Opener For Friday 01.14.2022

Mostly cloudy today and tomorrow, then the sun comes out on Sunday. Forecasters say we’ll see mostly sunny skies Sunday all the way through next week through with high temperatures into the low 70’s. More on the weather forecast coming up, including current conditions in the north county.

North County Weather 01.13.2022

Cloudy skies in the north county, highs near 68 with light variable winds. Tonight, cloudy skies clearing early tomorrow morning, lows near 39 with light winds. Tomorrow, cloudy skies, highs near 67. ENE winds 5-10 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies this coming Sunday all the way through next week.…

In Sports 01.13.2022

A big upset in college basketball. Stanford beats #5 USC 75-69. That game played in a nearly empty stadium on the farm. USC had not been ranked in the top five since December of 1974. They will be dropping in the next poll. Last night #8 Duke beat Wake Forest 78-64. #10 Michigan state beat…

Inflation Soaring 01.13.2022

Have you noticed the jump in household expenses recently? Inflation soaring to 7% in the US. It’s the highest inflation since 1982. Prices are up for cars, gas, food, furniture and many other items. That inflation fueled by rampant federal spending by the Biden administration. The labor department reports that gas prices were up 5.5%…

Highway One Repairs 01.13.2022

Congressman Jimmy Panetta of Carmel Valley reports highway one is getting 12.6 million dollars in repairs. Panetta requested that the federal highway administration fund the repairs on highway one, and Nacimiento-Ferguson road. That road connecting highway one to Fort Hunter Liggett is currently closed to traffic. The federal highway administration says the final preliminary design…

Paso Robles School Board 01.13.2022

The Paso Robles school district is building and modernizing schools, but questions remain about what to do with Georgia Brown elementary school. This week, chief financial officer Brad Pawlowski says there’s now money to modernize Georgia Brown elementary school. On Tuesday, the board directed chief financial officer Brad Pawlowski to refine and expand two alternatives.…

Body on Bishop’s Peak 01.13.2022

Back in December a hiker found a body on Bishop’s Peak. This week, the police department says they’ve identified the human remains. He’s 36-year-old Charles Leader of Florida. Leader last spoke to his family back in October of 2020. At that time he was homeless, living in the South Lake Tahoe area. Leader’s cause of…

Covid at Men’s Colony 01.13.2022

The department of corrections reports that more than 140 people working at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis contracted covid 19 in the past two weeks. 13 prison inmates tested positive during that time. But only about 30% of the prison’s population have been tested in the past two weeks. The corrections department estimates…