A blood shortage declared locally. Vitalant is based in Phoenix, but has an office locally in San Luis Obispo, says its blood reserve is nearly depleted. Type O blood is down to a one day supply. If you can donate blood, you’re encouraged to do so. There’s a blood drive from 9-1 today at Broken…
Governor Gavin Newsom is sounding the alarm over enduring California water shortages, saying the state will lose another 10% in water supplies by 2040 due to climate change. Newsom announced a strategy to invest in infrastructure to capture and store more water. California farmers are fallowing land due to water shortages in a third consecutive…
Early yesterday morning morning, a car crashed into the San Luis Obispo’s Mission Plaza. A black sedan ran over a roadblock pillar by the Chorro and Monterey street intersection and crashed into the plaza. After crashing, the vehicle erupted in flames. The fire was put out within 20 minutes. No damage to the mission, but…
Cali Grill in Paso Robles was closed for several hours yesterday after a UPS truck crashed into the building on 6th street. Paso Robles city fire says a UPS driver crashed into a post holding the Cali Grill restaurant sign. Fire officials say the driver was delivering packages in the parking lot when for unknown…
The Paso Robles school board holding another five hour meeting last night. One of the discussion items. The sale of the 25 yard pool. You may remember the school board voted to support superintendent Chris Williams’ purchase of two pools from Italy for $1.5 million dollars. The board agreed to sell the smaller pool, but…
Nine central coast mayors send a letter to the governor describing their feelings about the continued operation of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. The plant was scheduled to be shut down in 2024 or 2025. Now the governor is talking about extending its operation because it provided about 8.6% of the state’s total electricity…
Tonight, Paso Robles city council will select someone to finish the term of city councilwoman Maria Elena Garcia, who resigned because she is moving out of the district. The council will hold a special meeting this evening to discuss the vacancy. There are four people who applied to complete the term. Chris Bausch, Keith Boyd,…
Much cooler today in the north county, and the cool weather will persist through the weekend. High temperatures will drop into the mid 80’s tomorrow, and down into the mid 70’s on the weekend. Great weather for the pioneer luncheon planned Sunday afternoon at the park in San Miguel.
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: *Maggie Cox of…
Sunny today with highs near 101 in Paso Robles. 96 in Atascadero. NW winds increasing to 10-15 miles per hour. Overnight, clear with lows near 57. WNW winds 10-15 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny skies but much cooler. Near 90 in Paso. 86 in Atascadero. NW winds 10-15 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls…
