Fire in Atascadero 4.06.2020

A FIRE IN ATASCADERO LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT LOCATED AT 13,700 MORRO ROAD CATCHING FIRE AROUND 5:21 YESTERDAY. ARRIVING FIRE FIGHTERS DISCOVERED A FIRE COMING OUT FROM UNDER A DECK WITH ONE SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE’S EXTERIOR INVOLVED IN FIRE. THERE WAS NO FIRE HYDRANT NEAR THE HOME. BUT THE FIRE FIGHTERS…

Paso Robles Shooting 4.06.2020

PASO ROBLES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING SATURDAY MORNING. THE SHOOTING OCCURRED NEAR THE CORNER OF 2ND AND VINE STREETS. POLICE FOUND AN INTOXICATED 24-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THE VICTIM COULD ONLY TELL OFFICERS THAT HE BELIEVED THE SUSPECT LEFT THE SCENE IN A SILVER CAR. THERE WERE NO…

Coronavirus SLO Update 4.06.2020

THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT A MAN IN HIS 80’S WITH CORONA-VIRUS DIED SATURDAY. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS HE HAD UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. KPRL LEARNS, THE MAN WAS 86-YEARS-OLD AND LIVED IN HERITAGE RANCH AT THE LAKE. COUNTY HEALTH DIRECTOR DR. BORENSTEIN SAYS, “MOST CASES OF COVID-19 EXHIBIT MILD OR MODERATE…

Rainfall 4.06.2020

DID YOU GET MUCH RAIN AT YOUR PLACE? THE NORTH COUNTY RECORDED ANYWHERE FROM ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN TO TWO INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 0.65 INCHES IN SANTA MARGARITA. JUST ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN IN SHANDON. FOUR TENTHS IN CRESTON. SEVEN TENTHS OF AN INCH IN ATASCADERO, AND ABOUT ONE INCH IN PASO…

North County Weather 4.03.2020

Mostly sunny skies today, highs in the low 70’s. Tonight, clear skies overnight, lows near 40. Tomorrow, sunny with increasing clouds tomorrow afternoon, highs in the mid 60’s. The extended forecast calls for showers beginning early Sunday morning and continuing off and on through Thursday of next week. We may receive almost an inch of…

Veteran’s Voices III 4.03.2020

Veterans Voices III was supposed to open this weekend at Studios in the Park in Paso Robles, but was been pushed back one month because of the coronavirus scare. The Veterans Voices III show will run from April 29th to May 31st. Building bridges through art. But the artwork is not necessarily about the Veterans…

Motorcycle 4.03.2020

A solo motorcycle crash yesterday afternoon blocked one lane on Santa Rosa Creek road just north of highway 46 west. The driver sustained a broken collarbone. A passenger suffered a broken leg. Both were transported to Sierra Vista hospital in San Luis.

Knife Fight 4.03.2020

Two Paso Robles teenagers and an adult sustained injuries in a knife fight in rural Paso Robles Wednesday night. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the call on Bucktail lane in Heritage Ranch around 7:30 Wednesday night. They found a 14-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy with stab wounds. The boys told deputies they were stabbed by…

Jobless Rate 4.03.2020

Across the country, 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week. In just two weeks, the shut down by local government of many businesses in the county has left nearly 10 million Americans out of work. Until last week, the worst week for unemployment filings was 695 thousand back in 1982. Last week, it…