Despite the governor’s recent stay at home order, California is now the epicenter of the pandemic. More cases in the state, but San Luis Obispo county reports a drop in cases over the weekend. 68 new cases reported over the Christmas holiday weekend which is fewer than the previous weekend. But three deaths. All three…
Yesterday’s storm dumped over an inch of rain in most areas of the north county. Paso Robles received about 7 tenths of an inch. Santa margarita about 1.8 inches. Atascadero 1.24 inches. Some of the rain fell late Sunday night, so it’s not included in those totals. The rainfall increases precipitation this rainy season, since…
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Cloudy with rain this morning, becoming partly cloudy this afternoon. Highs in the mid 50’s. SE winds 5-10 miles per hour. Partly cloudy overnight, lows near 34. Partly cloudy tomorrow with highs near 60. The extended forecast calls for sunshine through the New Year’s weekend. Then more rain beginning one week from today and continuing…
Despite holiday travel and family gatherings, dozens of hikers and bikers trekked up Pine Mountain over the weekend to admire the monolith. Atascadero’s steel obelisk continues to attract crowds. Since Atascadero’s Wade McKenzie and several friends erected the first monolith in early December, cars and trucks packed the Stadium Park parking lot. Shortly after McKenzie…
Neverland Ranch finally finds a buyer. Michael Jackson’s 2,700 acre property near Los Olivos sells for $22 million dollars to billionaire Ron Burkle, the owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team. The estate was listed for $100 million dollars in 2015. Most recently, the price had dropped to $31 million. The property includes a 12,000…
Just in time for winter weather, ECHO is opening rooms for homeless at the old Motel 6 in Paso Robles. Wendy Lewis of ECHO describes the organization which is operating the facility. Lewis says ECHO is looking for volunteers to help out. The website to get more information is: Echoshelter.org. Lewis says the new facility…
The Creek Fire is finally 100% contained. Fire officials with the Sierra National forest said the fire around Big Creek, Huntington Lake, Shaver Lake and Mammoth Pool was declared 100% contained on Christmas Eve. The Creek Fire started September 4th near Big Creek. It’s the fourth largest wildfire in California history. It’s also the largest-ever…
A brush fire burned about 100 acres in the California Valley late Christmas Day. A travel trailer caught fire on property near Ginger road and Belmont Trail. That fire spread into vegetation and grew to over 100 acres before firefighters contained it around ten Friday night.
An armed robbery Saturday evening in Paso Robles. Savage Spirits and Deli on Spring street at 21st held up around 6:30 Saturday by a masked gunman. Assistant city manager Marcy Greenberg said the gunman walked in wearing a mask and sunglasses. He had a gun in his pocket and demanded money. She gave the robber…
