors voted against rescinding the ordinance. Three supervisors representing the coast and south county voted to rescind it. The…
Sunny and warmer today and tomorrow in the north county. Highs into the low 70’s tomorrow. Then it will cool back to the low 60’s over the weekend. No rain in the forecast although we have a 25% chance of rain late next week. Otherwise sunny skies for the next ten days. More on the…
Protecting What Matters with Susan M. Blais and Barry J. Fisher. The goal of this show is to help listeners become better shoppers and buyers of services and products designed to protect various aspects of our lives and businesses. These will include insurance, wealth creation and management, health, medical, as well as personal wellbeing and…
Sunshine this morning, then a few afternoon clouds in the north county. Highs near 64. NNE winds 5-10 miles per hour. Tonight, partly clear skies, lows near 35. Light variable winds. Tomorrow mostly sunny skies, highs near 67. NE winds 5-10 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunny skies through the weekend. Highs…
The largest Catholic Parish church in North America opened last week in Visalia. St. Charles Borromeo seats three thousand two hundred people. It opened Thursday with bishops from throughout California in attendance. The $21 million dollar church has a 48 by 53 feet mural on the wall behind the altar. It also has a California…
A Paso Robles man gets six years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage girl who became lost after leaving the mid state fair last summer. 26-year-old Jose Francis Hernandezgarcia spotted the teenage victim wandering in his neighborhood after getting separated from her friends. She was reportedly intoxicated and crying. She had lost her wallet…
