Redistricting is changing elections at the local level for supervisors, and going all the way up to congress. Right now, the north county is represented by congressman Salud Carbajal, who is based in Santa Barbara. Congressman Jimmy Panetta of Monterey county says that will change soon. He represents the 20th district, but he’s running for…
Partly because of covid, the blood supply at San Luis Obispo hospitals is running short. Laura Kamada of Vitalant says the local blood bank is at a two-year low. She says they’re asking for donations of all blood types.
On Friday, the San Luis Obispo county health department reported nine people with covid recently died. That brings the total for the past two years to 3978. The deaths range from people in their 40s to their 90’s. The department does not report what other health issues those people suffered from.
The Colorado fire continues to burn in Big Sur. The fire is now 95% contained. That’s as of six last night. It’s burned 687 acres over the past nine days. Highway one remains open through Big Sur.
PG and E is proposing building a series of battery energy storage projects around the state. The intent is to help improve energy resiliency after Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is shut down. Diablo produces 9% of the state’s energy. Now, PG and E wants to build nine battery storage projects. The one in Nipomo…
Caltrans announces highway 46 has received an allocation of 136 million to continue the work to widen the highway to four lanes. The funding comes from Senate Bill I and the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The money will go to convert highway 46 east between the Shandon rest area and the Jack…
January ends this year cloudy skies in the north county. John Lindsay says it was one of the driest January’s on record, but it followed a wet December, so we’re still head of average rainfall for the rainy season. After cloudy skies today, we’ll see mostly sunny skies through the weekend. Highs in the low…
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Mostly sunny skies, highs near 70 with light variable winds. Partly cloudy skies, lows near 37 with light, variable winds. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs near 67 with light variable winds. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through the weekend. Highs in the upper 60’s and low 70’s. The sunshine expected to continue through…
