North County Weather 2.08.2021

Clouds and sunny skies today, highs this afternoon near 68. SSW winds 5-10 miles per hour. Cloudy skies tonight, lows near 43, SSW winds 5-10. Cloudy skies tomorrow, highs around 64. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies Wednesday. Then showers on Thursday, sunny Friday, and afternoon showers Saturday.

In Sports 2.08.2021

Another good weekend for Xander Schauffele and his Caddy, former Greyhound Austin Kaiser. Schauffele tied for second at the Phoenix open. Shauffele won $650 thousand dollars. Two weeks ago, he finished second at the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego. So far this year, Schauffele’s won over one million dollars.

Obit Robert True 2.08.2021

One sad note today. World War II veteran Robert True died recently at a residential care facility. The cause of death listed as complications from Parkinson’s Disease and Covid-19. He was 98 years old. Robert True graduated from San Luis Obispo high school in 1940. In 1941, he worked as a messenger for the US…

Jewish Fraternity Vandalized 2.08.2021

A Jewish fraternity at Cal Poly vandalized over the weekend by unknown people. Someone spray-painted swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti on the front of Alpha Epsilon Pi at Cal Poly. The fraternity posted on Instagram Saturday. “Our chapter and the entire San Luis Obispo Jewish community stand together proudly against those who are uneducated and…

Coronavirus Cases Count 2.08.2021

The San Luis Obispo county health department releasing a new count on coronavirus cases in the county. 114 new cases reported on Friday. Three more deaths. For the first time in several days, they release the ages of the fatalities. One between 50 and 64. The other two between 65 and 84. So far, 194…

Churches Reopen in CA 2.08.2021

Thanks to a US supreme court ruling, churches may reopen in California. The supreme court ruled on a lawsuit brought by a church in Chula Vista. That ruling struck down Newsom’s rules forbidding indoor church services. The court ruled on a 6-3 vote, that governor Gavin Newsom’s rules violated the church’s first amendment rights. Over…

Winifred Pifer School Closes 2.08.2021

The campus of the Winifred Pifer elementary school in Paso Robles remains closed this week. In the words of the school district. It’s closed out of an abundance of caution related to Covid-19 cases. All educational programs at the school site have been transitioned to distance learning for the remainder of this week. The school…

Vaccines in SLO 2.08.2021

Vaccinations at Paso Robles Event Center. The Paso Robles Vaccination Clinic at the Paso Robles Event Center is closing next week because of a lack of doses of the Coronavirus vaccine. After receiving as many as 4,000 doses in previous weeks, the San Luis Obispo County Health Department received only 900 doeses from the State…