Dolan Fire Update 9.01.2020

Yesterday afternoon, the Monterey county sheriff’s department ordered mandatory evacuation for areas inland from the Dolan fire along highway 1. The area south of Nacimiento-Ferguson road, west of South Coast Ridge to Prewitt Ridge and including Alms Ridge. The Dolan fire has now burned 29,000 acres along the coast, just south of Big Sur. The…

North County Weather 8.31.2020

Mostly sunny today after morning clouds. Highs in the upper 80’s SW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tonight, clear then increasing cloudiness after midnight. Lows in the mid 50’s. WSW 10-20 miles per hour. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies with highs near 90. SW winds increasing to 15-25 miles per hour tomorrow afternoon. The extended forecast…

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HART 8.31.2020

The homeless animal rescue team in Cambria (better known as HART) is asking people to consider fostering an adult or senior cat in need. The organization rescues adult and senior cats who are failing to thrive in caged shelters and stray or community cats that are looking for a family. Hart is the acronym for…

San Luis Versus Portland 8.31.2020

Late last week, San Luis Obispo police chief Deanna Cantrell resigned. She’s accepting a job in Fairfield, where she expects the city council and administration to be more receptive to law enforcement. The question manifests, is San Luis Obispo going to become a city plagued with riots like Kenosha or Portland? Over the weekend, more…

Tianna Arata Week 8.31.2020

This week is a big one for 20-year-old activist Tianna Arata. There were dozens of four color placards which said, “drop the charges” and “free Tianna.” The event was funded by black lives matter. Thursday, district attorney Dan Dow may file charges against Tianna for crimes she allegedly committed during a demonstration on July 21st.…

Recall Gavin Newsom 8.31.2020

Meanwhile, the effort to recall governor Newsom continues. How is the effort to gather signatures going? That’s Faith Cortez, who is coordinating the recall effort in San Luis Obispo county. This is the third attempt to recall the governor. You may remember it took three tries to recall governor Gray Davis. The third attempt was…

Corona Flu SLO Update 8.31.2020

Beginning today, new rules take effect in California for managing citizens to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Governor Gavin Newsom tells us reopening the state will go slowly until a vaccine is developed. Developing a vaccine for any virus is not easy. A vaccine has never been developed for aids. Same for many other…