Shermon Smoot was killed Friday in a fatal aircraft accident. Sherman Smoot served two tours as a Navy pilot during the Vietnam war. He left active duty in 1977, and flew for Continental airlines. He retired from Continental in 2005. Sherm served as a Director of the Estrella Warbirds museum. Sherm was also an owner…
There was a garage fire Friday night at 923 Running Stag Way in Paso Robles. When fire fighters arrived around 9:45 Friday night, the garage was fully engulfed with flames extending to a travel trailer in the driveway. All the residents were able to get out safely. The fire fighters say they quickly contained the…
A fire Friday morning in the Salinas riverbed near Sulphur Springs road in Paso Robles. The fire broke out around 6 in the morning. Fire fighters quickly extinguished it. It was confined to a small area, 100 by 30 feet.
Hot again today. But we’ll see a gradual cooling trend beginning today. High temps will go up and down this week, but this weekend, temperatures drop into the 80’s. Paso Robles fire chief Jonathon Stornetta says what concerns him about this heat wave is the duration. The recent heat wave knocked out power to about…
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Sunny today, highs near 110 in Paso Robles. 104 in Atascadero. Northerly winds increasing to 15-25 miles per hour. Overnight, clear with lows near 61. NW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny skies, and hot again. Highs near 110 in Paso. 105 in Atascadero. NNW winds 10-15 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls…
High school football returns tonight, but the Bearcat/Greyhound game is moved back to 8:00 tonight. That football game beginning at 8:00 at Atascadero high school. Each team looking for its first victory. Again, kick off is at eight this evening at Atascadero high school. Templeton high school is hosting East Bakersfield tonight at Mike Erb…
Tomorrow at the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero, it’s Vulture Awareness Day. Vulture Awareness Day includes a fun game for kids and adults related to the defense mechanisms of the vultures. The vulture vomit game involves throwing green slime at the vultures predators. Vulture Awareness Day is tomorrow from 10-2 at the Charles Paddock Zoo…
The Gala Pride and Diversity center and the San Luis Obispo county public health department are working together to develop a monkey pox vaccine clinic. It will serve community members at highest risk of exposure to the virus. The majority of victims of monkey pox are gay men. MPX, as they now call monkey pox,…
At the Kristin Smart murder trial Thursday, jurors got emotional went they saw photos of the dirt below Ruben Flores’ deck. The photos showed stains under the deck. The prosecution is asserting that Kristin Smart’s body was once buried beneath that deck in Arroyo Grande. Testimony Wednesday included an archeologist who says he discovered a…
