Gas prices in San Luis Obispo county breaking the all time record. Gasbuddy.com says the average price of a gallon of regular gas reached $4.82 cents a gallon, which is a record. Five years ago, it was $2.82 cents a gallon. Much of the increase has occurred in the past year, under the leadership of…
The logjam at Long Beach and Los Angeles ports is getting worse, not better. About 96 container ships are waiting to be unloaded. That’s up from 86 on November 16th. The average wait for ships as of Friday was 20.8 days. That’s a week longer than a month ago. An annual tradition at the port…
San Luis Obispo deputy county clerk recorder Helen Nolan has left the building. Nolan worked her final day Friday after accepting a job with Contra Costa county. Nolan will be working again with former San Luis Obispo county clerk-recorder Tommy Gong. Nolan bolted a few months after supervisors picked another candidate to fill the county…
The renovation of the Atascadero Printery may begin as early as next year. The Printery Foundation recently receiving a one hundred thousand dollar matching gift from the family of Gaylen Little, who worked as a contractor in Atascadero. The foundation has raised $250,000 over the past six year. That will pay for the beginning of…
A rally to “Save Diablo Nuclear Power Plant” was held Saturday at the San Luis Obispo Courthouse on Monterey Street. About two hundred people showed up to support the power plant, and nuclear power in general. Just before the rally began, a group of women herded an inflated mini-blimp down Monterey Street while chanting pro-nuclear…
Several hundred people in cold weather and holiday attire attended the Lighting of the Rotunda and Sunken Gardens Friday night. About fifty children joined Mayor Heather Moreno in a countdown on the steps of Historic Atascadero City Hall. The power went on and lights illuminated the Rotunda and Sunken Gardens. The Atascadero Community Band played…
An estimated 20,000 people turned out for the 60th Annual Christmas Light Parade in Paso Robles Saturday night. The return of the Christmas Light Parade featured big rig trucks pulling flatbed trucks loaded with children from elementary and middle schools in Paso Robles antique cars, old military vehicles from the Estrella Warbirds Museum, and the…
December may bring rain to the north county. About a 20% chance of showers early tomorrow. But Thursday, it’s a 90% chance of rain. The skies will clear this weekend, but rain is likely Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. About a 50% chance of rain early next week. We’ll have more on the…
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