Sunny and warm again this weekend in the north county. Today may be the warmest day of the weekend. We’ll see high temperatures reach 70 this afternoon. Then cooling to near 60 tomorrow. Forecasters say we’ll see more of the same through next week with high temperatures reaching the mid-70’s Monday and Tuesday, then leveling…
One sad note this morning, which is probably not news to you. KPRL’s strongest talk show host, Rush Limbaugh died yesterday after fighting lung cancer. His wife, Kathryn, made the announcement yesterday on the air. He developed his talk show while working at KFBK in Sacramento in 1984. KPRL was among the first 30 affiliates…
Several developments in the Paso Robles school district. First, students are back in the classroom at Winifred Pifer elementary school. Last week, crews disinfected classrooms. When the TV cameras arrived, the crews put on haz-mat suits. You may have seen them. They looked pretty official. The good news, kids are back after a closure because…
This week, the Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo began accepting applications for 60 affordable housing units at the former Motel 6 in Paso Robles. The group is accepting 300 applications. The first ten families may move in next month. The housing authority is operating at the south end of Motel 6. ECHO has units…
One of the impending changes California will see with the election of president Joe Biden is a change in border security. San Luis Obispo county sheriff Ian Parkinson feels strongly about the issue. He says strict regulations at the border are critical for controlling crime. Another caller asked him about the Nancy Woodrum murder case.…
Cambria Service District wins a $1.75 million dollar settlement in a lawsuit over water treatment plant. The legal battle ensued over the construction of the water treatment plan. This is the settlement. So far, 15 people have died as record cold hits Texas and parts of the south and Midwest. The big issue in Texas,…
Highway One remains closed along the Big Sur coast line. Jim Shivers is with Caltrans. Shivers says the nature of Big Sur creates issues for Caltrans and keeping Highway One open. Shivers says the recent slide in the Rat Creek area was caused in large part by the Dolan fire. It may be months before…
Last night, the Paso Robles city council again discussed the proposed sewer rate increase. Mayor Steve Martin telling the council, people have told him Paso Robles has the highest rates in the county. Waste water treatment manager Matt Thompson said that, that is not the case. The sewer rates in Paso Robles are toward the…
Spring usually means a group of firefighters from Templeton travel to Seattle for a Stair Climb event. Fire captain Brandan Wall tells us this year the stair climb will take place at Templeton high school. They’ll be climbing the stairs at the football stadium, so you may see them as your driving up and down…
Detectives were notified that a vehicle associated with a known drug dealer was parked at a hotel in the 6800 block of El Camino Real. The suspect exited that hotel where he had been staying, drove off and was subsequently stopped by Atascadero police officers for a driving infraction. He’s identified as 45-year-old Christopher Rafael…
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