Vehicle Fire 7.23.2020

A vehicle fire reported yesterday afternoon near Santa Margarita. It occurred just before 3 at the park and ride area on highway 58 just off highway 101. Firefighters responded and extinguished the fire before it spread to nearby trees. The pickup was a total loss. No one was hurt.

Coronavirus SLO Update 7.23.2020

The San Luis Obispo county health department reports 24 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in our county. Nine were in Paso Robles. Five in Templeton. Some of those are related to an outbreak at a Templeton skilled nursing facility. Seven residents and two staff members at Vineyard Hills Health Center tested positive for corona virus.…

Tianna Arata Arrested 7.23.2020

The leader of Tuesday’s black lives matter demonstration arrested by police after allegedly striking a car with a flag pole. Tianna Arata is also charged with participating in a riot, unlawful imprisonment and resisting arrest. Arata is a graduate of the Grizzly Academy. She also attended Cuesta college. Although the San Luis Obispo police have…

North County Weather 7.22.2020

Morning clouds becoming mostly sunny this afternoon, high’s near 80. SW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Overnight, partly cloudy w/ lows in the low 50’s. WSW winds at 10-20 mph. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after morning clouds, highs in the mid 80’s. SW winds 10-20 miles per hour tomorrow. The extended forecast calls for mostly sunny…

In Sports 7.22.2020

Baseball returns slowly and without fans at the major league ballparks. In Oakland Monday, the San Francisco Giants played the Oakland Athletics in an exhibition game at the Oakland coliseum. The giants won 6-2. San Francisco Giants new manager Gabe Kaplan took a knee to speak out against racial injustice. He said, “I wanted people…

Covid-19 SLO Update 7.22.2020

San Luis Obispo county reports 63 new cases of the coronavirus. Paso Robles fire chief Jonathon Stornetta described the situation in the north county to Paso Robles city council last night. Out of 285,000 people living in the county, 1369 have tested positive for covid-19. So far, seven people in the county have died who…

Arrested Teen 7.22.2020

Atascadero police arrest a Paso Robles teenager in connection with Sunday’s car chase and crash into a light pole. Police say they tried to check on a vehicle in the Paloma Creek park parking lot just after 11 Sunday night. The driver took off and the chase began. The car crashed into a light pole…

Another Protest in SLO 7.22.2020

Another black lives matter protest yesterday afternoon in San Luis Obispo. Protesters said they were angry about comments made by San Luis Obispo county sheriff Ian Parkinson at a meeting in Atascadero two weeks ago. At the Tea Party meeting on July 6th, the sheriff allegedly condemned violent protests. Yesterday, protesters in San Luis Obispo…